Student Population at C of the Desert

The following chart compares C of the Desert's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 2-4 Years Colleges, 2-4 Years Colleges, and Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in California.

C of the Desert has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 14,506 students). The enrollment is close to the Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in California average (11,761 students).

The below chart compares the student population between College of the Desert and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 5,587 male and 7,274 female students attending C of the Desert. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.77 to 1 and the ratio is similar to national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at C of the Desert.

By age, there are 9,007 students whose age under twenty five and 2,536 students whose age is over thirty years old at College of the Desert.

Especially, 2,202 students are younger than eighteen and 54 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at College of the Desert.

At College of the Desert, 8,138 students (63.28% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 4,122 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 4,103 students live in California where College of the Desert is located in and 10 students have enrolled from other states.