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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Palo Alto College

A total of 535 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Palo Alto College. By employment type, there are 355 full-time and 180 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 306 female and 229 male employees are working at Palo Alto.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 246, which is 45.98% of total employees. On average, 28 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 155 Librarians, 11 management occupation, 18 computer/engineering, and 12 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 141 white (26.36%), 22 black (4.11%), and 11 asian (2.06%) employees working at Palo Alto.

Next tables summarize the number of staffs by gender, race/ethnicity, occupation, and faculty status.

Occupation Gender Race/Ethnicity Non-resident Alien
Faculty & Staffs by Occupation and Working Status at Palo Alto College
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs535 355 180
Postsecondary Teachers246 141 105
Instructional staff246 141 105
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support155 98 57
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists10 5 5
Librarians6 2 4
Library Technicians4 3 1
Other teaching and Instructional Support145 93 52
Management11 11 -
Business and Financial Operations23 22 1
Computer, Engineering, and Science18 18 -
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media22 16 6
Service Occupations12 12 -
Office and Administrative Support39 30 9
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance9 7 2
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Palo Alto College
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs535 306 229
Postsecondary Teachers246 118 128
Instructional staff246 118 128
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support155 114 41
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists10 8 2
Librarians6 6 0
Library Technicians4 2 2
Other teaching and Instructional Support145 106 39
Management11 7 4
Business and Financial Operations23 15 8
Computer, Engineering, and Science18 2 16
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media22 13 9
Service Occupations12 4 8
Office and Administrative Support39 33 6
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance9 0 9
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Palo Alto College
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs535 51122 3410141 150
Postsecondary Teachers246 11016 117094 80
Instructional staff246 11016 117094 80
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support155 403 116031 10
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists10 001 207 00
Librarians6 000 006 00
Library Technicians4 001 201 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support145 402 114024 10
Management11 000 603 20
Business and Financial Operations23 000 1903 10
Computer, Engineering, and Science18 010 1105 10
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media22 001 1704 00
Service Occupations12 000 1200 00
Office and Administrative Support39 002 3501 10
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance9 000 800 10
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Palo Alto College
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs0 0 0
Postsecondary Teachers0 0 0
Instructional staff0 0 0
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support0 0 0
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists0 0 0
Librarians0 0 0
Library Technicians0 0 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support0 0 0
Management0 0 0
Business and Financial Operations0 0 0
Computer, Engineering, and Science0 0 0
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media0 0 0
Service Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support0 0 0
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance0 0 0

Employment Status

According to the IPEDS, Full-time staff and Part-time staff is determined by the institution. The type of appointment at the snapshot date determines whether an employee is full time or part time. The employee\s term of contract is not considered in making the determination of full or part time. Casual employees (hired on an ad-hoc basis or occasional basis to meet short-term needs) and students in the College Work-Study Program (CWS) are not considered part-time staff.