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After Essex County College: graduation, pay and debt

Newark, New Jersey · Public · 6,790 undergrads

The typical student earns $37,230 ten years after starting.

The short answers

$37.2k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
18%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
24%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
23%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
2,243
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
17%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$30,298
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$33,895
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$37,230
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
44%

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Where these numbers come from

Updated May 8, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers