CIP 5138 · Associate's Degree · Cerritos College

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Cerritos College

Federal outcomes for associate's degree graduates of Cerritos College. 55 completers in the most recent 4-year window (71 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $101,438.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$101,438
California CIP-4 median $104,007
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$100,485
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
55
71 most recent year
SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142017$13,750
$13,750$9,42820142017
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201955
845520142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20142017+46%

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Cerritos College · debt_median rose

9,428 → 13,750

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this program

Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

NET PRESENT VALUE
$1,264,819
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 2
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 2year 0year 39
Cost per year
$2,917
HS-only baseline · CA
$41,880
Years to complete
2
CIP family
51

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 5138

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing across California institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all California Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

College of San MateoPEER$135,53450 gradsContra Costa CollegePEER$135,37435 gradsUnitek CollegePEER$134,8674 gradsYuba CollegePEER$132,80958 gradsCity College of San FranciscoPEER$132,40880 gradsSanta Rosa Junior CollegePEER$131,80554 gradsSacramento City CollegePEER$129,98061 gradsOhlone CollegePEER$128,24819 gradsChabot CollegePEER$128,10831 gradsPacific Union CollegePEER$122,01691 gradsCarrington College-SacramentoPEER$117,74148 gradsShasta CollegePEER$115,77258 gradsCollege of the DesertPEER$115,41640 gradsMerced CollegePEER$114,56358 gradsAmerican River CollegePEER$114,06865 gradsLos Angeles City CollegePEER$113,88381 gradsMount Saint Mary's UniversityPEER$111,94745 gradsModesto Junior CollegePEER$111,592112 gradsColumbia CollegePEER$111,204Napa Valley CollegePEER$110,60742 gradsLemoore CollegePEER$110,10838 gradsCoalinga CollegePEER$109,745Evergreen Valley CollegePEER$109,66073 gradsButte CollegePEER$109,054113 gradsRio Hondo CollegePEER$108,72956 gradsLos Angeles Southwest CollegePEER$108,19443 gradsRiverside City CollegePEER$107,743166 gradsVictor Valley CollegePEER$107,27435 gradsAllan Hancock CollegePEER$106,41132 gradsSanta Barbara City CollegePEER$106,04668 gradsAntelope Valley Community College DistrictPEER$104,758102 gradsSan Joaquin Valley College-VisaliaPEER$104,00757 gradsLos Angeles Harbor CollegePEER$102,89467 grads
Cerritos CollegeTHIS PROGRAM$101,43855 grads
East Los Angeles CollegePEER$101,04555 gradsPasadena City CollegePEER$101,04062 gradsCollege of the RedwoodsPEER$100,83063 gradsVentura CollegePEER$100,79382 gradsCypress CollegePEER$100,02759 gradsPalomar CollegePEER$99,81976 gradsLos Angeles Valley CollegePEER$99,18359 gradsCareer Networks InstitutePEER$99,141111 gradsMt San Antonio CollegePEER$97,968110 gradsFresno City CollegePEER$97,609202 gradsCuesta CollegePEER$97,28945 gradsSolano Community CollegePEER$97,21789 gradsCollege of the SequoiasPEER$96,26389 gradsGolden West CollegePEER$93,67285 gradsMoorpark CollegePEER$92,67968 gradsSaddleback CollegePEER$92,59888 gradsMiraCosta CollegePEER$91,94150 gradsImperial Valley CollegePEER$91,04842 gradsSanta Ana CollegePEER$90,50183 gradsSan Bernardino Valley CollegePEER$90,40699 gradsCitrus CollegePEER$90,31531 gradsBakersfield CollegePEER$90,276133 gradsCollege of the CanyonsPEER$90,23376 gradsCollege of the SiskiyousPEER$89,4280 gradsSan Diego City CollegePEER$86,98162 gradsSanta Monica CollegePEER$84,232106 gradsMerritt CollegePEER$83,0380 gradsLos Angeles Pierce CollegePEER$80,68647 gradsEl Camino Community College DistrictPEER$80,57972 gradsGrossmont CollegePEER$72,42676 gradsThe Chicago School at Los AngelesPEER$70,245
SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →