The Palm Desert Campus offers the supportive environment of a small campus with small classes and more opportunities for contact. At the same time, we offer our students the resources of a large, comprehensive university through the San Bernardino campus.
Over twenty-five years ago, Coachella Valley civic leaders began to call for a local public four-year college. The group's efforts lead to California State University, San Bernardino establishing a branch campus on the College of the Desert campus. From the beginning our efforts were to serve Coachella Valley students locally with programs that met local Coachella Valley needs. In 2002 we moved to our permanent location on Cook Street.
Parallel to the Mission Statement of California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB), the Palm Desert Campus (PDC) mission reflects the goals of providing students, in a nurturing and high quality academic environment, with a repertoire of skills to face the challenges of a dynamic, multicultural, technology based society. PDC’s mission explicitly recognizes the responsibility placed on the campus to advance the mission of CSUSB. In addition, PDC will continue to make productive use of its resources to develop community partnerships and establish PDC as the educational leader in the Coachella Valley.
