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Ocean County College is a public institution situated in Toms River, New Jersey. Toms River is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Where Is Ocean County College?

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

How Do I Get Into OCC?

You can apply to OCC online at: https://www.ocean.edu/admission_and_aid/apply-now/

As long as you submit the requested materials to Ocean County College when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford Ocean County College?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At OCC, approximately 7% of students took out student loans averaging $5,140 a year. That adds up to $20,560 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at OCC is 2.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Ocean County College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 7,321 undergraduate students at OCC, with 3,384 being full-time and 3,937 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,384 full-time undergraduates at OCC, 46% are male and 54% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Ocean County College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	70
Black or African American	150
Hispanic or Latino	648
White	2,167
International Students	40
Other Races/Ethnicities	309

Over 12 countries are represented at OCC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Vietnam, and Dominican Republic.

Online Learning at Ocean County College

In 2020-2021, 2,916 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at OCC has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of OCC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Ocean County College was 12.4%. This is the #1,156 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at OCC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.