College of the Desert Business Programs

Located in Palm Desert, California, College of the Desert is a public institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

College of the Desert Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at College of the Desert.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#46	Most Popular Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#91	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is College of the Desert?

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:	collegeofthedesert.edu

How Do I Get Into College of the Desert?

You can apply to College of the Desert online at: www.collegeofthedesert.edu/students/admissions/getting-started/online-application.php

As long as you submit the requested materials to College of the Desert when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford College of the Desert?

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.

College of the Desert Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 10,932 undergraduate students at College of the Desert, with 4,197 being full-time and 6,735 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,197 full-time undergraduates at College of the Desert, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of College of the Desert students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	115
Black or African American	84
Hispanic or Latino	3,192
White	572
International Students	63
Other Races/Ethnicities	171

Online Learning at College of the Desert

In 2019-2020, 10,909 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at College of the Desert has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of College of the Desert

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at College of the Desert was 271.1%. This is the #201 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at College of the Desert regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

College of the Desert Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	0	159	0	159
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	0	13	11	24
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	14	3	3	20
General Hospitality Administration/Management	1	13	0	14
General Business/Commerce	5	5	0	10
General Economics	0	6	0	6
Office Administration	5	0	0	5
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	0	1	0	1
Retail Management	1	0	0	1
Resort Management	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	26	200	14	240

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.