by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
College of the Desert was awarded 14 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health/medical prep programs.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, College of the Desert is ranked #1,647 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality.
College of the Desert is also ranked #154 out of 168 schools in California.
If you are worried about getting into College of the Desert, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
At College of the Desert, the student to faculty ratio is 24 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at College of the Desert is 34%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at College of the Desert is 67%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 10,932 undergraduates at College of the Desert with 4,197 being full-time and 6,735 being part-time.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of College of the Desert, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
The student loan default rate at College of the Desert is 17.8%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.
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Contact details for College of the Desert are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 43-500 Monterey Ave, Palm Desert, CA 92260 |
| Phone: | 760-346-8041 |
| Website: | www.collegeofthedesert.edu/ |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 8,965 students took at least one online class at College of the Desert. This is a decrease from the 10,909 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 8,965 | 7,621 |
| 2019-2020 | 10,909 | 10,522 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,514 | 919 |
| 2017-2018 | 3,132 | 798 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,695 | 646 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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