Cabrillo College vs College of the Desert vs Los Medanos College

Side-by-side comparison of Cabrillo College, College of the Desert, Los Medanos College

Metrics	Cabrillo College Aptos, CA	CD College of the Desert Palm Desert, CA	Los Medanos College Pittsburg, CA
Location	Aptos, CA	Palm Desert, CA	Pittsburg, CA
Control	Public	Public	Public
Carnegie	A Community College with a majority of traditionally-aged students who later transfer to 4-year colleges	A Community College with a majority of traditionally-aged students who later transfer to 4-year colleges	A Community College with a majority of traditionally-aged students who later transfer to 4-year colleges
Tuition (out-of-state)	$10,870	$10,734	$9,216
Avg. net price	$17,735	$17,769	$25,231
Acceptance rate	N/A	N/A	N/A
Enrollment	8,002	10,207	7,320
Campus setting	Suburb: Midsize	City: Small	Suburb: Large
Graduation rate	35%	29%	36%
Retention rate	72%	67%	72%
Median earnings	$48,956	$44,228	$49,834
SAT range	N/A	N/A	N/A
ACT range	N/A	N/A	N/A
Themes	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
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Bars are drawn from the figures in each cell. Rates use a 0–100% scale; tuition, net price, enrollment and earnings are relative to the largest value among the colleges shown (darker bar); SAT and ACT bands sit on each test's full scale (200–800 per SAT section, 1–36 for the ACT).