There are 91 full-time faculty members teaching at Whittier College. Ninety have a terminal degree in their field.

Sixty percent of the faculty are men and 40 percent are women.

One third of the faculty are people of color.

The quality of teaching by Whittier College faculty has been recognized by organizations like the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education and the National Association of Academic Advisors.

Faculty accessibility and willingness to collaborate with students for research have placed them among the top tier of colleges, according to a nationwide survey.

Faculty members are nationally known in their fields and have earned numerous honors including a Pushcart Prize for Poetry, Grammy Awards, Fulbright Awards, the National Endowment for the Humanities and National Science Foundation grants.

All courses at Whittier College are taught by faculty, not teaching assistants.

The student-faculty ratio is 12 to 1.