Journalism at Cerritos College

If you are interested in studying journalism, you may want to check out the program at Cerritos College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Cerritos College is located in Norwalk, California and has a total student population of 20,406.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Journalism section at the bottom of this page.

Cerritos College Journalism Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Journalism

Cerritos College Journalism Rankings

Journalism Student Demographics at Cerritos College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the journalism majors at Cerritos College.

Cerritos College Journalism Associate’s Program

50% Women

100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of journalism associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in journalism only graduates about 35% men each year. The program at Cerritos College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 15% more women than average.

Cerritos College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in journalism graduates 64% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cerritos College with a associate's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Journalism

The following journalism concentations are available at Cerritos College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Cerritos College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism	12

Careers That Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in journalism can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for Cerritos College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Film and Video Editors	11,380	$112,530
Editors	11,060	$78,150
Writers and Authors	7,910	$96,910
Photographers	6,060	$52,720
Reporters and Correspondents	3,430	$67,820

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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