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Community college · Public

Ocean County College

Toms River Township, NJ1,355 online only

Ocean County College is a public community college in Toms River Township, NJ, with about 6,074 students on campus and 1,355 more studying only online.

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Students on campus
6,074
plus 1,355 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$11,411
tuition and fees $4,906; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
42%
lower than at 77% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$45,210
higher than at 61% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Ocean County College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Ocean County College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $18,207 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $6,970

Tuition & fees (in state) $4,906Books & supplies $438Other costs $12,863

After grants, the average family on aid pays $11,411.

Tuition and fees are $4,906 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$11,965

About $23,930 over 2 years · 34% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
42%
within 3 years · Pell students 37%
Come back for year two
69%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$45,210
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$11,150
about $118 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

3.9%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$118 a month against about $3,032 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

46%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 52% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$41k
Middle income$30–75k
$47k
Higher incomeover $75k
$51k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Liberal arts 55%Business 17%Health professions 10%Visual & performing arts 5%Public safety 4%Computer science 3%Everything else 6%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities789 graduates a year · typical debt $11,000
$45k4 yrs out
Business Administration, Management and Operations199 graduates a year · typical debt $10,875
$60k4 yrs out
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing116 graduates a year · typical debt $18,843
$91k4 yrs out
Criminal Justice and Corrections62 graduates a year · typical debt $10,980
$46k4 yrs out
Visual and Performing Arts, General62 graduates a year
—not reported
Computer and Information Sciences, General28 graduates a year
—not reported
Journalism18 graduates a year
—not reported
Engineering, General14 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

5,424 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 63%Hispanic 24%Black 6%Asian 3%Two or more 3%

Women and men

Women 58%Men 42%
22 : 1
students per teacher
27%
get Pell grants (lower income)
6%
take federal loans
20%
undergrads 25 or older
46%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Toms River Township

5% of Toms River Township’s 100,899 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Toms River Township pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

Straight-line distances from Ocean County College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

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Yeshiva Gedolah Shaarei ShmuelUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Lakewood Township
6 mi132 students
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Beth Medrash GovohaUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Lakewood Township
6.8 mi8,824 students
Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes YerachmielCommunity college · Private nonprofit · Lakewood Township
6.8 mi172 students
Bais Medrash Toras ChesedUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Lakewood Township
6.8 mi125 students
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7.1 mi189 students

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.