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.
Northern Essex Community College was awarded 3 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is engineering technologies.
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NECC landed the #1,131 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when NECC held the #1,185 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
NECC is also ranked #53 out of 63 schools in Massachusetts.
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If you are worried about getting into Northern Essex Community College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Northern Essex Community College, this ratio is 18 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
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 Northern Essex Community College is 51%. This is comparable to 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 Northern Essex Community College this rate is 54%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,715 undergraduates at NECC with 1,474 being full-time and 3,241 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,029 | $6,756 | $7,919 | $10,983 | $11,651 |
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 NECC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At NECC, approximately 12% of students took out student loans averaging $3,385 a year. That adds up to $13,540 over four years for those students.
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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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 96 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 65 | NA |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 61 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 42 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 31 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 28 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 28 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 28 | NA |
| Nursing | 27 | NA |
| Electromechanical Engineering Technology | 23 | 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, 2,444 students took at least one online class at Northern Essex Community College. This is a decrease from the 4,537 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,444 | 1,252 |
| 2021-2022 | 4,537 | 3,598 |
| 2020-2021 | 4,697 | 4,488 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,210 | 719 |
Learn more about online learning at Northern Essex Community College.
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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