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Nursing at Cerritos College

If you plan to study nursing, take a look at what Cerritos College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

Cerritos College Nursing Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Nursing

Cerritos College Nursing 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.

Nursing Student Demographics at Cerritos College

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

Cerritos College Nursing Associate’s Program

73% Women
91% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 27% of nursing associate's degrees went to men and 73% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in nursing only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at Cerritos College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 14% 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 nursing graduates 55% 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 nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 18
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 26
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Nursing

Nursing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. 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
Registered Nursing 55

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing 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
Registered Nurses 294,510 $106,950
Medical and Health Services Managers 34,510 $125,770
Nurse Practitioners 13,420 $133,780
Nursing Instructors and Professors 3,390 $101,320
Nurse Anesthetists 1,180 $212,210

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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