Career Programs at NECC

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Northern Essex Community College is $11,472 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.

Northern Essex Community College offers the alternative tuition plans .

67% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $4,377 (exclude student loans).

NECC 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$11,472
Average Financial Amount	$4,377

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Northern Essex Community College offers 30 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate and 1-2 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 696 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Northern Essex Community College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	20	93
2 Years Certificate	10	115
Total	30	696

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

93 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
115 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
488 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	1	-
Computer and Information Sciences (other)	✕	2	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	0	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	1	-
Education [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Drama and Dance Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Electromechanical and Instrumentation and Maintenance Technologies/Technicians (other)	✕	13	-
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians (other)	✕	8	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Child Care and Support Services Management	✕	2	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	11	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	53 completers	-
Medical Office Assistant/Specialist	✕	6	-
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder	✕	4	-
Medical Insurance Specialist/Medical Biller	✕	4	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	0	-
Polysomnography	✕	2	-
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions (other)	✕	22	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician	✕	2	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✕	1	-
Public Health (other)	✕	12	-
	Total	93

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Sign Language Interpretation and Translation	✕	8	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Commercial and Advertising Art	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	107 completers	$32,900
Dental Assisting/Assistant	✕	26	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	32	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	1	-
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	✕	0	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	10	$29,500
Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician	✕	14	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	24	-
	Total	115

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology/Technician	✕	11	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	48 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	36	-
Computer and Information Sciences (other)	✕	0	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	0	-
Computer Programming, Specific Applications	✕	0	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	10	-
Information Technology Project Management	✕	2	-
Education [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	8	-
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	✕	2	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	1	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	11	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Biomedical Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Computer Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology	✕	1	-
Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields (other)	✕	15	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Sign Language Interpretation and Translation	✕	9	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	0	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	91 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	61	-
General Studies	✕	30	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	22	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✕	3	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	0	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✕	0	-
Physical Fitness Technician	✕	5	-
Science Technologies/Technicians [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Physical Science Technologies/Technicians (other)	✕	6	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	29	-
Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Human Services [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Social Work	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	0	-
Design and Visual Communications	✕	0	-
Commercial and Advertising Art	✕	0	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	14	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	81 completers	-
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	✕	0	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	1	-
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist	✕	16	-
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	✕	8	-
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician	✕	0	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician	✕	18	-
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	✕	18	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	20	-
Business [+]	✕	117 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	69	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	24	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✕	7	-
Accounting	✕	12	-
Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary	✕	1	-
Hospitality Administration/Management	✕	4	-
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	✕	0	-
	Total	488

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 4,339 students are attending at Northern Essex Community College. There are 78 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 151 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 18 to 1 (5.56%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 313 (full-time) and 254 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Northern Essex Community College is 18% and transfer-out rate is 15%. The retention rate is 54% at the school.

NECC 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	4,339
Graduation Rate	18%
Number of Faculty	229
Student to Faculty Ratio	18 to 1

Student Population at NECC

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 4,770 students enrolled into Northern Essex Community College. By gender, 1,643 male and 3,127 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Northern Essex Community College.

Student Population By Gender
Northern Essex Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,770	1,643	3,127
Full-time	1,337	602	735
Part-tme	3,433	1,041	2,392

There are 2,111 White (44.26%), 206 Black/African American (4.32%), 2,084 Hispanic (43.69%), 100 Asian (2.10%), and 2,337 students with other races attending Northern Essex Community College. 45 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Northern Essex Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,770	1,643	3,127
American Indian/Native American	7	1	6
Asian	100	41	59
Black/African American	206	83	123
Hispanic	2,084	591	1,493
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	6	10
White	2,111	828	1,283
Two More	95	31	64
Un-Known	106	39	67
Non-resident Alien	45	23	22

Northern Essex Community College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

3,598 students (75.43% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 939 students (19.69% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Northern Essex Community College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Northern Essex Community College
	Number of Students
Total	4,770
Enrolled Online Exclusively	3,598
Enrolled Some Online Courses	939
Not in Online Courses	233

By age range, at Northern Essex Community College, 1,476 students are aged 20 to 24 (30.94% of total students), 1,736 students are aged below 20 (36.39%), 120 students are aged above 50 (4.82%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Northern Essex Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,770	1,643	3,127
Under 18	556	171	385
Age 18-19	1,180	535	645
Age 20-21	808	348	460
Age 22-24	668	248	420
Age 25-29	568	135	433
Age 30-34	386	76	310
Age 35-39	237	54	183
Age 40-49	247	49	198
Age 50-64	115	26	89
Over 64	5	1	4

Directory and Accreditation Information

Northern Essex Community College is accredited by New England Commission of Higher Education (12/1/1969 - Current).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Northern Essex Community College.

100 Elliott Street, Haverhill, MA

978-556-3000

School Website

Admission Page

Financial Aid Information

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Directory and Accreditation Information

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