About College of the Desert

College of the Desert (COD) is a public community bookish in Palm Desert, California. COD enrolls nearly 12,500 students, of which in the region of one third attend learned full-time. It serves the Coachella Valley of Riverside County. The scholastic is federally attributed as a Hispanic-serving institution (HSI), receiving Title V grants.

COD is the home of the Energy Technology Training Center. COD offers connect degrees and certificate programs.

Palm Desert is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, in the Coachella Valley, approximately 14 miles (23 km) east of Palm Springs, 121 miles (195 km) northeast of San Diego and 122 miles (196 km) east of Los Angeles. The population was 48,445 at the 2010 census, up from 41,155 at the 2000 census. The city was one of the state’s fastest growing in the 1980s and 1990s,[citation needed] beginning following 11,801 residents in 1980, doubling to 23,650 in 1990, 35,000 in 1995, and approximately double its 1990 population by 2000. A major middle of layer in the Coachella Valley, Palm Desert is a popular retreat for “snowbirds” from colder climates (the Eastern and Northern United States, and Canada), who tally its population by an estimated 31,000 each winter. Palm Desert has seen more residents become “full-timers”, mainly from the coasts and urban centers of California, who have come for both affordable and high-valued homes.