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Engineering Technologies at Essex County College

If you plan to study engineering technologies, 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. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 33 students received their associate's degree in engineering tech.

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

Essex Engineering Technologies Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Engineering Tech (Less Than 1 Year)
Associate’s Degree in Engineering Tech

Essex Engineering Technologies Rankings

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Engineering Tech Student Demographics at Essex

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

Essex Engineering Technologies Associate’s Program

12% Women

85% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 88% of engineering tech associate's degrees went to men and 12% went to women.

Essex does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in engineering tech graduates 50% 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 engineering tech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	1
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Engineering Technologies

The following engineering tech 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
Electronics Engineering Technology	11
Mechanical Engineering Technology	8
Architectural Engineering Technology	7
Civil Engineering Technology	7
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology	1

Careers That Engineering Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering tech 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
Software Applications Developers	46,930	$107,640
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	14,810	$48,620
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	13,570	$42,770
Computer Programmers	9,930	$85,750
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	9,510	$59,630

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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