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Ocean County College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• For more than 40 years, Ocean County College, a public two-year community college sponsored by Ocean County and the State of New Jersey, has provided area residents with the opportunity to benefit from higher education.
• Ocean County College is located in Toms River, the county seat of Ocean. Our beautiful campus, which embraces 275 acres of gently rising wooded land, includes state-of-the-art facilities arranged around a central mall area. Ocean County has 45 miles of the best, cleanest, white sandy beaches and ocean on the East Coast. It features boardwalks, sailing, fishing, crabbing, swimming and numerous recreational attractions.
• The college offers degree, certificate, credit, noncredit, transfer, honors, career, licensing, business education training, continuing and professional education programs, day, evening, weekend, off-campus, Internet and distance learning courses.
• The Co-curricular program is structured as a learning laboratory. Through the offering of various clubs and organizations, as well as the Student Leadership Development Program, learning environments are created which aid students in developing effective human relations skills as well as business skills.
• The college is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education, Middle States Association of Colleges & Schools and National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• NJSTARS program could fall victim to budget cuts (MyCentralJersey.com)
  posted on March 18, 2010 at 06:12:20 pm
  NEW JERSEY — The NJ STARS program, a scholarship program offering tuition-free community college education to top New Jersey students, may fall to Gov. Chris Christie's higher education funding cuts.
• Budget may spell death of NJ STARS program (Asbury Park Press)
  posted on March 18, 2010 at 05:13:35 am
  The NJ STARS program, a scholarship program offering tuition-free community college education to top students...
• Talking the sounds of silence (Asbury Park Press)
  posted on March 15, 2010 at 11:44:17 pm
  TOMS RIVER — In silence was spoken a thousand words.
• Buglione, Salvanto serve as glue for young Ocean Count College baseball team (Asbury Park Press)
  posted on March 13, 2010 at 04:17:45 am
  Ocean County College baseball coach Ernie Leta will be banking on two returning pitchers to help glue together a young team in 2010.
• College Corner: Local athletes sparking TCNJ (Asbury Park Press)
  posted on March 9, 2010 at 12:53:08 am
  Former area high school athletes continue to impact teams at The College of New Jersey.

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