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Culinary program at Ocean County Vocational-Technical School
Toms River, NJ · Public less-than-2-year · School website
School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Middle States Commission on Secondary Education
The program in figures
- Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (1 to under 2 years)
- $7,550
- Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
- $300
- Listed cost
- $7,850
- LengthIPEDS
- 900 clock hours, 10 months
- CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
- 14
- Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard, 17 graduates
- $16,566
- Median earnings, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard
- $25,350
- National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
- $30,572
- Typical pay for chefs and head cooksBLS OEWS May 2025, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
- $71,780
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About this program
Ocean County Vocational-Technical School awarded 14 culinary credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its number 5 career program of 13 we list. Its listed tuition of $7,550 compares with a New Jersey median wage of $74,280 for chefs and head cooks (BLS, May 2025).
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