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Finance & Financial Management at Essex County College

If you plan to study Finance & Financial Management, consider the program at Essex County College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Essex County College is in Newark, NJ.

During the most recent reporting year, 13 finance & financial management graduations were recorded at Essex County College.

Online & Distance Learning at Essex County College

Many students take online classes at Essex County College. Among 7,026 students, 706 (10%) studied exclusively online and 2,173 (31%) took at least some classes online.

Finance & Financial Management Rankings at Essex County College

These rankings give you a sense of how Essex County College’s Finance & Financial Management program to other colleges that offer this major.

Associate-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Value	New Jersey	#1 of 15
Best Value	Middle Atlantic (Region)	#2 of 102
Best Value	Nationwide	#4 of 552

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the composition of Finance & Financial Management graduates at Essex County College, broken down by degree level.

Looking at the program as a whole, Finance & Financial Management graduates at Essex County College are 62% women (8) and 38% men (5).

Finance & Financial Management Associate’s Program at Essex County College

Of the 13 associate’s finance & financial management degrees awarded at Essex County College, 62% were women (8) and 38% were men (5).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Finance & Financial Management associate’s degree recipients at Essex County College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
Hispanic / Latino	2
Black / African American	6
Asian	2
International (Nonresident)	2
Unknown	1

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 77% of Finance & Financial Management associate’s degree recipients at Essex County College, higher than the national average of 44%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

More Specific Finance & Financial Management Concentrations at Essex County College

This Finance & Financial Management program at Essex County College breaks down into more specific concentrations:

Concentration	Graduates
Finance	13

Top-Paying Careers for Finance & Financial Management Graduates

Graduates of the Finance & Financial Management program at Essex County College go on to a range of careers. Below are the highest-paying careers for Finance & Financial Management majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Treasurers and Controllers	$162,461
Investment Fund Managers	$157,819
General and Operations Managers	$149,694
Chief Executives	$138,534
Insurance Underwriters	$129,939
Financial Risk Specialists	$127,364
Financial Quantitative Analysts	$126,371
Appraisers of Personal and Business Property	$118,242
Chief Sustainability Officers	$96,628
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts	$92,240

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.