Education Cathedral City has five elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school. These schools are all part of the Palm Springs Unified School District . College of the Desert is a fully accredited community college bestowing various associate art degrees. The college works with local businesses providing contract education and a comprehensive array of training and management programs. Satellite campus of California State University, San Bernardino is located in Palm Desert. University of California at Riverside , University of Redlands and the Claremont Colleges are 60 minutes away. Soon to arrive is the University of California - Riverside, A. Gary Anderson School of Management. The University of Phoenix has a nearby campus located in Palm Desert offering working students teh unique opportunity to earn their associates, bachelors, masters, or doctoral degrees with accomodating on-campus and online class schedules.