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Health Sciences & Services at Essex County College

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Health Sciences & Services at Essex County College

If you plan to study health sciences and services, 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 has a total student population of 6,360.

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

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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.

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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.

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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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Essex County College. A concentration may not be available for your 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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