Palo Verde College Campus Life
Campus life
The campus as a place: setting, size, calendar and who studies here.
Campus at a glance
Distant rural
Outside any urbanized area or urban cluster.
- City
- Suburb
- Town
- Rural (this campus)
3,381 students
Larger than 70% of colleges
National median 1,603 students
Undergraduates with Pell Grants
- Receive a Pell Grant
- 5.6%
- TypePublic
- ClassCommunity college
- CalendarSemester
Nearby college towns
- Imperial75.8 mi
- Joshua Tree95.5 mi
- Palm Desert99.9 mi
Verified data from IPEDS and the College Scorecard. Distances are straight-line miles.
Race/ethnicity
Source: U.S. College Scorecard · 2025
Among undergraduates at Palo Verde College, the largest reported group is Hispanic (47.8%), followed by White (25.3%).
| Group | Undergraduates | Full-time instructional staff |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 1.6% | 0% |
| Asian | 3.9% | 13.5% |
| Black | 11.6% | 0% |
| Hispanic | 47.8% | 35.1% |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 0.8% | 0% |
| White | 25.3% | 51.4% |
| Two or more races | 4.1% | 0% |
| Non-resident | 0.1% | 0% |
| Unknown | 4.9% | 0% |
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- $42,518median annual earnings of former students who received federal aid.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- 35%of first-time, full-time students finish within 150% of normal time (six years for a bachelor's).Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- 51%of first-year students come back for a second year.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
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