Palomar College
San Marcos, CA, USA

Campus Life

Key Campus Stats

Student Gender
Male
Female
51%
49%
Size of Town
Suburb or town
In-State Students
93%
Ethnicity
African American
3%
Asian/Pacific Islander
7%
Hispanic
47%
Native American
1%
White
34%
Multiracial
6%
Unknown
2%
Percent of First Generation Students
54%
Student Organizations
40
LGBTQIA Student Resource Groups
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Yes
On Campus Women's Center
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No
Cultural Student Resource Groups
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No

Housing

On-campus living required of freshman
No
Disability Housing Available
No

Athletics

Divisional Sports Nickname
Comets
Varsity Athletics Conference Primary
Not applicable
Total Male Athletes
258
Total Female Athletes
118
Intramural Sports
10
Sports Club
1
Sports Team (Men)
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Cheerleading-Dance Team
  • Cross Country
  • Football
  • Golf
  • Soccer
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball
  • Water Polo
  • Wrestling
Sports Team (Women)
  • Basketball
  • Cheerleading-Dance Team
  • Cross Country
  • Golf
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Track and Field
  • Volleyball
  • Water Polo
  • Beach Volleyball
Palomar College Athletics: visit page

Campus Safety

24-HR security patrol
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Yes
Campus emergency phones
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Yes
24-HR escort safety rides
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Yes
Mobile campus emergency alert
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Yes

What Students Are Saying

Palomar college has very good food choices from subway, to java coffee to bending machines and even a pizza place. In the book store you would also find small snacks such as chips, drinks etc.
Roberta from Vista, CA