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Health Sciences & Services at Essex County College

If you are interested in studying health sciences and services, 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. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 5 students received their associate's degree in health science.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Sciences & Services section at the bottom of this page.

Essex Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Health Science

Essex Health Sciences & Services 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.

Health Science Student Demographics at Essex

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

Essex Health Sciences & Services Associate’s Program

100% Women

100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of health science associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Essex does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in health science graduates 48% 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 health science.

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

Concentrations Within Health Sciences & Services

Health Sciences & Services majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. 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 Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	5

Careers That Health Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in health science 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
Community Health Workers	1,250	$51,560

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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