California State University, San Bernardino - Palm Desert
About
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.
- 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.
Features
Optional Practical Training
18 out of 18 programs are eligible for Optional Practical Training.
Optional Practical Training (OPT) is temporary employment that is directly related to an F-1 student’s major area of study. Eligible students can apply to receive up to 12 months of OPT employment authorization before completing their academic studies (pre-completion) and/or after completing their academic studies (post-completion).
If you have earned a degree in certain science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, you may be eligible for a 24-month extension of your post-completion OPT employment authorization.
For more information see here: https://www.uscis.gov/opt
Co-op/Internship Participation
Conditional Offer Letter
Accommodations
Students need to plan their accommodations well in advance of their arrival as all accommodation options fill up quickly, well before the start of the semester.
On-Campus Residence Accommodations
On-Campus residence accommodations are provided per discretion by the school.
Off-Campus Accommodations
The local area has a variety of off-campus rental housing options including single homes, duplexes, apartments and rooms for rent. Students wishing to live off-campus need to research availability on their own and should arrive well before the start of term to do so.
Homestay
There are a wide variety of homestay options available, and our partners do their best to match students and hosts according to their interests and preferences. Homestay hosts include single people, young couples with children and pets, and older couples. All homestay accommodations have been inspected, and all adults in the home have completed a required criminal reference check.
Location
37500 Cook Street, Palm Desert, California, USA, 92211
Insttitution Details
founded
1986
School ID
3795
Institution type
Public
DLI
School Rank
2530
Cost and Duration
$70
Application fee
4 years
Average undergraduate program
0 year
Average graduate program
$12822 USD / Year
Cost of Living
$18173 USD / First Year
Avarage Gross tuition
Top Disciplines
Arts
Business, Management and Economics
Sciences
Law, Politics, Social, Community Service and Teaching
Others
Program Levels
Study Destinations
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