How Student Population Changes at Cerritos

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 20,609 where 19,469 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 1.12 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Cerritos than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Cerritos College since 2012.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	20,719	9,248	11,471
2013-14	21,404 685	9,717 469	11,687 216
2014-15	21,774 370	9,868 151	11,906 219
2015-16	22,043 269	10,020 152	12,023 117
2016-17	20,979 -1,064	9,545 -475	11,434 -589
2017-18	17,218 -3,761	7,672 -1,873	9,546 -1,888
2018-19	21,745 4,527	10,576 2,904	11,169 1,623
2019-20	22,287 542	10,677 101	11,610 441
2020-21	20,406 -1,881	9,188 -1,489	11,218 -392
2021-22	18,656 -1,750	8,592 -596	10,064 -1,154
2022-23	19,469 813	9,181 589	10,288 224
Average	20,609	9,480	11,129

Cerritos College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 9.80% and the percentage of black students is 6.64% at Cerritos College. 8.05% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Cerritos College over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	64	1,968	1,655	12,765	82	2,076	318
2013-14	51	1,953	1,693	13,997	75	1,996	389
2014-15	549	1,902	1,154	14,892	104	1,602	343
2015-16	1,066	1,818	671	15,549	126	974	273
2016-17	1,248	1,738	399	15,067	117	583	213
2017-18	1,082	1,315	250	12,690	106	186	170
2018-19	1,343	1,669	322	15,758	129	643	224
2019-20	55	1,543	1,127	14,498	72	1,675	513
2020-21	55	1,619	1,309	14,295	75	1,652	459
2021-22	58	1,508	1,202	13,015	61	1,717	414
2022-23	50	1,567	1,293	13,465	67	1,907	460
Average	511	1,691	1,007	14,181	92	1,365	343

Cerritos College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

7,185 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 37% of total students. The number of online students has increased 185.69% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Cerritos College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	21,774	2,515	9,476	9,783
2015-16	22,043	1,983	3,064	16,996
2016-17	20,979	2,062	3,131	15,786
2017-18	17,218	2,328	3,483	11,407
2018-19	21,745	2,653	3,794	15,298
2019-20	22,287	2,905	4,294	15,088
2020-21	20,406	9,185	8,123	3,098
2021-22	18,656	7,532	7,107	4,017
2022-23	19,469	7,185	6,063	6,221
Average	20,509	4,261	5,393	10,855

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Enrollment Trends at Cerritos

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes