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Cerro Coso Community College

3000 College Heights Blvd, Ridgecrest, CA 93555 · Public 2-year · (760) 384-6100 · School website

Average net price

$18,306

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

218

2023-24, IPEDS

Finish on time

24.7%

within 150% of normal time, Scorecard

Students with Pell

15.5%

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)

Career programs at Cerro Coso Community College

Cerro Coso Community College reported 218 certificate and associate completions in 5 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in IT support (101). College Scorecard counts 3,171 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr
IT support	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	101	Not published
Medical assistant	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	59	Not published
LPN/LVN	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	30	Not published
Welding	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	28	Not published
EMT and paramedic	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	0	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 Cerro Coso Community College

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $1,384
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $1,384
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS: $11,254
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $1,062
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $18,306
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $34,963

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

Cerro Coso Community College net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)
Veterans and military page (link from IPEDS)

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