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Number of staff at Title IV institutions and administrative offices, by control and level of institution or administrative office, medical school staff status, occupational catery, and employment status: United States, fall 2015
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
    All staff 3,981,632 1,694,020 231,654 633,638 11,482 1,007,915 175,446 10,527 2,294 141,050 58 40,172 33,376
  Full-time 2,552,101 1,120,783 187,010 303,005 6,701 669,971 147,755 7,449 1,731 60,090 26 24,708 22,872
  Part-time 1,429,531 573,237 44,644 330,633 4,781 337,944 27,691 3,078 563 80,960 32 15,464 10,504
Instruction 1,472,331 488,463 63,507 351,144 5,933 381,386 46,532 5,025 1,063 89,597 58 22,428 17,195
  Full-time 733,799 305,424 52,424 111,898 2,652 187,250 38,297 2,748 607 13,487 26 9,399 9,587
  Part-time 738,532 183,039 11,083 239,246 3,281 194,136 8,235 2,277 456 76,110 32 13,029 7,608
Research 87,146 38,723 16,263 108 — 19,954 11,992 10 — 64 0 32 —
  Full-time 72,762 31,064 14,275 96 — 17,255 10,005 7 — 29 0 31 —
  Part-time 14,384 7,659 1,988 12 — 2,699 1,987 3 — 35 0 1 —
Public service 27,560 10,483 4,844 3,466 — 1,934 6,780 1 — 22 0 30 —
  Full-time 19,020 7,879 4,000 445 — 1,074 5,588 1 — 12 0 21 —
  Part-time 8,540 2,604 844 3,021 — 860 1,192 0 — 10 0 9 —
Librarians, curators, and archivists 42,969 18,269 340 5,575 21 16,893 377 139 22 919 0 328 86
  Full-time 36,523 16,805 307 3,743 13 14,257 346 89 19 678 0 208 58
  Part-time 6,446 1,464 33 1,832 8 2,636 31 50 3 241 0 120 28
Student and academic affairs and other education services occupations 177,077 59,024 2,231 51,527 1,384 43,616 1,992 557 127 10,454 0 3,092 3,073
  Full-time 118,200 44,013 1,736 22,100 1,010 32,883 1,432 414 100 9,029 0 2,816 2,667
  Part-time 58,877 15,011 495 29,427 374 10,733 560 143 27 1,425 0 276 406
Management occupations 263,144 102,567 10,511 33,412 736 86,253 10,767 967 313 9,730 0 4,067 3,821
  Full-time 255,371 99,562 10,036 32,088 676 84,083 10,448 935 307 9,618 0 3,973 3,645
  Part-time 7,773 3,005 475 1,324 60 2,170 319 32 6 112 0 94 176
Business and financial operations occupations 207,614 104,480 14,702 17,635 262 52,914 8,657 1,280 117 4,173 0 1,886 1,508
  Full-time 193,772 97,347 13,426 15,742 223 50,276 8,291 1,236 110 4,035 0 1,743 1,343
  Part-time 13,842 7,133 1,276 1,893 39 2,638 366 44 7 138 0 143 165
Computer, engineering, and science occupations 231,785 116,837 25,727 16,753 161 50,728 18,979 151 25 1,979 0 299 146
  Full-time 211,987 107,085 22,924 14,134 135 47,403 17,878 142 23 1,897 0 257 109
  Part-time 19,798 9,752 2,803 2,619 26 3,325 1,101 9 2 82 0 42 37
Community, social service, legal, arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 174,841 78,375 4,447 23,607 185 59,856 2,257 249 53 4,983 0 650 179
  Full-time 141,680 68,693 3,717 16,278 119 45,491 1,984 172 48 4,554 0 522 102
  Part-time 33,161 9,682 730 7,329 66 14,365 273 77 5 429 0 128 77
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 121,706 35,444 38,722 1,818 326 16,222 28,742 46 4 159 0 82 141
  Full-time 99,294 28,390 33,579 847 130 12,302 23,844 34 1 87 0 13 67
  Part-time 22,412 7,054 5,143 971 196 3,920 4,898 12 3 72 0 69 74
Service occupations 247,583 120,364 8,135 35,780 819 71,432 7,491 348 43 1,468 0 731 972
  Full-time 204,794 103,821 7,025 24,874 520 59,598 6,791 196 32 1,043 0 374 520
  Part-time 42,789 16,543 1,110 10,906 299 11,834 700 152 11 425 0 357 452
Sales and related occupations 16,218 2,758 88 1,931 15 3,890 40 480 70 3,363 0 1,945 1,638
  Full-time 13,425 2,192 84 1,060 12 3,159 37 468 68 3,279 0 1,684 1,382
  Part-time 2,793 566 4 871 3 731 3 12 2 84 0 261 256
Office and administrative support occupations 449,985 182,402 24,906 82,736 1,286 112,049 23,402 1,148 440 13,166 0 4,269 4,181
  Full-time 364,476 151,929 22,632 52,832 976 94,792 21,585 907 403 11,905 0 3,435 3,080
  Part-time 85,509 30,473 2,274 29,904 310 17,257 1,817 241 37 1,261 0 834 1,101
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 74,949 47,653 590 6,772 211 17,593 844 103 12 460 0 303 408
  Full-time 70,609 45,454 575 5,987 170 16,696 797 93 8 316 0 220 293
  Part-time 4,340 2,199 15 785 41 897 47 10 4 144 0 83 115
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 19,856 12,740 309 1,361 143 4,602 442 17 5 179 0 30 28
  Full-time 16,389 11,125 270 881 65 3,452 432 7 5 121 0 12 19
  Part-time 3,467 1,615 39 480 78 1,150 10 10 0 58 0 18 9
Graduate assistants2 – teaching plus various categories 366,868 275,438 16,332 13 0 68,593 6,152 6 0 334 0 0 0
  Full-time † † † † † † † † † † † † †
  Part-time 366,868 275,438 16,332 13 0 68,593 6,152 6 0 334 0 0 0

— Not available. Data were not collected.

† 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

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 2016, Human Resources component (final data).