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General Social Sciences at Essex County College

General Social Sciences at Essex County College

If you plan to study general social sciences, 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 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 General Social Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

Essex General Social Sciences Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Social Sciences

Essex General Social Sciences Rankings

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 General Social Sciences Associate’s Program

77% Women
80% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 23% of social sciences associate's degrees went to men and 77% 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 social sciences graduates 26% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 37
Hispanic or Latino 22
White 6
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Concentrations Within General Social Sciences

If you plan to be a social sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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

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
Managers 18,370 $138,820
Statisticians 1,230 $116,090
Survey Researchers 480 $76,040
Social Scientists 460 $88,350

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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