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Nursing at Essex County College

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Nursing at Essex County College

If you plan to study nursing, take a look at what Essex County College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Essex is located in Newark, New Jersey and has a total student population of 6,360.

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

Essex Nursing Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Nursing

Essex Nursing Rankings

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Nursing Student Demographics at Essex

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

Essex Nursing Associate’s Program

91% Women
65% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 9% of nursing associate's degrees went to men and 91% 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 nursing graduates 29% 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 nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 4
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing 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
Registered Nurses 79,530 $82,750
Medical and Health Services Managers 11,260 $116,750
Nurse Practitioners 5,900 $122,100
Nursing Instructors and Professors 2,000 $89,950
Nurse Midwives 180 $113,980

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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