by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Essex County College was awarded 89 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business administration & management.
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Essex is ranked #1,317 out of 2,198 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.
Essex also holds the #30 spot on the Best Colleges in New Jersey ranking.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Essex County College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Essex County College, this rate is 24 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Essex County College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Essex County College this rate is 61%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,360 undergraduates at Essex with 2,859 being full-time and 3,501 being part-time.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Essex, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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Contact details for Essex are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 303 University Ave, Newark, NJ 07102 |
| Phone: | 973-877-3000 |
| Website: | www.essex.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Health/Medical Prep Programs | 203 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 173 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 151 | NA |
| General Social Sciences | 113 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 61 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 49 | NA |
| Accounting | 47 | NA |
| Nursing | 37 | NA |
| Computer Programming | 30 | NA |
| General Biology | 28 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 1,275 students took at least one online class at Essex County College. This is a decrease from the 1,345 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,275 | 277 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,345 | 287 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,818 | 494 |
| 2018-2019 | 562 | 122 |
Footnotes
*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.
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