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Essex County College is a public institution located in Newark, New Jersey. Newark is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

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Essex County College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Essex has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#100 Best Business Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Essex.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#7 Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#33 Most Popular Accounting Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#68 Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#85 Best Value Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#113 Most Popular Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Essex has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#6 Best Finance & Financial Management Associate Degree Schools College Factual
#11 Best Value Colleges for Finance & Financial Management College Factual
#57 Best General Business Administration and Management Associate Degree Schools College Factual
#59 Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools College Factual
#65 Best Value Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing College Factual
#94 Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools College Factual

Where Is Essex County College?

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Contact details for Essex are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 303 University Ave, Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: 973-877-3000
Website: www.essex.edu

How Do I Get Into Essex?

You can apply to Essex online at: https://www.essex.edu/admissions/

Essex County College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

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Essex County College Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,859 Full-Time Undergraduates
62% Women
79% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 6,360 undergraduate students at Essex, with 2,859 being full-time and 3,501 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 2,859 full-time undergraduates at Essex, 38% are male and 62% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Essex County College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 74
Black or African American 1,269
Hispanic or Latino 859
White 212
International Students 255
Other Races/Ethnicities 190

Over 65 countries are represented at Essex. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Jamaica, Nigeria, and Brazil.

Online Learning at Essex County College

494 Took All Classes Online
1,791 Took At Least One Class Online
77.7% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 1,791 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Essex has changed over the last few years.

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Online Growth Rankings of Essex

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Essex County College was 77.7%. This is the #413 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Essex regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Essex County College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Associate’s TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management 0 121 121
Accounting 0 48 48
Supply Chain Management 1 15 16
Finance 0 12 12
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 0 0 0
Business Management & Marketing 0 0 0
TOTAL 1 196 197

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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