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Essex County College

Newark, NJ · Public · 5,855 students · mostly associate degrees

2nd-cheapest of 129 New Jersey colleges by net price.

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Net price / year
$4,436
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$12,506
Graduation rate
20%
Admission rate
—
Median graduate earnings
$37,230
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
—
Pell grant recipients
47%

Fields of study

45 programs
Clinical Nurse Leader · Associate's Degree35 grads/yr$105,634Orthoptics/Orthoptist · Associate's Degree10 grads/yr$68,134Radiologist Assistant · Associate's Degree23 grads/yr$61,635Accounting · Associate's Degree29 grads/yr$56,282Business Administration and Management, General · Associate's Degree140 grads/yr$48,863Computer Programming/Programmer, General · Associate's Degree30 grads/yr$48,758Pre-Chiropractic Studies · Associate's Degree202 grads/yr$46,812Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Associate's Degree50 grads/yr$44,621Survey Research/Methodology · Associate's Degree81 grads/yr$44,106Social Work · Associate's Degree21 grads/yr$40,064Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Associate's Degree38 grads/yr$37,715General Studies · Associate's Degree182 grads/yr$37,177Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Associate's Degree42 grads/yr$34,961

Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.

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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.