Northern Essex Community College Computer Science Programs

Northern Essex Community College is a public institution located in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Haverhill is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Where Is Northern Essex Community College?

Contact details for NECC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	100 Elliott Street, Haverhill, MA 01830-2399
Phone:	978-556-3000
Website:	www.necc.mass.edu

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How Do I Get Into NECC?

You can apply to NECC online at: www.necc.mass.edu/apply/

Since Northern Essex Community College has an open admissions policy, you should not have any trouble getting into the school as long as you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Can I Afford Northern Essex Community College?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At NECC, approximately 14% of students took out student loans averaging $3,600 a year. That adds up to $14,400 over four years for those students.

Northern Essex Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,770 undergraduate students at NECC, with 1,337 being full-time and 3,433 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,337 full-time undergraduates at NECC, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Northern Essex Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	33
Black or African American	57
Hispanic or Latino	583
White	591
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	49

Over 13 countries are represented at NECC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, Kenya, and Turkey.

Online Learning at Northern Essex Community College

In 2022-2023, 2,444 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at NECC has changed over the last few years.

Northern Essex Community College Computer Science Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	TOTAL
General Computer & Information Sciences	1	41	42
Computer & IS Security	0	6	6
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	2	0	2
Information Technology Project Management	0	2	2
General Computer Programming	1	0	1
Other Computer & Information Sciences & Support Services, Other	1	0	1
Other Computer & Information Sciences	0	0	0
App Specific Computer Programming	0	0	0
TOTAL	5	49	54

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.