National Center for Education Statistics

Number of staff at Title IV institutions and administrative offices, by control and level of institution or administrative office, medical school staff status, occupational category, and employment status: United States, fall 2017
Occupational category and employment status						Private
		Public				Nonprofit				For-profit
		4-year				4-year				4-year
	All institutions	Staff not in medical schools¹	Medical school¹ staff	2-year	Less-than- 2-year	Staff not in medical schools¹	Medical school¹ staff	2-year	Less-than- 2-year	Staff not in medical schools¹	Medical school¹ staff	2-year	Less-than- 2-year
Total staff	3,976,901	1,745,868	241,766	587,757	11,873	1,030,818	171,255	9,251	1,872	111,874	177	34,586	29,804
Full-time	2,566,772	1,152,696	196,743	286,220	6,680	682,973	142,513	6,341	1,458	49,597	143	20,848	20,560
Part-time	1,410,129	593,172	45,023	301,537	5,193	347,845	28,742	2,910	414	62,277	34	13,738	9,244
Instruction	1,457,188	516,354	67,273	318,685	6,337	388,716	50,065	4,363	818	69,603	86	19,720	15,168
Full-time	741,111	317,314	55,389	104,923	2,720	190,634	39,535	2,103	518	11,270	52	8,166	8,487
Part-time	716,077	199,040	11,884	213,762	3,617	198,082	10,530	2,260	300	58,333	34	11,554	6,681
Research	89,445	38,904	15,718	109	0	21,614	12,994	12	0	62	0	32	0
Full-time	75,668	32,048	13,910	100	0	18,678	10,845	9	0	47	0	31	0
Part-time	13,777	6,856	1,808	9	0	2,936	2,149	3	0	15	0	1	0
Public service	29,066	9,842	6,510	3,363	0	1,943	7,355	9	0	29	0	15	0
Full-time	21,440	8,050	5,597	486	0	1,149	6,146	6	0	4	0	2	0
Part-time	7,626	1,792	913	2,877	0	794	1,209	3	0	25	0	13	0
Librarians, curators, and archivists	41,668	18,062	335	5,233	22	16,398	367	130	31	781	0	247	62
Full-time	35,576	16,606	308	3,560	12	13,916	343	80	30	526	0	157	38
Part-time	6,092	1,456	27	1,673	10	2,482	24	50	1	255	0	90	24
Student and academic affairs and other education services occupations	187,318	66,027	3,079	51,328	1,240	47,554	2,155	1,565	232	9,223	0	2,488	2,427
Full-time	127,410	50,435	2,478	22,354	882	35,549	1,501	1,424	211	8,304	0	2,199	2,073
Part-time	59,908	15,592	601	28,974	358	12,005	654	141	21	919	0	289	354
Management occupations	265,913	106,332	11,270	32,174	771	89,044	10,404	910	230	7,958	0	3,350	3,470
Full-time	258,723	103,457	10,808	31,055	686	87,077	10,119	884	221	7,838	0	3,272	3,306
Part-time	7,190	2,875	462	1,119	85	1,967	285	26	9	120	0	78	164
Business and financial operations occupations	217,145	111,835	15,483	17,045	297	55,796	9,001	268	84	4,413	0	1,432	1,491
Full-time	203,333	104,304	14,272	15,260	252	53,439	8,612	227	78	4,268	0	1,316	1,305
Part-time	13,812	7,531	1,211	1,785	45	2,357	389	41	6	145	0	116	186
Computer, engineering, and science occupations	236,232	118,340	27,752	15,906	189	52,931	18,666	139	24	1,880	0	262	143
Full-time	216,745	108,876	25,016	13,406	157	49,481	17,520	129	22	1,811	0	220	107
Part-time	19,487	9,464	2,736	2,500	32	3,450	1,146	10	2	69	0	42	36
Community, social service, legal, arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	185,158	83,597	4,778	23,614	182	64,751	2,338	209	40	4,623	0	887	139
Full-time	150,282	72,857	3,939	16,113	124	49,841	2,125	166	31	4,232	0	766	88
Part-time	34,876	10,740	839	7,501	58	14,910	213	43	9	391	0	121	51
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	110,470	33,509	39,613	1,654	308	12,262	22,655	44	26	93	81	108	117
Full-time	90,999	27,310	34,675	819	121	9,436	18,389	23	9	46	81	47	43
Part-time	19,471	6,199	4,938	835	187	2,826	4,266	21	17	47	0	61	74
Service occupations	244,162	119,757	8,666	33,715	883	71,330	6,418	250	51	1,688	0	585	819
Full-time	201,784	103,030	7,257	23,325	556	59,765	5,711	136	41	1,196	0	282	485
Part-time	42,378	16,727	1,409	10,390	327	11,565	707	114	10	492	0	303	334
Sales and related occupations	15,231	2,753	155	1,910	20	3,891	7	493	70	2,744	0	1,590	1,598
Full-time	12,409	2,122	100	1,009	13	3,220	6	487	68	2,675	0	1,386	1,323
Part-time	2,822	631	55	901	7	671	1	6	2	69	0	204	275
Office and administrative support occupations	426,485	180,036	24,652	75,193	1,304	106,572	22,354	762	245	7,811	10	3,567	3,979
Full-time	345,388	150,304	22,134	47,365	946	90,443	20,626	594	209	6,921	10	2,800	3,036
Part-time	81,097	29,732	2,518	27,828	358	16,129	1,728	168	36	890	0	767	943
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	74,977	47,860	591	6,365	192	18,095	781	76	13	373	0	274	357
Full-time	70,431	45,347	580	5,598	138	17,178	734	66	12	338	0	190	250
Part-time	4,546	2,513	11	767	54	917	47	10	1	35	0	84	107
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	19,287	12,457	311	1,448	128	4,363	314	14	8	181	0	29	34
Full-time	15,473	10,636	280	847	73	3,167	301	7	8	121	0	14	19
Part-time	3,814	1,821	31	601	55	1,196	13	7	0	60	0	15	15
Graduate assistants² – teaching plus various categories	377,156	280,203	15,580	15	0	75,558	5,381	7	0	412	0	0	0
Full-time	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Part-time	377,156	280,203	15,580	15	0	75,558	5,381	7	0	412	0	0	0

† Not applicable. By definition, graduate assistants are part-time only.

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

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

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Spring 2018, Human Resources component (provisional data).

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