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Engineering at Cerritos College

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if Cerritos College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

Cerritos College is located in Norwalk, California and approximately 20,406 students attend the school each year.

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

Cerritos College Engineering Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Engineering

Cerritos College Engineering Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Engineering Student Demographics at Cerritos College

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

Cerritos College Engineering Associate’s Program

37% Women
95% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 63% of engineering associate's degrees went to men and 37% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in engineering only graduates about 25% women each year. The program at Cerritos College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 12% more women than average.

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Cerritos College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in engineering graduates 67% 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 engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 11
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 29
White 1
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Cerritos College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering 43

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Software Applications Developers 148,550 $127,950
Systems Software Developers 88,910 $131,700
Civil Engineers 45,060 $109,680
Architectural and Engineering Managers 31,580 $175,010
Electronics Engineers 29,210 $123,540

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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