Educational InstitutionsEducational Organization

College of the Desert

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

Identifiers

OPEID6 Six-digit base OPE ID (without the two-digit branch suffix)
1182
OPEID Office of Postsecondary Education Identifier, used for federal financial aid program participation
118200
IPEDS UNITID Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System identifier assigned by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
113573
DAPIP ID Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs identifier from the U.S. Department of Education
103778

Location

Palm Desert, CA, 92260

33.732108, -116.388271

Accreditation

Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges

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