Cerritos College

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Cerritos College is a public community college in Norwalk, California, United States. It was established in 1955 after a collective regional effort through a landmark vote by residents across seven distinct school districts in the Gateway Cities of Southeast Los Angeles. Cerritos is a two-year undergraduate institution that enrolled approximately 35,000 students in the 2024–2025 academic year. It houses 284 majors across 97 departments and 11 academic divisions. Its 135-acre (55 ha) campus is located in a suburban neighborhood 15 miles from the Puente Hills and 20 miles from Downtown Los Angeles. Cerritos has one of the highest return on investment figures in the state of California, and the highest in the greater Los Angeles region. The student body at Cerritos is noted to be high in socioeconomic diversity and is designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution, with around 70% of the student body identifying as Hispanic in the 2024–2025 academic year. The college athletics teams, known...

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