Education at Essex County College

What traits are you looking for in a education school? To help you decide if Essex County College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's education program.

Essex is located in Newark, New Jersey and approximately 6,360 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Education section at the bottom of this page.

Essex Education Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Education

Essex Education Rankings

Education Student Demographics at Essex

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Essex County College.

Essex Education Associate’s Program

74% Women

87% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of education associate's degrees went to men and 74% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in education only graduates about 19% men each year. The program at Essex may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 7% more women than average.

Essex does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in education graduates 55% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Essex County College with a associate's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	28
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Education

Education majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Essex County College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Teacher Education Grade Specific	61
Teacher Education Subject Specific	12
Instructional Media Design	10

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NJ, the home state for Essex County College.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Teacher Assistants	55,130	$29,150
Elementary School Teachers	41,600	$70,660
High School Teachers	29,140	$76,390
Middle School Teachers	24,980	$72,290
Preschool Teachers	15,820	$40,880

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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