unitid 185873 · Toms River, NJ · public 2-year · suburb (large)
Ocean County College
- enrollment 2023
- 12,367
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
5,424
79th pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
27%
undergrads on Pell grants
39th pctl among public 2-years
completion
42%
finish within 150% time
61st pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$18,207
79th pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$11,411
after aid, aided students
80th pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$45,210
after entry, Title IV students
86th pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$11,150
69th pctl among public 2-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $9,833 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 2-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k40%
- 30-48k20%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110k12%
- 110k+12%
- Median family income
- $29,639
- First-generation students
- 52%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $4,906
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.1× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 789 | $42,404 | $10,749 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 199 | $40,940 | $11,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 116 | $85,080 | $22,418 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 62 | $46,885 | $11,000 |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General. | 62 | — | — |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 28 | — | — |
| Journalism. | 18 | — | — |
| Engineering, General. | 14 | — | — |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions. | 13 | — | — |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research. | 11 | — | — |
| Legal Support Services. | 11 | — | — |
| Social Work. | 10 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.