Cerritos College

Cerritos College is a public school located in the suburban setting of Norwalk, CA, less than an hour from Los Angeles.

Founded in 1956, Cerritos College currently enrolls around 22,043 students a year, including 22,043 undergrads. The institution runs on a semester academic calendar.

For each full-time student, Cerritos College spends about $3,345.

Admissions Facts About Cerritos College

Acceptance rate: 65%

Early Decision or Early Action: No/No

2022 Regular Decision Notification Date:

Cerritos College Acceptance Rate 2017

Admission to Cerritos College is noncompetitive. Around 65 percent of all applicants to Cerritos College are accepted each year.

In 2021, 0 applicants were waitlisted and 0 waitlisted students got accepted.

Is Cerritos College a good school?

Different people have different ideas about what makes a "good" school. Admissions difficulty and admitted student statistics can give you a sense of how competitive a college is, but they don't say much about the quality of the education or the student experience.

Retention and graduation rates

Out of all the first-year, full-time undergrads who start at Cerritos College, around 0 percent return for their sophomore year.

Compare this to the average six-year graduation rate for colleges and universities in the U.S., which is around 61 percent for public schools and 67 percent for private.

Job outcomes and student debt

Job placement rates after graduation, average starting salaries, and the debt students graduate with can all give important clues about the value of a degree from a specific school.

Based on this information, how does Cerritos College sound? Remember, a school that is perfect for one person may be a terrible fit for another! So the real question to ask yourself: is Cerritos College a good school for YOU?

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