Cerritos Outcomes - Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rates

At Cerritos College, the graduation rates was 29.37% (677 students out of 2,305 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time (for example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree)). By gender, 274 male and 403 female students graduated from the school last year by completing their jobs in the period.

The following table and chart describe the graduation rates (150% normal time) by gender at Cerritos College. Last year, the graduation rate was 29.37%. where 677 students out of 2,305 candidate completed their degree.

334 students completed their degree or certificate program within 100% normal time and 677 students finished there program within 150% normal time.

The following table and chart show graduation rates by race/ethnicity. The numbers in parenthesis denotes number of completers over number of candidates for each category.

Non-resident alien student is not a US citizen and studies with student visa, such as F visa, in United States. At Cerritos College, 8 of 22 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 36.36%.

The transfer-out rate is calculated by dividing students who have transferred out of other institution into total number of students (candidates) within 150% normal time. The transfer-out rate at Cerritos College is 9.07% (209 out of 2,305 students transferred-out.).

By definition, retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At Cerritos College, the retention rate is 66% for full-time students and 44 % for part-time students.