by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Other Health/Medical Preparatory Programs. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Health/Medical Prep Programs is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Essex County College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the associate degree program in medical prep, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Part-time undergraduates at Essex paid an average of $253 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,590 | $7,590 |
| Fees | $1,200 | $1,200 |
| Books and Supplies | $2,400 | $2,400 |
Learn more about Essex tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Medical Prep students who received their associate degree at Essex took out an average of $7,500 in student loans. That is 42% lower than the national average of $12,988.
medical prep who receive their associate degree from Essex make an average of $27,015 a year during the early days of their career. That is 20% lower than the national average of $33,767.
Online degrees for the Essex medical prep associate degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Essex Online Learning page.
Women made up around 78.7% of the medical prep students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 85.0%.
Around 76.0% of medical prep associate degree recipients at Essex in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 47%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 84 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 28 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 7 |
| International Students | 18 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 12 |
Health/Medical Prep Programs students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Other Health/Medical Preparatory Programs | 150 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to health/medical prep programs.
*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.
