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?

• The highest award offered at High Desert Medical College is the undergraduate certificate.
• During a recent academic cycle, 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

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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 91% of students took out student loans averaging $10,468 a year. That adds up to $41,872 over four years for those students.

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High Desert Medical College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,016 undergraduate students at High Desert Medical College, with 832 being full-time and 184 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 832 full-time undergraduates at High Desert Medical College, 9% are male and 91% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	36
Black or African American	135
Hispanic or Latino	412
White	215
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	34

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
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	186	0	0	186
Allied Health Professions	0	93	90	183
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	103	16	63	182
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians	94	0	0	94
Health & Medical Administrative Services	71	0	0	71
Dental Support Services	65	0	0	65
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	36	0	0	36
TOTAL	555	109	153	817

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.