Palomar College

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    2024 Graduation Rate
    37.5%
    638 Graduates

    About

    Palomar College is a higher education institution located in San Diego County, CA. N/A

    In 2024, 4,595 degrees were awarded across all undergraduate and graduate programs at Palomar College. 45.5% of these degrees were awarded to women, and 54.5% awarded men. N/A

    Graduates

    In 2024,  the most specialized majors across all degree types at Palomar College, meaning they have significantly more degrees awarded in that concentration than the national average across all institutions, are Library Science (18 degrees awarded), Liberal Arts & Humanities (1,323 degrees), and Language & Linguistics (70 degrees).

    Common Jobs by Major

    The most common jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Palomar College are Elementary & middle school teachers (166,049 people), Other managers (95,671 people), Secondary school teachers (65,127 people), Postsecondary teachers (52,289 people), and Education administrators (51,823 people).

    The most specialized majors at Palomar College in 2024 are Library Science (18 degrees awarded), Liberal Arts & Humanities (1,323 degrees), Language & Linguistics (70 degrees), Human Sciences (120 degrees), and Interdisciplinary Studies (290 degrees) (as of 2024).

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    Highest Paying Jobs by Major

    Highest Paying Job

    The highest paying jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Palomar College are Surgeons, Chief executives & legislators, Correspondence clerks & order clerks, Nuclear medicine technologists and medical dosimetrists, and Physicians

    The most specialized majors at Palomar College are Library Science (18 degrees awarded), Liberal Arts & Humanities (1,323 degrees), Language & Linguistics (70 degrees), Human Sciences (120 degrees), and Interdisciplinary Studies (290 degrees) (as of 2024).

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    Common Industries by Major

    Most Common Industry

    The most common industries for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Palomar College are Elementary & secondary schools (368,276 people), General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (152,534 people), Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (139,630 people), Computer Systems Design (80,097 people), and Outpatient care centers (56,641 people).

    The most specialized majors at Palomar College are Library Science (18 degrees awarded), Liberal Arts & Humanities (1,323 degrees), Language & Linguistics (70 degrees), Human Sciences (120 degrees), and Interdisciplinary Studies (290 degrees) (as of 2024).

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    Sex Breakdown for Common Majors

    2,505
    Degrees Awarded to Men
    in 2024
    2,090
    Degrees Awarded to Women
    in 2024

    In 2024, 2,505 degrees were awarded to men at Palomar College, which is 1.2 times more than the number of degrees awarded to females (2,090).

    This chart displays the sex disparity between the top 5 majors at Palomar College by degrees awarded.

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    Most Common Male Majors

    In 2024, 609 degrees were awarded to men at Palomar College in General Business Administration & Management, which is 4.32 times more than the 141 female recipients with that same degree.

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    Most Common Female Majors

    In 2024, 476 degrees were awarded to men at Palomar College in Liberal Arts & Sciences, which is 1.52 times more than the 313 male recipients with that same degree.

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    Operations

    Palomar College has an endowment valued at nearly $22.4M, as of the end of the 2024 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of 15.6M (69.9%) compared to the N/A% average return (N/A on N/A) across all Associates Colleges.

    In 2024, Palomar College had a total salary expenditure of 262M. N/A Most academics at Palomar College are Female Instructor (153), and Male Instructor (127).

    The most common positions for non-instructional staff at Palomar College are: Office and Administrative Support, with 129 employees, Service, with 92 employees, and Management with 65 employees.

    Endowment

    $22.4M
    2024 Endowment
    11.1%
    growth from 2023

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    The small bar chart below shows the endowment quintiles for all universities in the Associates Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-High Traditional Carnegie Classification grouping.

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    Occupations by Share

    In 2024, the most common positions for non-instructional staff at Palomar College were Office and Administrative Support with 129 employees, Service with 92 employees, and Management with 65 employees.

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