Ocean County
Vocational-Technical School
Public College in Toms River, NJ. Median 10-year earnings $47,122.
Ten years after entry, the median Ocean County Vocational-Technical School student earns $47,122 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Graduates leave owing a median of $5,500 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.12 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. 74% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. The 24:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 453 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $10,828 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The income table below is the number that matters — $9,367 at $0–30k versus $17,400 at $110k+. About 53% get grants averaging $4,749, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 24% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 170 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $9,367 |
| $30–48k | $9,761 |
| $48–75k | $12,145 |
| $75–110k | $14,154 |
| $110k+ | $17,400 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 110 of these 453 students, totalling $704,610 — an average of $6,406 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Ocean County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)