History at Cerritos College

Every history school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the history program at Cerritos College stacks up to those at other schools.

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 History section at the bottom of this page.

Cerritos College History Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in History

Cerritos College History Rankings

History Student Demographics at Cerritos College

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

Cerritos College History Associate’s Program

52% Women

72% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of history associate's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in history only graduates about 43% women each year. The program at Cerritos College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 9% 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 history graduates 44% 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 history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within History

History majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. 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
History	19

Careers That History Grads May Go Into

A degree in history 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
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Museum Technicians and Conservators	1,890	$48,120
History Professors	1,380	$103,940
Curators	1,140	$67,650

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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