High Desert Medical College Healthcare Programs

Located in Lancaster, California, High Desert Medical College is a private for-profit institution. High Desert Medical College is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

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/

As long as you submit the requested materials to High Desert Medical College when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford High Desert Medical College?

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 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 Healthcare 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

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.