Colleges Near Palm Springs
There are no colleges in Palm Springs, but 110 are within 100 miles, enrolling 1,083,074 students combined.
The closest option is College of the Desert in Palm Desert, 9.8 miles from Palm Springs (about 12-17 minutes by car). Palm Springs (pop. 44,552) is in California.
California Institute of Technology in Pasadena ranks #7 nationally. Barstow Community College in Barstow has the lowest tuition at $1,104 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Palm Springs. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Palm Springs. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Palm Springs.
Cerritos College
- Public 2 Year
- Norwalk, CA
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- 90 miles from Palm Springs
Cerritos is a public community college known for nursing, automotive technology, and transfer preparation. The suburban campus sits in Norwalk in southeastern Los Angeles County.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $4,325
Imperial Valley College
- Public 2 Year
- Imperial, CA
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- 90 miles from Palm Springs
Imperial Valley College is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and agriculture programs. The campus sits in California's Imperial Valley, an agricultural region near the U.S.-Mexico border.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $1,890
University of the West
- Private 4 Year
- Rosemead, CA
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- 90 miles from Palm Springs
University of the West is a small private university known for undergraduate Buddhist studies, religious studies, and business. The suburban Rosemead campus is Buddhist-affiliated and lies in the greater Los Angeles area.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.43
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $14,713
Long Beach City College
- Public 2 Year
- Long Beach, CA
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4.5 | 2 reviews
- 92 miles from Palm Springs
Long Beach City College is a public community college known for associate programs in nursing, culinary arts, and aviation maintenance. Most students commute to its two Long Beach campuses and many transfer to nearby California State universities.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $7,565
California Institute of Technology
- Private 4 Year
- Pasadena, CA
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 94 miles from Palm Springs
Caltech is a highly selective private university known for undergraduate physics, engineering, and chemistry. Most undergrads live on the compact residential campus in Pasadena.
- SAT Range 1530-1580
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.97
- Acceptance Rate 3%
- Net Price $14,513
East Los Angeles College
- Public 2 Year
- Monterey Park, CA
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- 94 miles from Palm Springs
ELAC is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and administration of justice programs. The campus is in Monterey Park east of downtown Los Angeles.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $11,700
Pasadena City College
- Public 2 Year
- Pasadena, CA
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- 94 miles from Palm Springs
Pasadena City College is a public community college known for undergraduate transfer pathways to UC campuses and programs in the visual arts. The urban campus sits in Pasadena northeast of downtown Los Angeles.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $6,888
California State University Los Angeles
- Public 4 Year
- Los Angeles, CA
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- 95 miles from Palm Springs
Cal State LA is a large public university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and criminal justice. The urban campus sits in the hills east of downtown Los Angeles.
- SAT Range 870-1060
- Avg GPA 3.31
- Acceptance Rate 91%
- Net Price $4,460
Platt College Los Angeles
- Private 4 Year
- Alhambra, CA
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- 94 miles from Palm Springs
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $27,195
American University of Health Sciences
- Private 4 Year
- Signal Hill, CA
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- 94 miles from Palm Springs
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.5
- Acceptance Rate 50%
- Net Price $26,480
Compton College
- Public 2 Year
- Compton, CA
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- 96 miles from Palm Springs
Compton College is a public community college offering associate degrees and certificates with programs in nursing, business, and administration of justice. The urban campus is located in the city of Compton in Los Angeles County.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $14,449
Pacific Oaks College
- Private 4 Year
- Pasadena, CA
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- 96 miles from Palm Springs
Pacific Oaks is a private college known for undergraduate early childhood education and human development. The campus is located in Pasadena in the Los Angeles metro area.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 34%
- Net Price -
Los Angeles College of Music
- Private 4 Year
- Pasadena, CA
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2.0 | 2 reviews
- 95 miles from Palm Springs
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 88%
- Net Price $44,586
Providence Christian College
- Private 4 Year
- Pasadena, CA
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3.0 | 2 reviews
- 95 miles from Palm Springs
Providence Christian is a small private Christian liberal arts college known for undergraduate biblical and theological studies. Most students live in a residential campus community in Pasadena.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $27,422
University of the People
- Private 4 Year
- Pasadena, California
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- 95 miles from Palm Springs
University of the People is a private online university known for undergraduate business administration, computer science, and health science. Programs are tuition-free and delivered entirely online from its base in Pasadena.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $1,575
Art Center College of Design
- Private 4 Year
- Pasadena, CA
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- 98 miles from Palm Springs
Art Center is a private art and design college known for undergraduate industrial design, transportation design, and illustration. The hillside campus in Pasadena overlooks the Los Angeles basin.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 75%
- Net Price $53,271
California State University Dominguez Hills
- Public 4 Year
- Carson, CA
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- 99 miles from Palm Springs
Cal State Dominguez Hills is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. The suburban campus is in Carson in the Los Angeles area.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.16
- Acceptance Rate 93%
- Net Price $9,175
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science
- Private 4 Year
- Los Angeles, CA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 98 miles from Palm Springs
Charles Drew University is a private university known for undergraduate nursing and biomedical sciences. The urban campus in South Los Angeles is a historically Black health sciences institution.
- SAT Range -
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.26
- Acceptance Rate 39%
- Net Price $35,558