High Desert Medical College Overview

High Desert Medical College is a private for-profit institution situated in Lancaster, California. Lancaster is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

What Is High Desert Medical College Known For?

• Although it may not be available for every major, the associate's degree is the highest award a student can attain at High Desert Medical College.
• In 2021-2022, 36% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is High Desert Medical College?

Contact details for High Desert Medical College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	701 West Avenue K Suite 123, Lancaster, CA 93534
Phone:	661-940-9300
Website:	www.hdmc.edu

How Do I Get Into High Desert Medical College?

You can apply to High Desert Medical College online at: https://www.hdmc.edu/admissions/

High Desert Medical College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford High Desert Medical College?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At High Desert Medical College, approximately 83% of students took out student loans averaging $11,473 a year. That adds up to $45,892 over four years for those students.

High Desert Medical College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,294 undergraduate students at High Desert Medical College, with 1,233 being full-time and 61 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,233 full-time undergraduates at High Desert Medical College, 8% are male and 92% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of High Desert Medical College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	59
Black or African American	150
Hispanic or Latino	685
White	276
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	61

Online Learning at High Desert Medical College

In 2022-2023, 645 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at High Desert Medical College has changed over the last few years.

High Desert Medical College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	152	16	109	277
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	181	0	0	181
Allied Health Professions	0	63	83	146
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians	73	0	0	73
Dental Support Services	68	0	0	68
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	66	0	0	66
Health & Medical Administrative Services	44	0	0	44
TOTAL	584	79	192	855

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.