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Number of staff at Title IV degree-granting institutions and administrative offices, by employment status, medical school staff status, control of institution or administrative office, and occupational catery: United States, fall 2016
Control of institution and occupational category All staff Full-time Part-time
Total Staff not in medical schools1 Medical school1 staff Total Staff not in medical schools1 Medical school1 staff Total Staff not in medical schools1 Medical school1 staff
All institutions 3,906,240 3,507,557 398,683 2,506,784 2,178,748 328,036 1,399,456 1,328,809 70,647
Instruction 1,427,871 1,316,343 111,528 718,160 626,947 91,213 709,711 689,396 20,315
Research 88,981 60,125 28,856 74,973 50,092 24,881 14,008 10,033 3,975
Public service 29,229 16,404 12,825 20,845 9,935 10,910 8,384 6,469 1,915
Librarians, curators, and archivists 41,993 41,258 735 35,823 35,146 677 6,170 6,112 58
Student and academic affairs and other education services occupations 179,345 174,184 5,161 121,389 117,481 3,908 57,956 56,703 1,253
Management occupations 257,952 237,446 20,506 250,861 231,151 19,710 7,091 6,295 796
Business and financial operations occupations 209,265 185,043 24,222 195,806 173,300 22,506 13,459 11,743 1,716
Computer, engineering, and science occupations 231,230 187,092 44,138 211,734 171,365 40,369 19,496 15,727 3,769
Community, social service, legal, arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 180,352 173,722 6,630 145,742 139,982 5,760 34,610 33,740 870
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 109,959 49,939 60,020 90,454 39,210 51,244 19,505 10,729 8,776
Service occupations 241,749 227,477 14,272 199,415 186,917 12,498 42,334 40,560 1,774
Sales and related occupations 12,864 12,758 106 10,430 10,333 97 2,434 2,425 9
Office and administrative support occupations 426,556 380,150 46,406 345,310 302,940 42,370 81,246 77,210 4,036
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 74,438 73,031 1,407 70,038 68,701 1,337 4,400 4,330 70
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 19,252 18,664 588 15,804 15,248 556 3,448 3,416 32
Graduate assistants2 – teaching plus various categories 375,204 353,921 21,283 † † † 375,204 353,921 21,283
Public 2,557,074 2,319,049 238,025 1,615,615 1,421,713 193,902 941,459 897,336 44,123
Instruction 898,882 833,425 65,457 471,337 417,698 53,639 427,545 415,727 11,818
Research 55,036 38,927 16,109 45,986 31,720 14,266 9,050 7,207 1,843
Public service 20,321 14,565 5,756 13,964 8,901 5,063 6,357 5,664 693
Librarians, curators, and archivists 23,710 23,350 360 20,482 20,156 326 3,228 3,194 34
Student and academic affairs and other education services occupations 114,663 111,652 3,011 70,631 68,193 2,438 44,032 43,459 573
Management occupations 147,982 137,048 10,934 143,552 133,096 10,456 4,430 3,952 478
Business and financial operations occupations 140,384 124,740 15,644 129,941 115,629 14,312 10,443 9,111 1,332
Computer, engineering, and science occupations 159,427 132,720 26,707 144,648 120,696 23,952 14,779 12,024 2,755
Community, social service, legal, arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 110,950 106,306 4,644 91,620 87,676 3,944 19,330 18,630 700
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 71,942 32,557 39,385 60,606 26,038 34,568 11,336 6,519 4,817
Service occupations 162,818 154,202 8,616 133,536 126,154 7,382 29,282 28,048 1,234
Sales and related occupations 4,732 4,633 99 3,200 3,106 94 1,532 1,527 5
Office and administrative support occupations 283,207 258,327 24,880 222,526 199,965 22,561 60,681 58,362 2,319
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 54,851 54,229 622 51,614 51,003 611 3,237 3,226 11
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 14,206 13,892 314 11,972 11,682 290 2,234 2,210 24
Graduate assistants2 – teaching plus various categories 293,963 278,476 15,487 † † † 293,963 278,476 15,487
Private nonprofit 1,195,548 1,034,957 160,591 820,752 686,656 134,096 374,796 348,301 26,495
Instruction 434,206 388,202 46,004 228,295 190,759 37,536 205,911 197,443 8,468
Research 33,860 21,113 12,747 28,921 18,306 10,615 4,939 2,807 2,132
Public service 8,806 1,737 7,069 6,803 956 5,847 2,003 781 1,222
Librarians, curators, and archivists 17,196 16,821 375 14,614 14,263 351 2,582 2,558 24
Student and academic affairs and other education services occupations 50,263 48,113 2,150 37,959 36,489 1,470 12,304 11,624 680
Management occupations 98,314 88,742 9,572 95,831 86,577 9,254 2,483 2,165 318
Business and financial operations occupations 63,855 55,277 8,578 61,053 52,859 8,194 2,802 2,418 384
Computer, engineering, and science occupations 69,877 52,446 17,431 65,272 48,855 16,417 4,605 3,591 1,014
Community, social service, legal, arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 64,210 62,224 1,986 49,428 47,612 1,816 14,782 14,612 170
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 37,749 17,114 20,635 29,700 13,024 16,676 8,049 4,090 3,959
Service occupations 76,739 71,083 5,656 64,483 59,367 5,116 12,256 11,716 540
Sales and related occupations 3,812 3,805 7 3,190 3,187 3 622 618 4
Office and administrative support occupations 131,992 110,466 21,526 113,582 93,773 19,809 18,410 16,693 1,717
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 19,012 18,227 785 17,943 17,217 726 1,069 1,010 59
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 4,787 4,513 274 3,678 3,412 266 1,109 1,101 8
Graduate assistants – teaching plus various categories 80,870 75,074 5,796 † † † 80,870 75,074 5,796
Private for-profit 153,618 153,551 67 70,417 70,379 38 83,201 83,172 29
Instruction 94,783 94,716 67 18,528 18,490 38 76,255 76,226 29
Research 85 85 0 66 66 0 19 19 0
Public service 102 102 0 78 78 0 24 24 0
Librarians, curators, and archivists 1,087 1,087 0 727 727 0 360 360 0
Student and academic affairs and other education services occupations 14,419 14,419 0 12,799 12,799 0 1,620 1,620 0
Management occupations 11,656 11,656 0 11,478 11,478 0 178 178 0
Business and financial operations occupations 5,026 5,026 0 4,812 4,812 0 214 214 0
Computer, engineering, and science occupations 1,926 1,926 0 1,814 1,814 0 112 112 0
Community, social service, legal, arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 5,192 5,192 0 4,694 4,694 0 498 498 0
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 268 268 0 148 148 0 120 120 0
Service occupations 2,192 2,192 0 1,396 1,396 0 796 796 0
Sales and related occupations 4,320 4,320 0 4,040 4,040 0 280 280 0
Office and administrative support occupations 11,357 11,357 0 9,202 9,202 0 2,155 2,155 0
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 575 575 0 481 481 0 94 94 0
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 259 259 0 154 154 0 105 105 0
Graduate assistants2 – teaching plus various categories 371 371 0 † † † 371 371 0

† Not applicable.

1Medical 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.

2By 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. 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 2017, Human Resources component (final data).