Essex County College
Essex County College offers a variety of career-focused programs, with a strong emphasis on nursing and allied health professions, utilizing state-of-the-art on-campus laboratories for hands-on training and clinical scenarios. The college provides both associate degree and certificate programs designed for direct entry into the workforce, and also offers short-term, tuition-free allied health training for qualified individuals. Programs in areas like Registered Nursing, Practical Nursing, and Allied Health are designed to prepare students for immediate employment in healthcare.
Programs Analyzed
Avg Grad Earnings
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Tuition (In-State)
All Programs at Essex County College
10 trade programs at Essex County College, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.
| Program | Score | Earnings | Debt |
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Nursing
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Compare nationwide → Compare in NJ → |
86 | $70,500/yr | — |
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Practical Nursing
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants Compare nationwide → Compare in NJ → |
84 | $62,448/yr | — |
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Medical Assisting
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services Compare nationwide → Compare in NJ → |
73 | $54,592/yr | — |
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Business Administration
Business Administration, Management and Operations Compare nationwide → Compare in NJ → |
71 | $32,638/yr | — |
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Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice and Corrections Compare nationwide → Compare in NJ → |
65 | $31,908/yr | — |
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Accounting
Accounting and Related Services Compare nationwide → |
59 | $29,026/yr | — |
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Teacher Education
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods Compare nationwide → |
55 | $23,768/yr | — |
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Social Sciences
Social Sciences, General Compare nationwide → |
53 | $22,053/yr | — |
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Ophthalmic & Optometric Services
Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied Professions Compare nationwide → |
50 | $37,740/yr | — |
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Liberal Arts & Humanities
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Compare nationwide → Compare in NJ → |
39 | $25,792/yr | — |
Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.
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About This Data
TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 10 trade and vocational programs at Essex County College using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).
The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.