Cerritos College Student Population and Demographics

Cerritos Student Population

Cerritos College has a total enrollment of 21,859 (all undergraduate students) for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 8,663 full-time and 13,196 part-time students with gender distribution of 10,099 male and 11,760 female students.

Cerritos College is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 6,941 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Cerritos College has a total enrollment of 21,859 with a gender distribution of 46.20% male (10,099 students) and 53.80% female (11,760 students).

Student Population By Gender
Cerritos College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	21,859	10,099	11,760
Full-time	8,663	4,018	4,645
Part-time	13,196	6,081	7,115

[Chart] Cerritos College 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Cerritos College has 8,663 full-time and 13,196 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 8,663 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 13,196 students are attending with part-time status.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Cerritos College
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	21,859	8,663	13,196
Men	10,099	4,018	6,081
Women	11,760	4,645	7,115

[Chart] Cerritos College Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Cerritos College, 6,941 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,944 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 21,859 students.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Cerritos College
	Total	Undergraduate
Total	21,859	21,859
Online Exclusively	6,941	6,941
In Some Online Classes	6,944	6,944
Not In Online Classes	7,974	7,974

[Chart] Cerritos College Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Cerritos College. There are 37 American Indian/Native American, 2,516 White, 1,384 Black/African American, 1,745 Asian, 14,898 Hispanic, 61 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 588 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Cerritos College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	21,859	10,099	11,760
American Indian/Native American	37	18	19
Asian	1,745	852	893
Black/African American	1,384	577	807
Hispanic	14,898	6,624	8,274
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	61	34	27
White	2,516	1,380	1,136
Two More	468	218	250
Race Un-Known	692	370	322

[Chart] Cerritos CollegeRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Cerritos College.

Student Age Distribution
Cerritos College
	Undergraduate
Total	21,859
Under 18	2,689
Age 18-19	5,099
Age 20-21	3,023
Age 22-24	2,530
Age 25-29	2,677
Age 30-34	1,953
Age 35-39	1,311
Age 40-49	1,533
Age 50-64	894
Over 64	148
Age Un-Known	2

[Chart] Cerritos College 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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