Cerro Coso Community College celebrates its annual commencement ceremony each spring across its campuses. In 2025, the college held its 51st Commencement on May 16 at its Ridgecrest (IWV) campus, with a 21st annual ceremony the same year for the Eastern Sierra College Center in Bishop. The 2025 ceremony marked the largest-ever graduating class in the college’s history, with 272 graduates across associate degrees and certificates.

For academic regalia, Cerro Coso’s publicly available commencement information states that graduates wear traditional gowns and mortarboard caps. While the college does not publicly provide a detailed dress‑code policy about gown color, by convention the gowns are standard academic style.

In its Honors Program, Cerro Coso identifies distinctive regalia: honors students (who maintain a GPA of 3.25 or higher across 16 honors units) receive honors cords and tassels, which they wear during commencement. The site confirms that these cords are presented at the Honors luncheon before graduation. However, Cerro Coso does not clearly document a wide variety of stole colors or discipline‑specific tassel colors; the publicly available sources focus on honor cords and standard regalia, rather than color‑coded stoles or hoods.

As for faculty regalia, while Cerro Coso includes faculty in the formal commencement procession, there is no public, detailed regalia chart on its site. The college’s catalogs and news announcements do not describe faculty hood colors or velvet trim by academic discipline.

In sum, Cerro Coso Community College’s commencement tradition centers on classic academic regalia: mortarboard cap, academic gown, honor cords for Honors Program graduates, and standard tassels for all. The institution emphasizes academic achievement and community celebration, but its publicly available materials do not elaborate on a broad, institution‑specific color scheme for stoles or sashes.

Cerro Coso Community College Cap, Gown & Academic Regalia Package

Designed specifically for Cerro Coso Community College graduates and faculty, this academic regalia set includes cap, gown, tassel, and optional honors cord.

• Gown: Traditional academic gown per Cerro Coso commencement standards.
• Cap: Mortarboard-style cap included for a classic graduation look.
• Tassel: Standard tassel included; Honors Program graduates receive a special honors tassel.
• Honor Cord: Optional honors cord awarded to students in the Honors Program.
• Organizational Stole / Cord: Optional cords or sashes from student organizations or honor societies (e.g., PTK) are allowed.
• Faculty Regalia: Full academic gown and hood sets for faculty; hood color follows traditional academic patterns (not clearly detailed on the public site).

Note: To confirm the exact colors of the graduation gown, cap, tassel, honor cords, and stoles for your specific program at Cerro Coso Community College, you can reach out directly to the college's administration or the office responsible for commencement and student services. They can provide you with the most accurate and up-to-date information regarding academic regalia.