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Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician at Essex County College

If you are interested in studying opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician, 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, 11 students received their associate's degree in opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician section at the bottom of this page.

Essex Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician

Essex Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician Rankings

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Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician Student Demographics at Essex

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician majors at Essex County College.

Essex Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician Associate’s Program

64% Women

55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician associate's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician only graduates about 27% men each year. The program at Essex may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 10% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Essex County College with a associate's in opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Careers That Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician Grads May Go Into

A degree in opticianry/ophthalmic dispensing optician 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
Dispensing Opticians	1,750	$56,780

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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