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Cerritos College

11110 Alondra Blvd, Norwalk, CA 90650 · Public 2-year · (562) 860-2451 · School website

Average net price
$2,424
per year after grants, College Scorecard
Career completions
764
2023-24, IPEDS
Finish on time
30.5%
within 150% of normal time, Scorecard
Students with Pell
36.3%
share of undergraduates, Scorecard
Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Credit for military training (IPEDS) Open admission (IPEDS) On California's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025)

Career programs at Cerritos College

Cerritos College reported 764 certificate and associate completions in 9 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in welding (214). College Scorecard counts 18,870 undergraduates.

ProgramAwardLengthProgram costCompletionsEarnings, 1 yrFunding and results
Welding Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 214 Not published
Automotive Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 184 Not published
Cosmetology Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 147 $13,133
Medical assistant Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 69 Not published WIOA list
Culinary Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 51 Not published WIOA list
Pharmacy tech Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 37 Not published
Dental assistant Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 35 $34,175
Cybersecurity Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 14 Not published
IT support Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 13 Not published

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at Cerritos College

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools
$1,364
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS
$1,364
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS
$12,004
Books and suppliesIPEDS
$1,062
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid
$2,424
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs
$8,447
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students
$41,156

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.

More Cerritos College programs on the WIOA list

People who meet WIOA's rules for training services can have their local workforce board pay for a program on the state's eligible training provider list. Limits vary by area. How WIOA training funds work.

Listed programTuition and feesLengthCompletedEmployed, 2nd quarterMedian earnings, 2nd quarterStudents who exited
Introduction to Utility Precraft TrainingCertificate · In person · CIP 46.0301$1,290+ $200 books1 week, 40 hours a week92.3%100%$23,07626

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171): programs on state lists as of June 30, 2025; outcomes for all students who exited between July 2021 and June 2025, not only WIOA-funded ones. Median earnings are one quarter's pay in the second quarter after exit. Suppressed means DOL withheld the figure (a small group, nothing reported, or a data quality hold); for length it can also mean a competency-based program. IPEDS does not list these program types at this campus. Matched to Cerritos College by provider name and place, by DOL's provider ID, or as another site of the school (its exact name or website, the only match in the state; "Listed at" names that site's town).

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