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Table 286. Employees in degree-granting institutions, by employment status, sex, control and level of institution, and primary occupation: Fall 2011
Control and level of institution and primary occupation Full-time and part-time Full-time Part-time
Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
Number Percentage distri-
bution
Number Percent
of all employees
Number Percent
of all employees
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
All institutions 3,840,980 100.0 1,754,713 2,086,267 54.3 2,435,533 63.4 1,098,940 1,336,593 1,405,447 655,773 749,674
Professional staff 2,923,961 76.1 1,402,698 1,521,263 52.0 1,693,088 57.9 811,575 881,513 1,230,873 591,123 639,750
Executive/administrative/managerial 238,718 6.2 109,374 129,344 54.2 231,602 97.0 106,655 124,947 7,116 2,719 4,397
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 1,523,615 39.7 789,197 734,418 48.2 761,619 50.0 426,982 334,637 761,996 362,215 399,781
Graduate assistants 355,916 9.3 188,468 167,448 47.0 355,916 188,468 167,448
Other professional 805,712 21.0 315,659 490,053 60.8 699,867 86.9 277,938 421,929 105,845 37,721 68,124
                         
Nonprofessional staff 917,019 23.9 352,015 565,004 61.6 742,445 81.0 287,365 455,080 174,574 64,650 109,924
Technical and paraprofessionals 196,651 5.1 81,492 115,159 58.6 156,484 79.6 65,811 90,673 40,167 15,681 24,486
Clerical and secretarial 426,174 11.1 65,047 361,127 84.7 333,195 78.2 40,647 292,548 92,979 24,400 68,579
Skilled crafts 60,664 1.6 57,030 3,634 6.0 58,143 95.8 55,238 2,905 2,521 1,792 729
Service and maintenance 233,530 6.1 148,446 85,084 36.4 194,623 83.3 125,669 68,954 38,907 22,777 16,130
                         
Public 4-year 1,843,204 100.0 865,368 977,836 53.1 1,237,611 67.1 576,822 660,789 605,593 288,546 317,047
Professional staff 1,390,625 75.4 685,308 705,317 50.7 855,208 61.5 422,781 432,427 535,417 262,527 272,890
Executive/administrative/managerial 84,911 4.6 41,416 43,495 51.2 82,238 96.9 40,279 41,959 2,673 1,137 1,536
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 575,534 31.2 316,533 259,001 45.0 382,151 66.4 223,503 158,648 193,383 93,030 100,353
Graduate assistants 285,905 15.5 151,064 134,841 47.2 285,905 151,064 134,841
Other professional 444,275 24.1 176,295 267,980 60.3 390,819 88.0 158,999 231,820 53,456 17,296 36,160
                         
Nonprofessional staff 452,579 24.6 180,060 272,519 60.2 382,403 84.5 154,041 228,362 70,176 26,019 44,157
Technical and paraprofessionals 102,992 5.6 42,594 60,398 58.6 85,804 83.3 35,959 49,845 17,188 6,635 10,553
Clerical and secretarial 190,112 10.3 27,411 162,701 85.6 153,828 80.9 17,267 136,561 36,284 10,144 26,140
Skilled crafts 40,186 2.2 38,105 2,081 5.2 39,048 97.2 37,202 1,846 1,138 903 235
Service and maintenance 119,289 6.5 71,950 47,339 39.7 103,723 87.0 63,613 40,110 15,566 8,337 7,229
                         
Public 2-year 641,616 100.0 272,023 369,593 57.6 301,099 46.9 121,164 179,935 340,517 150,859 189,658
Professional staff 474,644 74.0 209,950 264,694 55.8 192,113 40.5 81,317 110,796 282,531 128,633 153,898
Executive/administrative/managerial 27,562 4.3 12,210 15,352 55.7 26,869 97.5 11,931 14,938 693 279 414
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 377,696 58.9 172,950 204,746 54.2 113,241 30.0 51,258 61,983 264,455 121,692 142,763
Graduate assistants 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Other professional 69,386 10.8 24,790 44,596 64.3 52,003 74.9 18,128 33,875 17,383 6,662 10,721
                         
Nonprofessional staff 166,972 26.0 62,073 104,899 62.8 108,986 65.3 39,847 69,139 57,986 22,226 35,760
Technical and paraprofessionals 42,106 6.6 17,179 24,927 59.2 27,498 65.3 11,237 16,261 14,608 5,942 8,666
Clerical and secretarial 83,245 13.0 13,945 69,300 83.2 50,524 60.7 4,730 45,794 32,721 9,215 23,506
Skilled crafts 5,411 0.8 4,828 583 10.8 4,689 86.7 4,380 309 722 448 274
Service and maintenance 36,210 5.6 26,121 10,089 27.9 26,275 72.6 19,500 6,775 9,935 6,621 3,314
                         
Private 4-year1 1,297,486 100.0 595,441 702,045 54.1 859,551 66.2 387,385 472,166 437,935 208,056 229,879
Professional staff 1,008,814 77.8 488,283 520,531 51.6 615,041 61.0 295,853 319,188 393,773 192,430 201,343
Executive/administrative/managerial 118,268 9.1 52,636 65,632 55.5 114,715 97.0 51,411 63,304 3,553 1,225 2,328
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 540,093 41.6 287,390 252,703 46.8 254,005 47.0 147,043 106,962 286,088 140,347 145,741
Graduate assistants 70,011 5.4 37,404 32,607 46.6 70,011 37,404 32,607
Other professional 280,442 21.6 110,853 169,589 60.5 246,321 87.8 97,399 148,922 34,121 13,454 20,667
                         
Nonprofessional staff 288,672 22.2 107,158 181,514 62.9 244,510 84.7 91,532 152,978 44,162 15,626 28,536
Technical and paraprofessionals 50,607 3.9 21,308 29,299 57.9 42,613 84.2 18,331 24,282 7,994 2,977 5,017
Clerical and secretarial 146,474 11.3 22,490 123,984 84.6 123,775 84.5 17,690 106,085 22,699 4,800 17,899
Skilled crafts 14,981 1.2 14,036 945 6.3 14,341 95.7 13,608 733 640 428 212
Service and maintenance 76,610 5.9 49,324 27,286 35.6 63,781 83.3 41,903 21,878 12,829 7,421 5,408
                         
Private nonprofit 4-year 1,110,832 100.0 513,560 597,272 53.8 773,297 69.6 351,396 421,901 337,535 162,164 175,371
Professional staff 837,737 75.4 411,536 426,201 50.9 541,784 64.7 264,045 277,739 295,953 147,491 148,462
Executive/administrative/managerial 103,098 9.3 45,875 57,223 55.5 99,735 96.7 44,722 55,013 3,363 1,153 2,210
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 428,905 38.6 235,238 193,667 45.2 238,219 55.5 138,887 99,332 190,686 96,351 94,335
Graduate assistants 69,376 6.2 37,134 32,242 46.5 69,376 37,134 32,242
Other professional 236,358 21.3 93,289 143,069 60.5 203,830 86.2 80,436 123,394 32,528 12,853 19,675
                         
Nonprofessional staff 273,095 24.6 102,024 171,071 62.6 231,513 84.8 87,351 144,162 41,582 14,673 26,909
Technical and paraprofessionals 48,986 4.4 20,418 28,568 58.3 41,522 84.8 17,672 23,850 7,464 2,746 4,718
Clerical and secretarial 134,307 12.1 19,600 114,707 85.4 113,113 84.2 15,138 97,975 21,194 4,462 16,732
Skilled crafts 14,883 1.3 13,960 923 6.2 14,263 95.8 13,545 718 620 415 205
Service and maintenance 74,919 6.7 48,046 26,873 35.9 62,615 83.6 40,996 21,619 12,304 7,050 5,254
                         
Private for-profit 4-year 186,654 100.0 81,881 104,773 56.1 86,254 46.2 35,989 50,265 100,400 45,892 54,508
Professional staff 171,077 91.7 76,747 94,330 55.1 73,257 42.8 31,808 41,449 97,820 44,939 52,881
Executive/administrative/managerial 15,170 8.1 6,761 8,409 55.4 14,980 98.7 6,689 8,291 190 72 118
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 111,188 59.6 52,152 59,036 53.1 15,786 14.2 8,156 7,630 95,402 43,996 51,406
Graduate assistants 635 0.3 270 365 57.5 635 270 365
Other professional 44,084 23.6 17,564 26,520 60.2 42,491 96.4 16,963 25,528 1,593 601 992
                         
Nonprofessional staff 15,577 8.3 5,134 10,443 67.0 12,997 83.4 4,181 8,816 2,580 953 1,627
Technical and paraprofessionals 1,621 0.9 890 731 45.1 1,091 67.3 659 432 530 231 299
Clerical and secretarial 12,167 6.5 2,890 9,277 76.2 10,662 87.6 2,552 8,110 1,505 338 1,167
Skilled crafts 98 0.1 76 22 22.4 78 79.6 63 15 20 13 7
Service and maintenance 1,691 0.9 1,278 413 24.4 1,166 69.0 907 259 525 371 154
                         
Private 2-year1 58,674 100.0 21,881 36,793 62.7 37,272 63.5 13,569 23,703 21,402 8,312 13,090
Professional staff 49,878 85.0 19,157 30,721 61.6 30,726 61.6 11,624 19,102 19,152 7,533 11,619
Executive/administrative/managerial 7,977 13.6 3,112 4,865 61.0 7,780 97.5 3,034 4,746 197 78 119
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 30,292 51.6 12,324 17,968 59.3 12,222 40.3 5,178 7,044 18,070 7,146 10,924
Graduate assistants 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Other professional 11,609 19.8 3,721 7,888 67.9 10,724 92.4 3,412 7,312 885 309 576
                         
Nonprofessional staff 8,796 15.0 2,724 6,072 69.0 6,546 74.4 1,945 4,601 2,250 779 1,471
Technical and paraprofessionals 946 1.6 411 535 56.6 569 60.1 284 285 377 127 250
Clerical and secretarial 6,343 10.8 1,201 5,142 81.1 5,068 79.9 960 4,108 1,275 241 1,034
Skilled crafts 86 0.1 61 25 29.1 65 75.6 48 17 21 13 8
Service and maintenance 1,421 2.4 1,051 370 26.0 844 59.4 653 191 577 398 179
                         
Private nonprofit 2-year 7,214 100.0 2,800 4,414 61.2 4,417 61.2 1,644 2,773 2,797 1,156 1,641
Professional staff 6,003 83.2 2,348 3,655 60.9 3,592 59.8 1,350 2,242 2,411 998 1,413
Executive/administrative/managerial 912 12.6 370 542 59.4 865 94.8 354 511 47 16 31
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 3,828 53.1 1,527 2,301 60.1 1,645 43.0 618 1,027 2,183 909 1,274
Graduate assistants 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Other professional 1,263 17.5 451 812 64.3 1,082 85.7 378 704 181 73 108
                         
Nonprofessional staff 1,211 16.8 452 759 62.7 825 68.1 294 531 386 158 228
Technical and paraprofessionals 172 2.4 93 79 45.9 124 72.1 67 57 48 26 22
Clerical and secretarial 645 8.9 66 579 89.8 465 72.1 44 421 180 22 158
Skilled crafts 36 0.5 27 9 25.0 24 66.7 21 3 12 6 6
Service and maintenance 358 5.0 266 92 25.7 212 59.2 162 50 146 104 42
                         
Private for-profit 2-year 51,460 100.0 19,081 32,379 62.9 32,855 63.8 11,925 20,930 18,605 7,156 11,449
Professional staff 43,875 85.3 16,809 27,066 61.7 27,134 61.8 10,274 16,860 16,741 6,535 10,206
Executive/administrative/managerial 7,065 13.7 2,742 4,323 61.2 6,915 97.9 2,680 4,235 150 62 88
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 26,464 51.4 10,797 15,667 59.2 10,577 40.0 4,560 6,017 15,887 6,237 9,650
Graduate assistants 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Other professional 10,346 20.1 3,270 7,076 68.4 9,642 93.2 3,034 6,608 704 236 468
                         
Nonprofessional staff 7,585 14.7 2,272 5,313 70.0 5,721 75.4 1,651 4,070 1,864 621 1,243
Technical and paraprofessionals 774 1.5 318 456 58.9 445 57.5 217 228 329 101 228
Clerical and secretarial 5,698 11.1 1,135 4,563 80.1 4,603 80.8 916 3,687 1,095 219 876
Skilled crafts 50 0.1 34 16 32.0 41 82.0 27 14 9 7 2
Service and maintenance 1,063 2.1 785 278 26.2 632 59.5 491 141 431 294 137
†Not applicable.
1 Includes nonprofit and for-profit private institutions.
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Includes institutions with fewer than 15 full-time employees; these institutions did not report staff data prior to 2007. By definition, all graduate assistants are part time. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2011-12, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section. (This table was prepared July 2012.)

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