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Table 236. Employees in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity and residency status, sex, employment status, control and type of institution, and primary occupation: Fall 2005
Sex, employment status, control and type of institution, and primary occupation Total White Minority Race/ ethnicity unknown Non-resident alien2
Number Per-cent1 Black Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaska Native
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
All institutions 3,379,087 2,393,428 711,834 21.9 328,715 184,952 178,194 19,973 121,312 152,513
Professional staff 2,459,885 1,790,962 422,389 17.9 170,263 97,763 141,927 12,436 102,784 143,750
Executive/administrative/managerial 196,324 159,494 33,386 17.2 18,353 8,420 5,493 1,120 2,560 884
Faculty (instruction and research) 1,290,426 987,778 200,447 16.4 76,445 46,660 70,999 6,343 67,092 35,109
Instruction and research assistants 317,141 163,385 48,364 16.2 12,405 11,049 23,681 1,229 18,608 86,784
Other professional 655,994 480,305 140,192 21.9 63,060 31,634 41,754 3,744 14,524 20,973
Nonprofessional staff 919,202 602,466 289,445 32.1 158,452 87,189 36,267 7,537 18,528 8,763
Males 1,581,498 1,123,365 303,257 19.9 124,746 79,854 90,146 8,511 61,184 93,692
Professional staff 1,240,030 902,791 193,785 16.3 67,099 45,076 75,990 5,620 53,641 89,813
Executive/administrative/managerial 95,223 79,200 14,188 15.1 7,331 3,693 2,645 519 1,294 541
Faculty (instruction and research) 714,453 548,692 106,348 15.7 34,670 24,673 43,788 3,217 36,343 23,070
Instruction and research assistants 167,529 81,665 22,508 14.2 4,666 4,811 12,491 540 9,479 53,877
Other professional 262,825 193,234 50,741 19.8 20,432 11,899 17,066 1,344 6,525 12,325
Nonprofessional staff 341,468 220,574 109,472 32.8 57,647 34,778 14,156 2,891 7,543 3,879
Females 1,797,589 1,270,063 408,577 23.5 203,969 105,098 88,048 11,462 60,128 58,821
Professional staff 1,219,855 888,171 228,604 19.5 103,164 52,687 65,937 6,816 49,143 53,937
Executive/administrative/managerial 101,101 80,294 19,198 19.2 11,022 4,727 2,848 601 1,266 343
Faculty (instruction and research) 575,973 439,086 94,099 17.3 41,775 21,987 27,211 3,126 30,749 12,039
Instruction and research assistants 149,612 81,720 25,856 18.4 7,739 6,238 11,190 689 9,129 32,907
Other professional 393,169 287,071 89,451 23.2 42,628 19,735 24,688 2,400 7,999 8,648
Nonprofessional staff 577,734 381,892 179,973 31.8 100,805 52,411 22,111 4,646 10,985 4,884
Full-time 2,179,864 1,586,274 509,397 23.7 244,083 130,684 120,804 13,826 30,901 53,292
Professional staff 1,432,107 1,095,408 268,145 19.0 110,047 58,919 91,536 7,643 20,802 47,752
Executive/administrative/managerial 190,078 154,254 32,587 17.4 17,968 8,208 5,324 1,087 2,403 834
Faculty (instruction and research) 675,624 527,900 109,964 16.5 35,458 22,818 48,457 3,231 9,703 28,057
Other professional 566,405 413,254 125,594 22.5 56,621 27,893 37,755 3,325 8,696 18,861
Nonprofessional staff 747,757 490,866 241,252 32.7 134,036 71,765 29,268 6,183 10,099 5,540
Part-time 1,199,223 807,154 202,437 18.3 84,632 54,268 57,390 6,147 90,411 99,221
Professional staff 1,027,778 695,554 154,244 16.3 60,216 38,844 50,391 4,793 81,982 95,998
Executive/administrative/managerial 6,246 5,240 799 13.1 385 212 169 33 157 50
Faculty (instruction and research) 614,802 459,878 90,483 16.2 40,987 23,842 22,542 3,112 57,389 7,052
Instruction and research assistants 317,141 163,385 48,364 16.2 12,405 11,049 23,681 1,229 18,608 86,784
Other professional 89,589 67,051 14,598 17.4 6,439 3,741 3,999 419 5,828 2,112
Nonprofessional staff 171,445 111,600 48,193 29.6 24,416 15,424 6,999 1,354 8,429 3,223
Public 4-year 1,656,709 1,146,857 363,976 22.5 157,692 91,594 104,105 10,585 39,238 106,638
Professional staff 1,200,168 845,384 218,642 18.7 77,057 49,133 85,906 6,546 33,598 102,544
Executive/administrative/managerial 74,241 60,236 13,010 17.7 7,443 2,972 2,146 449 654 341
Faculty (instruction and research) 486,691 372,215 81,345 17.2 24,875 17,953 35,952 2,565 12,718 20,413
Instruction and research assistants 257,578 135,646 40,542 16.6 10,276 9,276 19,891 1,099 12,741 68,649
Other professional 381,658 277,287 83,745 22.4 34,463 18,932 27,917 2,433 7,485 13,141
Nonprofessional staff 456,541 301,473 145,334 32.2 80,635 42,461 18,199 4,039 5,640 4,094
Private 4-year 1,073,764 767,184 213,736 20.9 106,109 50,836 53,092 3,699 50,691 42,153
Professional staff 789,179 581,987 125,059 16.8 54,501 26,172 41,932 2,454 43,221 38,912
Executive/administrative/managerial 90,415 74,318 14,078 15.8 7,611 3,564 2,618 285 1,530 489
Faculty (instruction and research) 430,305 325,283 61,655 15.4 24,431 12,190 23,650 1,384 30,683 12,684
Instruction and research assistants 59,147 27,459 7,701 14.5 2,057 1,751 3,767 126 5,856 18,131
Other professional 209,312 154,927 41,625 20.4 20,402 8,667 11,897 659 5,152 7,608
Nonprofessional staff 284,585 185,197 88,677 32.0 51,608 24,664 11,160 1,245 7,470 3,241
Public 2-year 610,978 452,254 124,831 21.5 60,209 39,626 19,860 5,136 30,196 3,697
Professional staff 440,536 341,114 72,140 17.4 35,175 20,582 13,256 3,127 25,008 2,274
Executive/administrative/managerial 26,770 21,293 5,137 19.4 2,713 1,488 622 314 292 48
Faculty (instruction and research) 354,497 275,596 53,747 16.2 25,063 15,577 10,845 2,262 23,154 2,000
Instruction and research assistants 374 256 106 29.0 70 13 22 1 8 4
Other professional 58,895 43,969 13,150 22.9 7,329 3,504 1,767 550 1,554 222
Nonprofessional staff 170,442 111,140 52,691 31.9 25,034 19,044 6,604 2,009 5,188 1,423
Private 2-year 37,636 27,133 9,291 25.5 4,705 2,896 1,137 553 1,187 25
Professional staff 30,002 22,477 6,548 22.5 3,530 1,876 833 309 957 20
Executive/administrative/managerial 4,898 3,647 1,161 24.1 586 396 107 72 84 6
Faculty (instruction and research) 18,933 14,684 3,700 20.1 2,076 940 552 132 537 12
Instruction and research assistants 42 24 15 38.5 2 9 1 3 3 0
Other professional 6,129 4,122 1,672 28.8 866 531 173 102 333 2
Nonprofessional staff 7,634 4,656 2,743 37.0 1,175 1,020 304 244 230 5
1 Minority staff as a percentage of total staff, excluding race/ethnicity unknown.
2 Race/ethnicity not collected.
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. The survey did not permit respondents to report instruction and research assistants as full-time staff.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2005 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2005-06. (This table was prepared August 2006.)

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