Information Technology at Essex County College
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 Information Technology section at the bottom of this page.
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Essex Information Technology Degrees Available
- Undergrad Certificate in IT (1 - 4 Years)
- Associate’s Degree in IT
Essex Information Technology Rankings
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IT Student Demographics at Essex
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IT majors at Essex County College.
Essex Information Technology Associate’s Program
Essex does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in IT graduates 24% 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 IT.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 7 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
White | 1 |
International Students | 3 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Concentrations Within Information Technology
If you plan to be a IT major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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 |
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Network & System Administration/Administrator | 16 |
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Careers That IT Grads May Go Into
A degree in IT 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 |
---|---|---|
Managers | 18,370 | $138,820 |
Computer and Information Systems Managers | 14,280 | $176,690 |
Computer User Support Specialists | 13,910 | $65,260 |
Network and Computer Systems Administrators | 12,370 | $99,070 |
Computer Workers | 9,770 | $99,210 |
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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