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General Computer Programming at Essex County College

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General Computer Programming at Essex County College

If you plan to study general computer programming, 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.

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

Essex General Computer Programming Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Computer Programming

Essex General Computer Programming Rankings

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Computer Programming Student Demographics at Essex

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

Essex General Computer Programming Associate’s Program

27% Women
67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 73% of computer programming associate's degrees went to men and 27% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in computer programming only graduates about 21% women each year. The program at Essex may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 5% more women than average.

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Essex does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in computer programming graduates 28% 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 computer programming.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 3
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Careers That Computer Programming Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer programming 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
Computer Programmers 9,930 $85,750
Systems Software Developers 8,960 $123,370
Computer Network Support Specialists 6,300 $84,890
Web Developers 3,320 $84,500

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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