Ocean County Leader

36 percent of people 25 years or older had an associate's degree or higher in Ocean County in 2017, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

This number was 8.6 percent lower than the state average of 44.6 percent. In 2017 the total municipality population reached 589,699.

91.2 percent of the population had at least a high school diploma or the equivalent. The table below shows how many

Ocean County residents who were at least 25 years old in 2017 held each of the listed degrees.

Degree	Number of people	Percentage of population
No degree	35,850	8.8
Regular high school diploma	125,587	30.9
GED or alternative credential	13,794	3.4
Some college less than 1 year	29,349	7.2
Some college 1 or more years no degree	55,218	13.6
Associate's degree	31,010	7.6
Bachelor's degree	76,806	18.9
Master's degree	30,529	7.5
Professional school degree	5,360	1.3
Doctorate degree	2,584	0.6

*All data is for residents who were at least 25 years old in 2017.