Social Sciences at Essex County College

Every social sciences school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the social sciences program at Essex County College stacks up to those at other schools.

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 Social Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

Essex Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Social Sciences

Online Classes Are Available at Essex

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Essex offers distance education options for social sciences at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Essex Social Sciences Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Essex

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

Essex Social Sciences Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of social sciences associate's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

Essex does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in social sciences graduates 41% 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 social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	42
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	7
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

The following social sciences concentations are available at Essex County College. 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
General Social Sciences	87

Related Majors

• Education

Careers That Social Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in social sciences 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
High School Teachers	29,140	$76,390
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	19,330	$87,210
Managers	18,370	$138,820
Statisticians	1,230	$116,090

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.