Research Department

Institutional Research Navigator

Visit our Institutional Research Navigator to view calendars with reporting deadlines, research requests, and data resources.

Institutional Research Mission

Institutional Research supports the mission of College of the Desert by providing timely, accurate, objective data and information about the institution and the students it serves.

College of the Desert Data 

To view College of the Desert data, please visit the following two pages on the California Community Colleges Chancellor websites: 

  1. Student Success Metrics Launchboard
  2. Management Information Systems Datamart

 

College of the Desert: At a Glance

Annual COD headcount
A bar chart showing the gradual increase in annual headcount of students from Academic Year 2015-16 to Academic Year 2020-21

Student Characteristics, Annual 2019-2020

GENDER Count Percent
Female 9,472 56.23%
Male 7,333 43.60%
Non-Binary 5 0.03%
Unknown 8 0.05%
ETHNICITY Count Percent
African-American 403 2.40%
American Indian/Alaskan Native 57 0.34%
Asian/Pacific Islander 662 3.94%
Hispanic 12,458 74.08%
Multi-Ethnicity 415 2.47%
Unknown 321 1.91%
White Non-Hispanic 2,502 14.88%
AGE Count Percent
19 or less 5,713 33.97%
20-24 4,741 28.19%
25-29 2,149 12.78%
30-34 1,266 7.53%
35-39 865 5.14%
40-49 1,169 6.95%
50+ 914 5.43%
Unknown 1 0.01%

Get more data on gender, ethnicity, and

age. (5years)

Degrees and Certificates, Annual 2014-2015 to 2018-2019

2015-2020 Degrees and Certificates awarded at COD
A bar chart showing the change in counts of certificates and degrees from Academic Year 2015-16 to Academic Year 2019-20