Headcounts and Directory Information
College of the Desert (C of the Desert) is a public, 2-4 years institute located in Palm Desert, CA. It has a total enrollment of 12,861 and students to faculty ratio is 26 to 1. It is a Associate's - Public Rural-serving Small by Carnegie Classification and its highest degree is Associate's degree.
A total of 552 faculty (instructional staffs), including both full-time and part-time faculty, are working at C of the Desert. The average faculty salary is $115,939 for the academic year 2023-2024. You can check salary information in detail at faculty salary by academic rank.
For non-instructional staffs, a total of 919 employees work at C of the Desert. The average non-instructional staff salary is $103,980. The detailed staff salary information is available at salary by occupation page.
| Directory Information | |
|---|---|
| Address | 43-500 Monterey Ave, Palm Desert, CA |
| Phone Number | 760-346-8041 |
| Web | www.collegeofthedesert.edu/ |
| Faculty & Staffs Overview | |
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 26 to 1 |
| Number of Faculty | 127 Full-time / 425 Part-time |
| Number of Staffs | 383 Full-time / 536 Part-time |
| Faculty Average Salary | $115,939 |
| Staff Average Salary | $103,980 |
| Student Population | 12,861 |
Faculty and Staffs by Occupation
At College of the Desert, there are 919 employees including both full-time and part-time, instructional and non-instructional staffs. By employment types, 383 full-time and 536 part-time staffs work at C of the Desert. By gender there are 450 male and 469 female employees.
Among them, 552 staffs are teaching (instructional) faculty - 128 full-time and 425 part-time faculty. By gender there are 285 male and 268 female faculty teaching at C of the Desert.
The following table summarizes the number of faculty and staffs. You can check detailed staff statistics by gender, race, occupation, and faculty status.
| Staff Category | Total | Full-time | Part-time | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
| Grand Total | 919 | 450 | 469 | 383 | 178 | 205 | 536 | 272 | 264 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 553 | 285 | 268 | 128 | 59 | 69 | 425 | 226 | 199 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists and other teaching and Instructional support | 110 | 41 | 69 | 70 | 22 | 48 | 40 | 19 | 21 |
| Management | 35 | 21 | 14 | 35 | 21 | 14 | - | - | - |
| Business and Financial Operations | 33 | 11 | 22 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 16 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 68 | 21 | 47 | 33 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 11 | 24 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 3 | 0 | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Service | 68 | 50 | 18 | 52 | 41 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 7 |
| Office and Administrative Support | 33 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 8 |