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Table 314.30. Employees in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by employment status, sex, control and level of institution, and primary occupation: Fall 2013
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 3,896,149 100.0 1,772,768 2,123,381 54.5 2,475,968 63.5 1,113,454 1,362,514 1,420,181 659,314 760,867
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 1,544,060 39.6 791,310 752,750 48.8 791,391 51.3 436,456 354,935 752,669 354,854 397,815
Instruction 1,436,453 36.9 730,405 706,048 49.2 705,820 49.1 386,463 319,357 730,633 343,942 386,691
Research 81,665 2.1 48,415 33,250 40.7 67,965 83.2 41,090 26,875 13,700 7,325 6,375
Public service 25,942 0.7 12,490 13,452 51.9 17,606 67.9 8,903 8,703 8,336 3,587 4,749
Graduate assistants 359,546 9.2 189,556 169,990 47.3 359,546 189,556 169,990
Librarians, curators, and archivists 44,656 1.1 13,022 31,634 70.8 37,654 84.3 11,341 26,313 7,002 1,681 5,321
Student and academic affairs and other education
     services
158,521 4.1 52,227 106,294 67.1 100,001 63.1 30,309 69,692 58,520 21,918 36,602
Management 252,560 6.5 113,817 138,743 54.9 244,791 96.9 110,819 133,972 7,769 2,998 4,771
Business and financial operations 193,016 5.0 52,014 141,002 73.1 178,496 92.5 48,097 130,399 14,520 3,917 10,603
Computer, engineering, and science 231,768 5.9 140,188 91,580 39.5 210,172 90.7 130,392 79,780 21,596 9,796 11,800
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
     entertainment, sports, and media
167,415 4.3 74,664 92,751 55.4 135,092 80.7 59,415 75,677 32,323 15,249 17,074
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 121,948 3.1 35,394 86,554 71.0 98,061 80.4 29,314 68,747 23,887 6,080 17,807
Service occupations 241,142 6.2 140,650 100,492 41.7 200,358 83.1 118,381 81,977 40,784 22,269 18,515
Sales and related occupations 15,390 0.4 5,368 10,022 65.1 12,493 81.2 4,608 7,885 2,897 760 2,137
Office and administrative support 471,266 12.1 79,292 391,974 83.2 380,624 80.8 54,973 325,651 90,642 24,319 66,323
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 75,404 1.9 69,201 6,203 8.2 70,691 93.7 65,765 4,926 4,713 3,436 1,277
Production, transportation, and material moving 19,457 0.5 16,065 3,392 17.4 16,144 83.0 13,584 2,560 3,313 2,481 832
                         
Public 4-year 1,884,520 100.0 880,954 1,003,566 53.3 1,272,306 67.5 589,927 682,379 612,214 291,027 321,187
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 599,985 31.8 324,809 275,176 45.9 400,724 66.8 229,762 170,962 199,261 95,047 104,214
Instruction 534,252 28.3 288,087 246,165 46.1 347,541 65.1 199,298 148,243 186,711 88,789 97,922
Research 51,398 2.7 29,939 21,459 41.8 42,126 82.0 25,102 17,024 9,272 4,837 4,435
Public service 14,335 0.8 6,783 7,552 52.7 11,057 77.1 5,362 5,695 3,278 1,421 1,857
Graduate assistants 283,503 15.0 149,226 134,277 47.4 283,503 149,226 134,277
Librarians, curators, and archivists 19,022 1.0 5,735 13,287 69.9 17,302 91.0 5,319 11,983 1,720 416 1,304
Student and academic affairs and other education
     services
58,234 3.1 19,391 38,843 66.7 40,657 69.8 12,609 28,048 17,577 6,782 10,795
Management 107,444 5.7 50,253 57,191 53.2 103,775 96.6 48,779 54,996 3,669 1,474 2,195
Business and financial operations 109,151 5.8 28,869 80,282 73.6 100,676 92.2 26,680 73,996 8,475 2,189 6,286
Computer, engineering, and science 142,048 7.5 85,748 56,300 39.6 128,619 90.5 79,952 48,667 13,429 5,796 7,633
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
     entertainment, sports, and media
77,532 4.1 32,937 44,595 57.5 66,978 86.4 28,730 38,248 10,554 4,207 6,347
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 79,441 4.2 24,338 55,103 69.4 65,455 82.4 20,863 44,592 13,986 3,475 10,511
Service occupations 125,409 6.7 68,345 57,064 45.5 108,011 86.1 59,632 48,379 17,398 8,713 8,685
Sales and related occupations 2,882 0.2 910 1,972 68.4 2,230 77.4 745 1,485 652 165 487
Office and administrative support 218,603 11.6 34,913 183,690 84.0 180,662 82.6 24,334 156,328 37,941 10,579 27,362
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 48,294 2.6 44,688 3,606 7.5 45,900 95.0 42,927 2,973 2,394 1,761 633
Production, transportation, and material moving 12,972 0.7 10,792 2,180 16.8 11,317 87.2 9,595 1,722 1,655 1,197 458
                         
Public 2-year 642,809 100.0 271,973 370,836 57.7 299,631 46.6 120,779 178,852 343,178 151,194 191,984
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 367,718 57.2 167,383 200,335 54.5 111,509 30.3 50,114 61,395 256,209 117,269 138,940
Instruction 364,433 56.7 166,133 198,300 54.4 111,149 30.5 49,983 61,166 253,284 116,150 137,134
Research 81 # 38 43 53.1 65 80.2 31 34 16 7 9
Public service 3,204 0.5 1,212 1,992 62.2 295 9.2 100 195 2,909 1,112 1,797
Graduate assistants 13 # 6 7 53.8 13 6 7
Librarians, curators, and archivists 5,715 0.9 1,261 4,454 77.9 3,902 68.3 898 3,004 1,813 363 1,450
Student and academic affairs and other education
     services
47,394 7.4 16,399 30,995 65.4 20,212 42.6 6,102 14,110 27,182 10,297 16,885
Management 32,356 5.0 13,591 18,765 58.0 31,171 96.3 13,110 18,061 1,185 481 704
Business and financial operations 17,948 2.8 4,962 12,986 72.4 15,207 84.7 4,021 11,186 2,741 941 1,800
Computer, engineering, and science 16,583 2.6 11,113 5,470 33.0 13,805 83.2 9,455 4,350 2,778 1,658 1,120
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
     entertainment, sports, and media
23,537 3.7 8,849 14,688 62.4 15,920 67.6 5,601 10,319 7,617 3,248 4,369
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 1,765 0.3 559 1,206 68.3 772 43.7 290 482 993 269 724
Service occupations 35,102 5.5 24,553 10,549 30.1 24,839 70.8 18,000 6,839 10,263 6,553 3,710
Sales and related occupations 2,121 0.3 568 1,553 73.2 1,107 52.2 312 795 1,014 256 758
Office and administrative support 84,143 13.1 15,369 68,774 81.7 54,321 64.6 6,680 47,641 29,822 8,689 21,133
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 7,188 1.1 6,378 810 11.3 6,050 84.2 5,535 515 1,138 843 295
Production, transportation, and material moving 1,226 0.2 982 244 19.9 816 66.6 661 155 410 321 89
                         
Private nonprofit 4-year 1,151,200 100.0 529,335 621,865 54.0 798,839 69.4 361,425 437,414 352,361 167,910 184,451
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 445,729 38.7 240,584 205,145 46.0 252,036 56.5 144,217 107,819 193,693 96,367 97,326
Instruction 407,355 35.4 217,734 189,621 46.5 220,109 54.0 124,863 95,246 187,246 92,871 94,375
Research 30,065 2.6 18,388 11,677 38.8 25,698 85.5 15,923 9,775 4,367 2,465 1,902
Public service 8,309 0.7 4,462 3,847 46.3 6,229 75.0 3,431 2,798 2,080 1,031 1,049
Graduate assistants 75,572 6.6 40,153 35,419 46.9 75,572 40,153 35,419
Librarians, curators, and archivists 18,206 1.6 5,596 12,610 69.3 15,242 83.7 4,823 10,419 2,964 773 2,191
Student and academic affairs and other education
     services
39,444 3.4 12,315 27,129 68.8 27,996 71.0 8,151 19,845 11,448 4,164 7,284
Management 95,758 8.3 42,531 53,227 55.6 93,043 97.2 41,564 51,479 2,715 967 1,748
Business and financial operations 58,504 5.1 15,991 42,513 72.7 55,542 94.9 15,286 40,256 2,962 705 2,257
Computer, engineering, and science 70,296 6.1 41,070 29,226 41.6 65,035 92.5 38,818 26,217 5,261 2,252 3,009
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
     entertainment, sports, and media
58,225 5.1 29,608 28,617 49.1 44,759 76.9 22,148 22,611 13,466 7,460 6,006
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 40,466 3.5 10,414 30,052 74.3 31,737 78.4 8,132 23,605 8,729 2,282 6,447
Service occupations 78,046 6.8 46,001 32,045 41.1 65,754 84.3 39,504 26,250 12,292 6,497 5,795
Sales and related occupations 4,414 0.4 1,540 2,874 65.1 3,443 78.0 1,264 2,179 971 276 695
Office and administrative support 142,242 12.4 21,838 120,404 84.6 122,142 85.9 17,440 104,702 20,100 4,398 15,702
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 19,313 1.7 17,621 1,692 8.8 18,272 94.6 16,886 1,386 1,041 735 306
Production, transportation, and material moving 4,985 0.4 4,073 912 18.3 3,838 77.0 3,192 646 1,147 881 266
                         
Private nonprofit 2-year 5,830 100.0 2,268 3,562 61.1 3,501 60.1 1,358 2,143 2,329 910 1,419
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 2,995 51.4 1,170 1,825 60.9 1,286 42.9 497 789 1,709 673 1,036
Instruction 2,982 51.1 1,162 1,820 61.0 1,280 42.9 493 787 1,702 669 1,033
Research 9 0.2 6 3 33.3 4 44.4 3 1 5 3 2
Public service 4 0.1 2 2 50.0 2 50.0 1 1 2 1 1
Graduate assistants 7 0.1 5 2 28.6 7 5 2
Librarians, curators, and archivists 114 2.0 21 93 81.6 69 60.5 13 56 45 8 37
Student and academic affairs and other education
     services
365 6.3 129 236 64.7 281 77.0 105 176 84 24 60
Management 561 9.6 250 311 55.4 539 96.1 244 295 22 6 16
Business and financial operations 203 3.5 54 149 73.4 169 83.3 48 121 34 6 28
Computer, engineering, and science 114 2.0 92 22 19.3 98 86.0 79 19 16 13 3
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
     entertainment, sports, and media
224 3.8 124 100 44.6 155 69.2 72 83 69 52 17
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 23 0.4 3 20 87.0 17 73.9 3 14 6 0 6
Service occupations 300 5.1 201 99 33.0 167 55.7 124 43 133 77 56
Sales and related occupations 112 1.9 39 73 65.2 100 89.3 36 64 12 3 9
Office and administrative support 719 12.3 106 613 85.3 546 75.9 78 468 173 28 145
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 82 1.4 65 17 20.7 69 84.1 55 14 13 10 3
Production, transportation, and material moving 11 0.2 9 2 18.2 5 45.5 4 1 6 5 1
                         
Private for-profit 4-year 167,556 100.0 72,104 95,452 57.0 73,630 43.9 30,000 43,630 93,926 42,104 51,822
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 104,438 62.3 48,073 56,365 54.0 16,178 15.5 7,867 8,311 88,260 40,206 48,054
Instruction 104,319 62.3 48,027 56,292 54.0 16,146 15.5 7,852 8,294 88,173 40,175 47,998
Research 55 # 23 32 58.2 27 49.1 13 14 28 10 18
Public service 64 # 23 41 64.1 5 7.8 2 3 59 21 38
Graduate assistants 431 0.3 159 272 63.1 431 159 272
Librarians, curators, and archivists 1,150 0.7 297 853 74.2 849 73.8 224 625 301 73 228
Student and academic affairs and other education
     services
10,372 6.2 3,210 7,162 69.1 8,489 81.8 2,697 5,792 1,883 513 1,370
Management 11,717 7.0 5,263 6,454 55.1 11,601 99.0 5,223 6,378 116 40 76
Business and financial operations 4,765 2.8 1,516 3,249 68.2 4,584 96.2 1,476 3,108 181 40 141
Computer, engineering, and science 2,344 1.4 1,840 504 21.5 2,264 96.6 1,785 479 80 55 25
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
     entertainment, sports, and media
7,265 4.3 2,945 4,320 59.5 6,727 92.6 2,686 4,041 538 259 279
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 137 0.1 44 93 67.9 68 49.6 24 44 69 20 49
Service occupations 1,574 0.9 1,088 486 30.9 1,124 71.4 800 324 450 288 162
Sales and related occupations 3,330 2.0 1,412 1,918 57.6 3,259 97.9 1,397 1,862 71 15 56
Office and administrative support 19,519 11.6 5,830 13,689 70.1 18,100 92.7 5,492 12,608 1,419 338 1,081
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 270 0.2 235 35 13.0 227 84.1 204 23 43 31 12
Production, transportation, and material moving 244 0.1 192 52 21.3 160 65.6 125 35 84 67 17
                         
Private for-profit 2-year 44,234 99.9 16,134 28,100 63.5 28,061 63.4 9,965 18,096 16,173 6,169 10,004
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 23,195 52.4 9,291 13,904 59.9 9,658 41.6 3,999 5,659 13,537 5,292 8,245
Instruction 23,112 52.2 9,262 13,850 59.9 9,595 41.5 3,974 5,621 13,517 5,288 8,229
Research 57 0.1 21 36 63.2 45 78.9 18 27 12 3 9
Public service 26 0.1 8 18 69.2 18 69.2 7 11 8 1 7
Graduate assistants 20 # 7 13 65.0 20 7 13
Librarians, curators, and archivists 449 1.0 112 337 75.1 290 64.6 64 226 159 48 111
Student and academic affairs and other education
     services
2,712 6.1 783 1,929 71.1 2,366 87.2 645 1,721 346 138 208
Management 4,724 10.7 1,929 2,795 59.2 4,662 98.7 1,899 2,763 62 30 32
Business and financial operations 2,445 5.5 622 1,823 74.6 2,318 94.8 586 1,732 127 36 91
Computer, engineering, and science 383 0.9 325 58 15.1 351 91.6 303 48 32 22 10
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
     entertainment, sports, and media
632 1.4 201 431 68.2 553 87.5 178 375 79 23 56
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 116 0.3 36 80 69.0 12 10.3 2 10 104 34 70
Service occupations 711 1.6 462 249 35.0 463 65.1 321 142 248 141 107
Sales and related occupations 2,531 5.7 899 1,632 64.5 2,354 93.0 854 1,500 177 45 132
Office and administrative support 6,040 13.7 1,236 4,804 79.5 4,853 80.3 949 3,904 1,187 287 900
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 257 0.6 214 43 16.7 173 67.3 158 15 84 56 28
Production, transportation, and material moving 19 # 17 2 10.5 8 42.1 7 1 11 10 1
†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
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), Spring 2014, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section. (This table was prepared February 2015.)

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