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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2022-02-18</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001393434</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>OCULAR THERAPEUTIX, INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>OCUL</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001604873</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SUMMER ROAD LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>207 6TH STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WEST PALM BEACH</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>FL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>33401</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2022-02-18</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>40000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>4.9985</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>5934761</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Family Client</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2022-02-23</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>10000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>4.7986</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>5944761</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Family Client</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">These shares of Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the &quot;Shares&quot;), were purchased in an open market transaction.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Reporting Person is a family office of the same family under Investment Advisers Act of 1940 Rule 202(a)(11)(G)-1 (the &quot;Family Office Rule&quot;). Pursuant to investment management agreements (&quot;IMAs&quot;) between itself and its &quot;Family Clients&quot; (as defined in the Family Office Rule), Reporting Person exercises voting and dispositive power with respect to the Issuer's common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, held by each of the Family Clients. The Reporting Person also reports beneficial ownership pursuant to Rule 13d-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, pursuant to a Schedule 13D previously filed with the SEC on May 19, 2020, as amended from time to time.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Represents securities beneficially owned by Reporting Person through an IMA entered into with Family Clients. The securities acquired as to which this Form 4 is filed by Reporting Person are owned of record by Cap 1 LLC, a Family Client of Reporting Person (&quot;Cap 1&quot;). Cap 1 is owned over 90% by Crystal Fiduciary Company, LLC, as Trustee of the AR Irrevocable Trust. Reporting Person has no pecuniary interest in the securities beneficially owned by the Family Clients of Reporting Person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Represents the weighted average set forth in this line item. On February 18, 2022, the Reporting Person acquired 40,000 shares of Common Stock at a weighted average price of $4.9985 (ranging from a low of $4.89 and a high of $5.26). Upon request by the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer, the Reporting Person will provide full information regarding the number of shares of Common Stock purchased or sold at each separate price.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Represents the weighted average set forth in this line item. On February 23, 2022, the Reporting Person acquired 10,000 shares of Common Stock at a weighted average price of $4.7986 (ranging from a low of $4.75 and a high of $4.98). Upon request by the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer, the Reporting Person will provide full information regarding the number of shares of Common Stock purchased or sold at each separate price.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Richard A. Silberberg, Chief Operating Officer</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-02-23</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
