Liberal Arts at Essex County College

If you are interested in studying liberal arts, 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 Liberal Arts section at the bottom of this page.

Essex Liberal Arts Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Liberal Studies

Essex Liberal Arts Rankings

Liberal Studies Student Demographics at Essex

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

Essex Liberal Arts Associate’s Program

76% Women

68% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of liberal studies associate's degrees went to men and 76% went to women.

Essex does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in liberal studies graduates 16% 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 liberal studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	59
Hispanic or Latino	58
White	19
International Students	37
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Careers That Liberal Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal studies 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
Professors	2,670	$73,660

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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