Palo Verde College vs Gavilan College vs College of Marin

Side-by-side comparison of Palo Verde College, Gavilan College, College of Marin

Metrics	PV Palo Verde College Blythe, CA	Gavilan College Gilroy, CA	College of Marin Kentfield, CA
Location	Blythe, CA	Gilroy, CA	Kentfield, CA
Control	Public	Public	Public
Carnegie	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	A Community College with a majority of non-traditionally aged students who transfer to 4-year colleges or seek vocational and technical training
Tuition (out-of-state)	$1,288	$12,544	$9,334
Avg. net price	$23,756	$22,074	$23,388
Acceptance rate	N/A	N/A	N/A
Enrollment	3,381	4,786	4,042
Campus setting	Rural: Distant	Suburb: Small	Suburb: Large
Graduation rate	35%	31%	36%
Retention rate	51%	70%	69%
Median earnings	$42,518	$49,087	$49,787
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).