Essex County College (ECC) is an open-door, public two-year college located in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.
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History
Established in 1966 as the public, two-year, open access community college of Essex County, the college admitted its first students in temporary quarters in downtown Newark in 1968. ECC moved to its current location in the University Heights district of Newark in 1976. Dr. Anthony E. Munroe was appointed as the college's 8th President in May of 2017.
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Education offered
Essex County College offers A.S., A.A., and A.A.S. degree programs in more than 50 different majors and 26 Academic Certificate programs. Approximately 25,000 people enroll each year in Essex County College's various degree and non-degree programs, including job training and enrichment programs. Essex County College offers day and evening classes as well as on-line offerings. Essex has produced 14 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Transfer Scholarship recipients since 2006, with students earning $120,000 in transfer scholarship money. The college is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
Athletics
Essex County College teams are represented in the Garden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) and Region 19 of the National Junior College Athletic Association. Its teams have produced All-Americans in soccer, men's and women's basketball, cross country, and indoor and outdoor track. The college has also produced more than two dozen Summer Olympics competitors.
Location
ECC's primary campus is in Newark, New Jersey, however, other facilities include the West Essex Campus in West Caldwell, a Public Safety Academy in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, and other satellite centers in Essex County. The Newark campus is adjacent to both the NJIT and Rutgers Newark campuses.
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