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College of the Desert
Palm Desert, CA · Public · 10,207 students · mostly certificate degrees
189th-cheapest of 495 California colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$15,728
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$24,607
Graduation rate
31%
Admission rate
—
Median graduate earnings
$39,020
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
—
Pell grant recipients
38%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
102 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Associate's Degree83 grads/yr$106,782Biological and Physical Sciences · Associate's Degree27 grads/yr$59,719Business Administration and Management, General · Associate's Degree138 grads/yr$52,620Public/Applied History · Associate's Degree11 grads/yr$49,234Communication, General · Associate's Degree24 grads/yr$47,357General Studies · Associate's Degree115 grads/yr$45,349Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Associate's Degree66 grads/yr$44,704Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants, Other · Associate's Degree6 grads/yr$40,391Psychology, General · Associate's Degree145 grads/yr$39,201Sociology, General · Associate's Degree45 grads/yr$35,465
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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