Palo Verde College
Blythe, California
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- Rural
- 3,381 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Agriculture and horticulture
- Agricultural Business and ManagementCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,907
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 21 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Carpentry and construction
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,572
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,746
Child care and early education
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 24 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Data Entry/Microcomputer ApplicationsCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $27,643
Engineering technology
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,210
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 22 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (21)
- American Sign LanguageCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $38,250
- Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 34 finishedNationally: $33,713
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 9 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 27 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificateNationally: $54,610
- Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $33,346
- Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, OtherCertificate · 9 finishedNationally: $32,198
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 12 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsAssociate degreeNationally: $35,157
- Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Business ServicesCertificate · 1 finished
- Graphic CommunicationsCertificate · 16 finishedNationally: $24,502
- HistoryAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $31,926
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 177 finishedNationally: $34,134
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 154 finishedNationally: $41,294
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherAssociate degree · 23 finishedNationally: $45,150
- Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 22 finishedNationally: $30,994
- SociologyAssociate degree · 16 finishedNationally: $33,731
- Special Education and TeachingCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $42,428
- Special Education and TeachingAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $34,283
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $32,424
- Teaching Assistants/AidesCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $23,489
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $23,756per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $26,768sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $1,288Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 0%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 83%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $36,0236 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $42,51810 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- Not reportedfederal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Palo Verde College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 5, 2026.
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