Gavilan College vs Palo Verde College vs Los Medanos College

Side-by-side comparison of Gavilan College, Palo Verde College, Los Medanos College

Metrics	Gavilan College Gilroy, CA	PV Palo Verde College Blythe, CA	Los Medanos College Pittsburg, CA
Location	Gilroy, CA	Blythe, 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 mixture of traditionally and non-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)	$12,544	$1,288	$9,216
Avg. net price	$22,074	$23,756	$25,231
Acceptance rate	N/A	N/A	N/A
Enrollment	4,786	3,381	7,320
Campus setting	Suburb: Small	Rural: Distant	Suburb: Large
Graduation rate	31%	35%	36%
Retention rate	70%	51%	72%
Median earnings	$49,087	$42,518	$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).