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Palo Verde College

One College Drive, Blythe, CA 92225 · Public 2-year · (760) 921-5500 · School website

Average net price

$18,993

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

2023-24, IPEDS

Finish on time

30.5%

within 150% of normal time, Scorecard

Students with Pell

11.6%

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 Palo Verde College

Palo Verde College reported 70 certificate and associate completions in 6 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in welding (23). College Scorecard counts 3,381 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr	Funding and results
Welding	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	23	Not published
Automotive	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	22	Not published
Phlebotomy	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	14	Not published
CNA	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	8	Not published	WIOA listState CNA list
IT support	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	3	Not published
LPN/LVN	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	0	Not published

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 Palo Verde College

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $1,288
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $1,288
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS: $12,880
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $2,178
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $18,993
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $36,389

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

Palo Verde College 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.