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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Palo Alto College

A total of 516 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Palo Alto College. By employment type, there are 336 full-time and 180 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 295 female and 221 male employees are working at Palo Alto.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 238, which is 46.12% of total employees. On average, 31 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 156 Librarians, 13 management occupation, 16 computer/engineering, and 12 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 139 white (26.94%), 26 black (5.04%), and 11 asian (2.13%) 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 Staffs516 336 180
Postsecondary Teachers238 135 103
Instructional staff238 135 103
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support156 97 59
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists12 5 7
Librarians8 2 6
Library Technicians4 3 1
Other teaching and Instructional Support144 92 52
Management13 13 -
Business and Financial Operations22 22 -
Computer, Engineering, and Science16 15 1
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media17 11 6
Service Occupations12 10 2
Office and Administrative Support32 24 8
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance10 9 1
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Palo Alto College
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs516 295 221
Postsecondary Teachers238 116 122
Instructional staff238 116 122
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support156 104 52
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists12 9 3
Librarians8 7 1
Library Technicians4 2 2
Other teaching and Instructional Support144 95 49
Management13 11 2
Business and Financial Operations22 17 5
Computer, Engineering, and Science16 2 14
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media17 13 4
Service Occupations12 4 8
Office and Administrative Support32 28 4
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance10 0 10
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Palo Alto College
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs516 61126 3160139 180
Postsecondary Teachers238 11118 105093 100
Instructional staff238 11118 105093 100
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support156 404 115031 20
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists12 001 308 00
Librarians8 000 107 00
Library Technicians4 001 201 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support144 403 112023 20
Management13 000 803 20
Business and Financial Operations22 100 1901 10
Computer, Engineering, and Science16 000 906 10
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media17 002 1004 10
Service Occupations12 001 1100 00
Office and Administrative Support32 001 3001 00
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance10 000 900 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.