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Ocean County College was awarded 12 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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OCC landed the #611 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 OCC held the #1,184 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 45 colleges in New Jersey, OCC is ranked at #22.
Ocean County College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
With a student to faculty ratio of 18 to 1, Ocean County College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Ocean County College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Ocean County College is 64%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,480 undergraduates at OCC with 3,735 being full-time and 3,745 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,535 | $10,319 | $12,414 | $14,832 | $16,507 |
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 OCC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At OCC, approximately 6% of students took out student loans averaging $4,433 a year. That adds up to $17,732 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for OCC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | College Drive, Toms River, NJ 08754-2001 |
| Phone: | 732-255-0400 |
| Website: | www.ocean.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 903 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 195 | NA |
| Nursing | 109 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 67 | NA |
| General Visual & Performing Arts | 46 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 30 | NA |
| Journalism | 23 | NA |
| General Engineering | 17 | NA |
| Social Work | 16 | NA |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 8 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 2,132 students took at least one online class at Ocean County College. This is a decrease from the 2,916 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,132 | 1,271 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,916 | 1,753 |
| 2020-2021 | 7,416 | 6,998 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,698 | 1,367 |
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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