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Digest of Education Statistics: 2007
Digest of Education Statistics: 2007

NCES 2008-022
March 2008


Table 235. Employees in degree-granting institutions, by employment status, sex, control and type of institution, and primary occupation: Fall 2005
Control and type 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 distribution 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 3,379,087 100.0 1,581,498 1,797,589 53.2 2,179,864 64.5 1,006,846 1,173,018 1,199,223 574,652 624,571
Professional staff 2,459,885 72.8 1,240,030 1,219,855 49.6 1,432,107 58.2 725,798 706,309 1,027,778 514,232 513,546
Executive/administrative/managerial 196,324 5.8 95,223 101,101 51.5 190,078 96.8 92,854 97,224 6,246 2,369 3,877
Faculty (instruction and research) 1,290,426 38.2 714,453 575,973 44.6 675,624 52.4 401,507 274,117 614,802 312,946 301,856
Instruction and research assistants 317,141 9.4 167,529 149,612 47.2 317,141 167,529 149,612
Other professional 655,994 19.4 262,825 393,169 59.9 566,405 86.3 231,437 334,968 89,589 31,388 58,201
Nonprofessional staff 919,202 27.2 341,468 577,734 62.9 747,757 81.3 281,048 466,709 171,445 60,420 111,025
Technical and paraprofessionals 193,505 5.7 79,747 113,758 58.8 154,577 79.9 64,828 89,749 38,928 14,919 24,009
Clerical and secretarial 439,546 13.0 63,531 376,015 85.5 346,714 78.9 40,344 306,370 92,832 23,187 69,645
Skilled crafts 61,366 1.8 57,407 3,959 6.5 58,859 95.9 55,762 3,097 2,507 1,645 862
Service and maintenance 224,785 6.7 140,783 84,002 37.4 187,607 83.5 120,114 67,493 37,178 20,669 16,509
Public 4-year 1,656,709 100.0 789,988 866,721 52.3 1,133,735 68.4 539,391 594,344 522,974 250,597 272,377
Professional staff 1,200,168 72.4 614,380 585,788 48.8 745,279 62.1 388,008 357,271 454,889 226,372 228,517
Executive/administrative/managerial 74,241 4.5 38,451 35,790 48.2 72,102 97.1 37,547 34,555 2,139 904 1,235
Faculty (instruction and research) 486,691 29.4 284,565 202,126 41.5 339,058 69.7 210,163 128,895 147,633 74,402 73,231
Instruction and research assistants 257,578 15.5 135,267 122,311 47.5 257,578 135,267 122,311
Other professional 381,658 23.0 156,097 225,561 59.1 334,119 87.5 140,298 193,821 47,539 15,799 31,740
Nonprofessional staff 456,541 27.6 175,608 280,933 61.5 388,456 85.1 151,383 237,073 68,085 24,225 43,860
Technical and paraprofessionals 98,957 6.0 41,157 57,800 58.4 82,751 83.6 35,032 47,719 16,206 6,125 10,081
Clerical and secretarial 201,503 12.2 27,514 173,989 86.3 165,637 82.2 17,795 147,842 35,866 9,719 26,147
Skilled crafts 40,462 2.4 38,112 2,350 5.8 39,286 97.1 37,354 1,932 1,176 758 418
Service and maintenance 115,619 7.0 68,825 46,794 40.5 100,782 87.2 61,202 39,580 14,837 7,623 7,214
Public 2-year 610,978 100.0 263,995 346,983 56.8 295,629 48.4 121,465 174,164 315,349 142,530 172,819
Professional staff 440,536 72.1 203,641 236,895 53.8 182,149 41.3 81,415 100,734 258,387 122,226 136,161
Executive/administrative/managerial 26,770 4.4 12,646 14,124 52.8 25,804 96.4 12,224 13,580 966 422 544
Faculty (instruction and research) 354,497 58.0 169,715 184,782 52.1 111,538 31.5 53,213 58,325 242,959 116,502 126,457
Instruction and research assistants 374 0.1 202 172 46.0 374 202 172
Other professional 58,895 9.6 21,078 37,817 64.2 44,807 76.1 15,978 28,829 14,088 5,100 8,988
Nonprofessional staff 170,442 27.9 60,354 110,088 64.6 113,480 66.6 40,050 73,430 56,962 20,304 36,658
Technical and paraprofessionals 42,656 7.0 16,835 25,821 60.5 28,052 65.8 11,061 16,991 14,604 5,774 8,830
Clerical and secretarial 86,649 14.2 13,192 73,457 84.8 53,970 62.3 4,665 49,305 32,679 8,527 24,152
Skilled crafts 5,836 1.0 5,167 669 11.5 5,180 88.8 4,725 455 656 442 214
Service and maintenance 35,301 5.8 25,160 10,141 28.7 26,278 74.4 19,599 6,679 9,023 5,561 3,462
Private 4-year1 1,073,764 100.0 512,064 561,700 52.3 724,586 67.5 335,447 389,139 349,178 176,617 172,561
Professional staff 789,179 73.5 409,036 380,143 48.2 484,835 61.4 247,748 237,087 304,344 161,288 143,056
Executive/administrative/managerial 90,415 8.4 42,120 48,295 53.4 87,365 96.6 41,108 46,257 3,050 1,012 2,038
Faculty (instruction and research) 430,305 40.1 251,149 179,156 41.6 215,385 50.1 133,163 82,222 214,920 117,986 96,934
Instruction and research assistants 59,147 5.5 32,027 27,120 45.9 59,147 32,027 27,120
Other professional 209,312 19.5 83,740 125,572 60.0 182,085 87.0 73,477 108,608 27,227 10,263 16,964
Nonprofessional staff 284,585 26.5 103,028 181,557 63.8 239,751 84.2 87,699 152,052 44,834 15,329 29,505
Technical and paraprofessionals 50,896 4.7 21,318 29,578 58.1 43,004 84.5 18,369 24,635 7,892 2,949 4,943
Clerical and secretarial 146,284 13.6 21,823 124,461 85.1 122,866 84.0 17,079 105,787 23,418 4,744 18,674
Skilled crafts 14,950 1.4 14,057 893 6.0 14,298 95.6 13,626 672 652 431 221
Service and maintenance 72,455 6.7 45,830 26,625 36.7 59,583 82.2 38,625 20,958 12,872 7,205 5,667
Private not-for-profit 4-year 964,068 100.0 453,267 510,801 53.0 679,742 70.5 314,760 364,982 284,326 138,507 145,819
Professional staff 694,362 72.0 355,980 338,382 48.7 453,056 65.2 232,055 221,001 241,306 123,925 117,381
Executive/administrative/managerial 84,270 8.7 39,097 45,173 53.6 81,279 96.5 38,102 43,177 2,991 995 1,996
Faculty (instruction and research) 357,913 37.1 207,770 150,143 41.9 205,046 57.3 126,730 78,316 152,867 81,040 71,827
Instruction and research assistants 59,054 6.1 31,984 27,070 45.8 59,054 31,984 27,070
Other professional 193,125 20.0 77,129 115,996 60.1 166,731 86.3 67,223 99,508 26,394 9,906 16,488
Nonprofessional staff 269,706 28.0 97,287 172,419 63.9 226,686 84.0 82,705 143,981 43,020 14,582 28,438
Technical and paraprofessionals 48,290 5.0 19,771 28,519 59.1 40,831 84.6 17,059 23,772 7,459 2,712 4,747
Clerical and secretarial 135,317 14.0 18,642 116,675 86.2 112,913 83.4 14,148 98,765 22,404 4,494 17,910
Skilled crafts 14,892 1.5 14,008 884 5.9 14,257 95.7 13,589 668 635 419 216
Service and maintenance 71,207 7.4 44,866 26,341 37.0 58,685 82.4 37,909 20,776 12,522 6,957 5,565
Private for-profit 4-year 109,696 100.0 58,797 50,899 46.4 44,844 40.9 20,687 24,157 64,852 38,110 26,742
Professional staff 94,817 86.4 53,056 41,761 44.0 31,779 33.5 15,693 16,086 63,038 37,363 25,675
Executive/administrative/managerial 6,145 5.6 3,023 3,122 50.8 6,086 99.0 3,006 3,080 59 17 42
Faculty (instruction and research) 72,392 66.0 43,379 29,013 40.1 10,339 14.3 6,433 3,906 62,053 36,946 25,107
Instruction and research assistants 93 0.1 43 50 53.8 93 43 50
Other professional 16,187 14.8 6,611 9,576 59.2 15,354 94.9 6,254 9,100 833 357 476
Nonprofessional staff 14,879 13.6 5,741 9,138 61.4 13,065 87.8 4,994 8,071 1,814 747 1,067
Technical and paraprofessionals 2,606 2.4 1,547 1,059 40.6 2,173 83.4 1,310 863 433 237 196
Clerical and secretarial 10,967 10.0 3,181 7,786 71.0 9,953 90.8 2,931 7,022 1,014 250 764
Skilled crafts 58 0.1 49 9 15.5 41 70.7 37 4 17 12 5
Service and maintenance 1,248 1.1 964 284 22.8 898 72.0 716 182 350 248 102
Private 2-year1 37,636 100.0 15,451 22,185 58.9 25,914 68.9 10,543 15,371 11,722 4,908 6,814
Professional staff 30,002 79.7 12,973 17,029 56.8 19,844 66.1 8,627 11,217 10,158 4,346 5,812
Executive/administrative/managerial 4,898 13.0 2,006 2,892 59.0 4,807 98.1 1,975 2,832 91 31 60
Faculty (instruction and research) 18,933 50.3 9,024 9,909 52.3 9,643 50.9 4,968 4,675 9,290 4,056 5,234
Instruction and research assistants 42 0.1 33 9 21.4 42 33 9
Other professional 6,129 16.3 1,910 4,219 68.8 5,394 88.0 1,684 3,710 735 226 509
Nonprofessional staff 7,634 20.3 2,478 5,156 67.5 6,070 79.5 1,916 4,154 1,564 562 1,002
Technical and paraprofessionals 996 2.6 437 559 56.1 770 77.3 366 404 226 71 155
Clerical and secretarial 5,110 13.6 1,002 4,108 80.4 4,241 83.0 805 3,436 869 197 672
Skilled crafts 118 0.3 71 47 39.8 95 80.5 57 38 23 14 9
Service and maintenance 1,410 3.7 968 442 31.3 964 68.4 688 276 446 280 166
Private not-for-profit 2-year 7,357 100.0 2,909 4,448 60.5 4,930 67.0 1,956 2,974 2,427 953 1,474
Professional staff 5,840 79.4 2,396 3,444 59.0 3,764 64.5 1,578 2,186 2,076 818 1,258
Executive/administrative/managerial 855 11.6 374 481 56.3 837 97.9 365 472 18 9 9
Faculty (instruction and research) 3,610 49.1 1,525 2,085 57.8 1,763 48.8 790 973 1,847 735 1,112
Instruction and research assistants 7 0.1 7 0 0.0 7 7 0
Other professional 1,368 18.6 490 878 64.2 1,164 85.1 423 741 204 67 137
Nonprofessional staff 1,517 20.6 513 1,004 66.2 1,166 76.9 378 788 351 135 216
Technical and paraprofessionals 171 2.3 80 91 53.2 137 80.1 61 76 34 19 15
Clerical and secretarial 732 9.9 42 690 94.3 572 78.1 23 549 160 19 141
Skilled crafts 71 1.0 48 23 32.4 59 83.1 44 15 12 4 8
Service and maintenance 543 7.4 343 200 36.8 398 73.3 250 148 145 93 52
Private for-profit 2-year 30,279 100.0 12,542 17,737 58.6 20,984 69.3 8,587 12,397 9,295 3,955 5,340
Professional staff 24,162 79.8 10,577 13,585 56.2 16,080 66.6 7,049 9,031 8,082 3,528 4,554
Executive/administrative/managerial 4,043 13.4 1,632 2,411 59.6 3,970 98.2 1,610 2,360 73 22 51
Faculty (instruction and research) 15,323 50.6 7,499 7,824 51.1 7,880 51.4 4,178 3,702 7,443 3,321 4,122
Instruction and research assistants 35 0.1 26 9 25.7 35 26 9
Other professional 4,761 15.7 1,420 3,341 70.2 4,230 88.8 1,261 2,969 531 159 372
Nonprofessional staff 6,117 20.2 1,965 4,152 67.9 4,904 80.2 1,538 3,366 1,213 427 786
Technical and paraprofessionals 825 2.7 357 468 56.7 633 76.7 305 328 192 52 140
Clerical and secretarial 4,378 14.5 960 3,418 78.1 3,669 83.8 782 2,887 709 178 531
Skilled crafts 47 0.2 23 24 51.1 36 76.6 13 23 11 10 1
Service and maintenance 867 2.9 625 242 27.9 566 65.3 438 128 301 187 114
† Not applicable.
1Includes not-for-profit and for-profit private institutions.
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The survey did not permit respondents to report instruction and research assistants as full-time staff. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
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.)