Academic Life at Cerritos College

All About Academics

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Cerritos College: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

69 Majors With Completions

38:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

25% Full-Time Faculty

Each topic below links to a dedicated page with the full detail:

Faculty Resources
Most Popular Majors
Additional Questions to Ask
Continue Your Research

Faculty and Teaching

At 38 to 1, the student-to-faculty ratio at Cerritos College is above the national average of 15 to 1. 25% of the instructors at Cerritos College are employed full time, near the national average of 47%.

For the full breakdown — tenure status, part-time and adjunct share, and how the faculty compares with the national average — see the faculty composition page.

Majors & Degrees

Students at Cerritos College can choose from 69 majors with reported graduates spanning 29 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at Cerritos College are summarised below:

Degree Level	Offered
Associate	✓
Bachelor’s	—
Master’s	—
Doctorate	—

The most popular majors at Cerritos College, measured by graduates, are listed below.

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Business Administration, Management and Operations	2,560
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	1,946
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services	1,067
Precision Metal Working	247
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technology/Technician, General	213

For the complete list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers, see the academic majors report.

More to Consider

Before you decide, here are a few more questions to consider about academics at Cerritos College:

Need flexibility? Check whether Cerritos College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 13,885 undergraduates study at least partly online. Explore online learning.
Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Cerritos College retains and graduates its students — 67% of full-time freshmen return). Explore graduation rates.
Will a degree land you a job? Ask how many graduates were employed full time a year after finishing.

Explore Further into Cerritos College

Use the pages below to go deeper on any academic topic:

Academic Majors at Cerritos College — every major and degree program offered
Faculty & Class Sizes at Cerritos College — the full faculty and class-size breakdown
Graduation and Retention at Cerritos College — how well the school retains and graduates students
Online Learning at Cerritos College — distance-learning enrollment detail
Accreditation Detail at Cerritos College — accreditation status and accrediting bodies