Colleges Near Palmdale
There are no colleges in Palmdale, but 74 are within 50 miles, enrolling 639,558 students combined.
The closest option is Antelope Valley Community College District in Lancaster, 7.3 miles from Palmdale (about 9-13 minutes by car). Palmdale (pop. 152,750) is in California.
California Institute of Technology in Pasadena ranks #7 nationally.
Results are sorted by distance from Palmdale. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Palmdale. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Palmdale.
Antelope Valley Community College District
- Public 2 Year
- Lancaster, CA
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- 7 miles from Palmdale
Antelope Valley College is a public community college offering associate degrees and career programs, including nursing and aviation-related technical training. The campus is in Lancaster in California's Antelope Valley high desert.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $6,110
Los Angeles Mission College
- Public 2 Year
- Sylmar, CA
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- 26 miles from Palmdale
A public community college offering associate degrees, career certificates, and university-transfer pathways. The campus is located in Sylmar in Los Angeles's northern San Fernando Valley.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $15,357
The Master's University and Seminary
- Private 4 Year
- Santa Clarita, CA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 27 miles from Palmdale
The Master's University is a private Christian university known for undergraduate biblical studies, theology, and music. The suburban Santa Clarita campus sits north of Los Angeles.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.8
- Acceptance Rate 84%
- Net Price $37,919
Art Center College of Design
- Private 4 Year
- Pasadena, CA
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- 29 miles from Palmdale
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 Institute of the Arts
- Private 4 Year
- Valencia, CA
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- 29 miles from Palmdale
CalArts is a highly selective private arts college known for undergraduate animation, film, and the performing arts. The suburban campus is in Valencia, north of Los Angeles.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 32%
- Net Price $56,239
College of the Canyons
- Public 2 Year
- Santa Clarita, CA
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- 29 miles from Palmdale
A public community college offering associate degrees and preparation for transfer to four-year universities. The suburban campus is located in Santa Clarita north of Los Angeles.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $5,760
Glendale Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Glendale, CA
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- 30 miles from Palmdale
Glendale Community College is a public community college known for undergraduate transfer preparation and nursing. The suburban campus is in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $10,060
Pacific Oaks College
- Private 4 Year
- Pasadena, CA
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- 30 miles from Palmdale
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 -
Woodbury University
- Private 4 Year
- Burbank, CA
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- 30 miles from Palmdale
Woodbury is a private university known for undergraduate architecture, design, and media arts. The urban Burbank campus sits near Los Angeles's entertainment and design industries.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.39
- Acceptance Rate 82%
- Net Price $37,258
California Institute of Technology
- Private 4 Year
- Pasadena, CA
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 31 miles from Palmdale
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
Pasadena City College
- Public 2 Year
- Pasadena, CA
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- 31 miles from Palmdale
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
Los Angeles College of Music
- Private 4 Year
- Pasadena, CA
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2.0 | 2 reviews
- 31 miles from Palmdale
- 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
- 31 miles from Palmdale
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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- 31 miles from Palmdale
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
Occidental College
- Private 4 Year
- Los Angeles, CA
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4.5 | 2 reviews
- 33 miles from Palmdale
Occidental is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate politics, international relations, and the sciences. The residential campus sits in Los Angeles's Eagle Rock neighborhood.
- SAT Range 1380-1520
- Avg GPA 3.63
- Acceptance Rate 44%
- Net Price $48,400
West Coast University Los Angeles
- Private 4 Year
- North Hollywood, CA
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- 32 miles from Palmdale
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $51,736
Azusa Pacific University
- Private 4 Year
- Azusa, CA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 34 miles from Palmdale
Azusa Pacific is a private Christian university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and ministry programs. The suburban campus sits at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Los Angeles.
- SAT Range 983-1238
- Avg GPA 3.74
- Acceptance Rate 88%
- Net Price $26,143
California State University Northridge
- Public 4 Year
- Northridge, CA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 34 miles from Palmdale
CSUN is a large public university known for undergraduate film and television, business, and education. The suburban campus lies in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley.
- SAT Range 900-1110
- Avg GPA 3.38
- Acceptance Rate 93%
- Net Price $7,536