How to Get My ID Number for College of the Desert

Obtain a new or lost student ID online.

Located in Palm Desert, California, The College of the Desert is a community college that does not have a paper application process. Students enrolling for the first time, or returning students who have not been enrolled for a semester or more, must complete the online application process in order to obtain a student identification number. To locate a lost student ID, a current College of the Desert student can electronically request a copy.

  • Computer
  • Internet access

1 New Students

2 Go

Go to the College of the Desert application online.

3 Click

Click on the “Begin Application” button at the bottom of the page and the “New User” button on the successive page.

4 Fill out all the required information

Fill out all the required information. You must include an active email account. The Admissions and Registration office of the College of the Desert only communicates electronically and does not mail paper information. If you do not have an email account, the application page includes links to obtain a free email account.

5 Click the Submit

Click the “Submit” on the last page of the application. Once the application has been approved, the Admissions and Registration office will email a student ID to the email address indicated on the application.

6 Returning Students

7 Go to the College of the Desert application online to the College of the Desert application online

Go to the College of the Desert application online.

8 Click on the Begin Application button at the bottom of the page on the Begin Application button at the bottom of the page

Click on the “Begin Application” button at the bottom of the page.

9 Click on I Forgot my User Name and Password on I Forgot my User Name and Password

Click on “I Forgot my User Name and Password.”

10 Enter in the email address

Enter in the email address you used when you first applied to College of the Desert. An email will be sent to you containing your user name and password. The user name consists of your last name and your student ID number. If that email address is no longer valid, you will have to visit the Admissions and Registration office during normal business hours.

11 Current Students

12 Go to the College of Dessert website home page to the College of Dessert website home page

Go to the College of Dessert website home page and click on the WebAdvisor icon on the right side of the web page under “My COD.”

13 Click on the blue bar that says Student on the blue bar that says Student

Click on the blue bar that says “Student.”

14 Locate the User Account

Locate the “User Account” menu on the left side of the web page. Under this menu is a link called “What’s my User ID?”

15 Fill

Fill in your last name and your Social Security number, and click “Submit.” An email containing your user ID will be sent to the email address you used when first applying to College of the Desert. The user ID consists of your last name and your student ID number. If the email address is no longer valid, you will have to visit the Admissions and Registration office during normal business hours.

Transplanted Yankee Erin Watson-Price lives in Birmingham, Ala., and has been writing freelance articles since 1997. She worked as writer/co-editor for Coast to Coast Dachshund Rescue's newsletter, "The Long and the Short of It." In 2007 she obtained a certification as a copy editor. Watson-Price holds a Bachelor of Arts in creative writing from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.

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