National Center for Education Statistics

Number of staff at Title IV institutions and administrative offices, by control and level of institution, medical school staff status, occupational category, and employment status: United States, fall 2012
						Private
		Public				Nonprofit				For-profit
Occupational category and employment status	All institutions	4-year		Staff not in medical schools¹	Medical school¹ staff	2-year	Less-than- 2-year	4-year		Staff not in medical schools¹	Medical school¹ staff	2-year	Less-than- 2-year	4-year	Staff not in medical schools¹	Medical school¹ staff	2-year	Less-than- 2-year
Total staff	3,945,124	1,638,465	224,332	651,755	12,640	960,634	172,128	9,001	2,282	179,139	†	56,902	37,846
Full-time	2,507,655	1,074,100	181,397	305,265	7,200	640,746	146,754	5,602	1,590	79,779	†	38,074	27,148
Part-time	1,437,469	564,365	42,935	346,490	5,440	319,888	25,374	3,399	692	99,360	†	18,828	10,698
Instruction	1,461,363	463,453	59,253	369,927	6,075	359,680	40,631	4,620	995	109,283	†	28,636	18,810
Full-time	716,631	290,428	49,155	113,841	2,458	182,141	34,912	2,244	495	16,225	†	13,346	11,386
Part-time	744,732	173,025	10,098	256,086	3,617	177,539	5,719	2,376	500	93,058	†	15,290	7,424
Research	81,205	37,072	14,986	34	†	17,586	11,397	6	†	97	†	27	†
Full-time	66,813	28,669	13,165	28	†	14,951	9,893	6	†	91	†	10	†
Part-time	14,392	8,403	1,821	6	†	2,635	1,504	0	†	6	†	17	†
Public service	26,932	9,480	3,996	4,432	†	1,367	7,289	1	†	0	†	367	†
Full-time	18,132	7,156	3,224	790	†	749	5,846	0	†	0	†	367	†
Part-time	8,800	2,324	772	3,642	†	618	1,443	1	†	0	†	0	†
Librarians, curators, and archivists	45,267	18,889	307	6,049	33	17,614	499	142	14	1,153	†	479	88
Full-time	38,151	17,223	278	4,071	27	14,757	461	93	13	859	†	309	60
Part-time	7,116	1,666	29	1,978	6	2,857	38	49	1	294	†	170	28
Student and academic affairs and other education services occupations	135,068	50,843	2,379	41,026	2,017	26,301	2,516	331	114	5,974	†	2,054	1,513
Full-time	81,366	35,002	1,843	17,750	1,335	17,073	1,901	102	68	3,939	†	1,536	817
Part-time	53,702	15,841	536	23,276	682	9,228	615	229	46	2,035	†	518	696
Management occupations	259,486	96,032	10,173	33,013	823	85,632	8,906	960	295	12,805	†	6,450	4,397
Full-time	250,820	92,867	9,583	31,653	769	82,968	8,592	917	286	12,640	†	6,298	4,247
Part-time	8,666	3,165	590	1,360	54	2,664	314	43	9	165	†	152	150
Business and financial operations occupations	195,281	92,634	12,517	19,697	256	49,662	8,290	457	169	6,031	†	3,689	1,879
Full-time	179,318	85,642	11,304	15,694	213	46,943	7,854	390	150	5,864	†	3,519	1,745
Part-time	15,963	6,992	1,213	4,003	43	2,719	436	67	19	167	†	170	134
Computer, engineering, and science occupations	234,537	118,830	25,716	16,889	183	49,895	19,654	152	17	2,519	†	476	206
Full-time	212,867	108,149	22,850	14,054	133	46,129	18,408	134	16	2,404	†	415	175
Part-time	21,670	10,681	2,866	2,835	50	3,766	1,246	18	1	115	†	61	31
Community, social service, legal, arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	165,669	69,906	4,144	23,679	181	53,699	2,246	142	24	10,479	†	1,018	151
Full-time	134,318	60,372	3,404	15,828	137	41,565	1,928	114	21	9,919	†	920	110
Part-time	31,351	9,534	740	7,851	44	12,134	318	28	3	560	†	98	41
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	123,804	35,255	43,534	1,860	247	11,124	31,312	92	6	144	†	155	75
Full-time	97,987	26,391	36,317	847	121	8,311	25,791	52	4	97	†	15	41
Part-time	25,817	8,864	7,217	1,013	126	2,813	5,521	40	2	47	†	140	34
Service occupations	245,092	118,796	7,103	35,999	846	69,769	7,690	477	248	2,172	†	1,084	908
Full-time	203,702	102,954	6,132	25,366	543	58,308	7,124	285	223	1,602	†	675	490
Part-time	41,390	15,842	971	10,633	303	11,461	566	192	25	570	†	409	418
Sales and related occupations	18,843	2,657	92	2,145	17	4,239	50	232	49	4,208	†	3,204	1,950
Full-time	15,726	2,031	77	1,232	10	3,365	48	221	48	4,139	†	2,916	1,639
Part-time	3,117	626	15	913	7	874	2	11	1	69	†	288	311
Office and administrative support occupations	500,149	196,260	25,599	88,064	1,656	122,511	24,848	1,264	317	23,280	†	8,854	7,496
Full-time	403,421	160,248	23,189	56,940	1,271	102,504	22,788	959	253	21,603	†	7,487	6,179
Part-time	96,728	36,012	2,410	31,124	385	20,007	2,060	305	64	1,677	†	1,367	1,317
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	76,847	47,715	625	7,733	215	18,551	960	102	12	241	†	344	349
Full-time	71,790	45,516	605	6,275	148	17,546	914	78	10	198	†	248	252
Part-time	5,057	2,199	20	1,458	67	1,005	46	24	2	43	†	96	97
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	20,052	13,296	329	1,197	91	4,437	299	15	22	302	†	40	24
Full-time	16,613	11,452	271	896	35	3,436	294	7	3	199	†	13	7
Part-time	3,439	1,844	58	301	56	1,001	5	8	19	103	†	27	17
Graduate assistants² – teaching plus various categories	355,529	267,347	13,579	11	†	68,567	5,541	8	†	451	†	25	†
Full-time	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Part-time	355,529	267,347	13,579	11	†	68,567	5,541	8	†	451	†	25	†

† Not applicable.

¹ Medical schools are defined as those that grant degrees in Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) and/or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) programs. Also includes health or allied health schools or departments that are affiliated with (housed in or under the authority of) the medical school.

² By definition, all graduate assistants are part-time.

NOTE: Title IV institutions are those with a written agreement with the U.S. Department of Education that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance programs. The four U.S. service academies that are not Title IV eligible are included in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) universe because they are federally funded and open to the public. Military-specific occupations (Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code 55-0000) are part of the SOC system but are not applicable to the IPEDS Human Resources (HR) component because IPEDS HR collects data on civilian staff. One private for-profit 2-year institution erroneously reported 22,000 part-time librarians, curators, and archivists. This value is not included in the table. The reporting error was discovered after the data were released. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the IPEDS online glossary located at https://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/VisGlossaryAll.aspx.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Spring 2013, Human Resources component (final data).

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