Cerritos College Business Programs

Located in Norwalk, California, Cerritos College is a public institution. Cerritos College is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

Cerritos College Rankings

Cerritos College is ranked #233 out of 1,477 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2023 Best Colleges list.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Cerritos College has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#83	Best Business Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Cerritos College.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#8	Most Popular International Business Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#21	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#25	Most Popular General Sales & Marketing Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#27	Most Popular Entrepreneurial Studies Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#55	Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Cerritos College has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Retail Management Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#5	Best Office Administration Schools	College Factual
#10	Best Entrepreneurial Studies Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#36	Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#180	Best General Business Administration and Management Schools	College Factual
#183	Best Business Administration & Management Schools	College Factual

Where Is Cerritos College?

Contact details for Cerritos College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	11110 Alondra Blvd, Norwalk, CA 90650-6298
Phone:	562-860-2451
Website:	www.cerritos.edu

How Do I Get Into Cerritos College?

You can apply to Cerritos College online at: www.cerritos.edu/school-relations/future-students/steps/first-time-college-student.htm

Cerritos College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Cerritos College?

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Cerritos College, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $5,955 a year. That adds up to $23,820 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Cerritos College is 10.6%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Cerritos College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 20,406 undergraduate students at Cerritos College, with 8,240 being full-time and 12,166 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 8,240 full-time undergraduates at Cerritos College, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Cerritos College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	720
Black or African American	524
Hispanic or Latino	5,918
White	480
International Students	78
Other Races/Ethnicities	520

Over 41 countries are represented at Cerritos College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, China, and Taiwan.

Online Learning at Cerritos College

In 2019-2020, 17,308 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Cerritos College has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Cerritos College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Cerritos College was 63.1%. This is the #482 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Cerritos College regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Cerritos College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	286	316	0	602
Retail Management	172	23	0	195
Office Administration	28	22	0	50
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	5	12	5	22
General Economics	0	21	0	21
Small Business Administration/Management	10	8	0	18
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	6	8	0	14
General Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	4	9	0	13
International Business/Trade/Commerce	4	5	0	9
Real Estate	5	3	0	8
General Business/Commerce	0	4	0	4
Professional Sales	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	520	431	5	956

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.