Cerro Coso Community College
Ridgecrest, California
- Two-year college
- Public
- Rural
- 3,171 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Child care and early education
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 96 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 46 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 20 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer ScienceAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
Engineering technology
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 54 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 38 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsAssociate degree · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $58,618
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 25 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (24)
- AnthropologyAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $37,748
- Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $33,713
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 10 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 33 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $40,381
- English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $27,003
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $35,157
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $24,176
- Graphic CommunicationsCertificate · 32 finishedNationally: $24,502
- HistoryAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $31,926
- Human Services, GeneralCertificate · 9 finishedNationally: $34,193
- Human Services, GeneralAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $32,008
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 321 finishedNationally: $34,134
- MathematicsAssociate degree · 13 finishedNationally: $36,826
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $41,294
- Non-Professional Legal StudiesAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $34,993
- Political Science and GovernmentAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $34,854
- Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 27 finishedNationally: $30,994
- Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationCertificateNationally: $28,590
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $41,894
- SociologyAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $33,731
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $32,424
- Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $26,742
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $12,913per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $22,081sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $1,384Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 2%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 31%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $35,9076 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $42,04210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- Not reportedfederal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 16%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 33%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Cerro Coso Community College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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