Course Description
Established in 1986, California State University, San Bernardino Palm Desert Campus serves the Coachella Valley and Riverside county as a center for higher education. PDC, as the campus is known, is home to both undergraduate and graduate academic programs. Students can start at PDC as a freshman, or a transfer student, and can take classes during the day, in the evening or on weekends. The Palm Desert Campus has deep ties to the Coachella Valley community and serves as a center of activity and opportunity for students.
Why California State University, San Bernardino - Palm Desert
Campus: The Palm Desert Campus of California State University, San Bernardino is a dynamic, student-centered learning community that aspires to create transformational opportunities that nurture and sustain the intellectual, environmental, economic, and cultural richness of the Coachella Valley. By collaborating with and investing in students, faculty, staff, and communities, together they strive to define the future.
Facilities: The CSUSB Palm Desert Campus is located on a 166-acre site off the I-10 freeway. The first building constructed and occupied in 2002 was the Mary Stuart Rogers Gateway Building, funded by the Mary Stuart Rogers Foundation, the Berger Foundation, the City of Rancho Mirage and Florence Rigdon, a Rancho Mirage resident. Housing the university’s administrative offices, the building also has over 3,000 square feet of classroom space, faculty offices, 120 seat Oliphant Auditorium, book store, the Rancho Mirage Student Center, and distant learning laboratories.
Quality and Small Class Sizes: Whether students are looking for a 4-year degree, to enhance their professional skills, or complete one of the many degree, credential, or certificate programs, they will find everything they need at the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus. The commitment to quality and small class sizes allows the Campus to provide an educational experience that is enriching, as well as convenient.
Life and Career Ready: CSUSB Palm Desert Campus is providing students with a brighter future and employers talent that’s ready to work. Career readiness and a lifetime of possibilities is what the campus delivers its students. A student with a four-year college degree earns $59,000 a year on average – that’s $18,000 more than the average salary of a student who earns an associate’s degree. From the employer’s perspective, PDC is building trained talent in professions that matter to the present and future of the Coachella Valley.
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