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College of the Desert

43-500 Monterey Ave, Palm Desert, CA 92260 · Public 2-year · (760) 346-8041 · School website

Average net price

$15,728

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

539

2023-24, IPEDS

Finish on time

31.1%

within 150% of normal time, Scorecard

Students with Pell

37.9%

share of undergraduates, Scorecard

Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Credit for military training (IPEDS) Open admission (IPEDS) On California's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025)

Career programs at College of the Desert

College of the Desert reported 539 certificate and associate completions in 8 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in HVAC (281). College Scorecard counts 10,207 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr	Funding and results
HVAC	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	281	Not published	WIOA list
Automotive	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	109	Not published
IT support	Associate	Not reported	Not reported	40	Not published
Pharmacy tech	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	35	Not published
Culinary	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	34	Not published
LPN/LVN	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	27	Not published
Welding	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	8	Not published
EMT and paramedic	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	5	Not published	WIOA list

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at College of the Desert

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $1,326
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $1,326
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS: $10,174
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $1,062
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $15,728
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $39,020

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

College of the Desert net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)
Veterans and military page (link from IPEDS)

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.

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