High Desert Medical College Trade Programs

Located in Lancaster, California, High Desert Medical College is a private for-profit institution. Lancaster is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

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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Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. 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

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 Trade School Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	152	16	109	277
Medical/Clinical Assistant	150	0	0	150
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician	0	63	83	146
Dental Assisting/Assistant	68	0	0	68
Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist	66	0	0	66
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder	44	0	0	44
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant	31	0	0	31
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant & Medical Secretary	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	511	79	192	782

High Desert Medical College Trades

In a recent academic period, High Desert Medical College awarded 1,564 undergraduate degrees. The table below shows the number of awards by award type for each trade program. Basic certificates are awards that are completed in less than a year, and undergraduate certificates are those awards that take between one and four years.

Major	Basic Certificates	Undergrad Certificates	Associate’s	Bachelor’s
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	181	0	0	0
Allied Health Professions	0	83	63	0
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	66	0	0	0
Dental Support Services	68	0	0	0
Health & Medical Administrative Services	44	0	0	0
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	152	109	16	0
Total	1,022	384	158	0

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.