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Teacher Education at Essex County College

Teacher Education at Essex County College

If you are interested in studying teacher education, you may want to check out the program at Essex County College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 Teacher Education section at the bottom of this page.

Essex Teacher Education Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Teacher Education

Essex Teacher Education Rankings

Teacher Education Student Demographics at Essex

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

Essex Teacher Education Associate’s Program

95% Women
87% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 5% of teacher education associate's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

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Essex does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in teacher education graduates 46% 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 teacher education.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 20
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 3
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Teacher Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in teacher 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
Elementary School Teachers 41,600 $70,660
High School Teachers 29,140 $76,390

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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