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Table 22. Number of staff at Title IV institutions and administrative offices, by race/ethnicity, gender, and occupational catery: United States, fall 2020
Gender and occupational category All staff American
Indian or
Alaska Native 		Asian Black or African American Hispanic
or Latino 		Native Hawaiian or
Other Pacific Islander 		White Two or
more races 		Race/
ethnicity
unknown 		Nonresident1
  All staff 3,868,066 19,113 262,590 374,444 321,437 7,398 2,455,784 58,645 162,377 206,278
 Instruction 1,393,152 6,241 108,403 104,337 81,109 2,347 972,684 16,796 70,263 30,972
 Research 95,190 172 13,229 2,523 4,412 90 42,819 1,096 4,420 26,429
 Public service 31,143 116 3,770 2,126 1,786 41 21,024 407 1,049 824
 Librarians, curators, and archivists 38,700 232 1,999 2,800 2,450 107 29,102 630 1,091 289
 Student and academic affairs and other education
   services occupations 		179,482 1,282 8,031 23,116 18,770 584 115,657 3,381 6,694 1,967
 Management occupations 268,775 1,283 11,665 28,868 19,113 426 195,708 3,458 6,905 1,349
 Business and financial operations occupations 231,130 1,181 15,985 25,609 23,169 507 150,556 3,899 7,944 2,280
 Computer, engineering, and science occupations 239,763 980 27,682 15,665 18,366 366 150,664 3,922 8,132 13,986
 Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
   entertainment, sports, and media occupations 		188,118 1,079 6,185 21,858 16,544 545 130,070 3,543 6,927 1,367
 Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 116,188 368 12,267 12,082 9,661 159 70,831 1,712 5,616 3,492
 Service occupations 227,043 1,897 8,417 49,366 38,278 685 114,638 2,932 8,640 2,190
 Sales and related occupations 12,469 78 404 2,035 1,705 39 7,314 337 509 48
 Office and administrative support occupations 381,865 2,518 16,143 56,900 52,057 895 232,148 6,838 11,368 2,998
 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
   occupations 		70,380 607 1,407 7,228 7,442 144 49,935 737 2,532 348
 Production, transportation, and material moving
   occupations 		17,566 164 511 2,782 2,018 49 11,137 205 616 84
 Graduate assistants – teaching plus various categories 377,102 915 26,492 17,149 24,557 414 161,497 8,752 19,671 117,655
Men 1,715,301 7,968 122,104 137,704 130,640 3,211 1,094,798 22,823 75,686 120,367
 Instruction 678,103 2,822 57,576 40,455 38,792 1,078 478,416 7,006 33,919 18,039
 Research 53,553 75 7,389 1,018 2,042 47 23,450 483 2,328 16,721
 Public service 14,952 41 1,879 810 839 19 10,209 175 501 479
 Librarians, curators, and archivists 11,483 59 500 659 825 13 8,814 150 358 105
 Student and academic affairs and other education
   services occupations 		55,614 403 2,547 6,600 5,661 233 36,093 978 2,264 835
 Management occupations 113,929 534 4,891 10,272 7,291 203 85,648 1,289 3,113 688
 Business and financial operations occupations 62,454 313 3,968 5,756 6,033 150 41,915 1,007 2,528 784
 Computer, engineering, and science occupations 142,775 573 14,031 8,230 10,689 249 93,607 2,217 4,895 8,284
 Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
   entertainment, sports, and media occupations 		81,681 402 2,081 9,699 6,061 243 57,811 1,327 3,428 629
 Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 33,799 95 4,435 2,669 2,692 46 19,540 493 2,118 1,711
 Service occupations 129,645 1,140 4,366 26,858 19,602 394 69,696 1,641 4,954 994
 Sales and related occupations 4,036 28 135 648 527 10 2,390 111 172 15
 Office and administrative support occupations 65,505 424 3,591 9,377 10,156 143 36,827 1,367 2,643 977
 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
   occupations 		64,630 560 1,229 6,305 6,821 128 46,371 653 2,290 273
 Production, transportation, and material moving
   occupations 		14,373 129 425 2,076 1,666 43 9,319 152 503 60
 Graduate assistants – teaching plus various categories 188,769 370 13,061 6,272 10,943 212 74,692 3,774 9,672 69,773
     
Women 2,152,765 11,145 140,486 236,740 190,797 4,187 1,360,986 35,822 86,691 85,911
 Instruction 715,049 3,419 50,827 63,882 42,317 1,269 494,268 9,790 36,344 12,933
 Research 41,637 97 5,840 1,505 2,370 43 19,369 613 2,092 9,708
 Public service 16,191 75 1,891 1,316 947 22 10,815 232 548 345
 Librarians, curators, and archivists 27,217 173 1,499 2,141 1,625 94 20,288 480 733 184
 Student and academic affairs and other education
   services occupations 		123,868 879 5,484 16,516 13,109 351 79,564 2,403 4,430 1,132
 Management occupations 154,846 749 6,774 18,596 11,822 223 110,060 2,169 3,792 661
 Business and financial operations occupations 168,676 868 12,017 19,853 17,136 357 108,641 2,892 5,416 1,496
 Computer, engineering, and science occupations 96,988 407 13,651 7,435 7,677 117 57,057 1,705 3,237 5,702
 Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
   entertainment, sports, and media occupations 		106,437 677 4,104 12,159 10,483 302 72,259 2,216 3,499 738
 Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 82,389 273 7,832 9,413 6,969 113 51,291 1,219 3,498 1,781
 Service occupations 97,398 757 4,051 22,508 18,676 291 44,942 1,291 3,686 1,196
 Sales and related occupations 8,433 50 269 1,387 1,178 29 4,924 226 337 33
 Office and administrative support occupations 316,360 2,094 12,552 47,523 41,901 752 195,321 5,471 8,725 2,021
 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
   occupations 		5,750 47 178 923 621 16 3,564 84 242 75
 Production, transportation, and material moving
   occupations 		3,193 35 86 706 352 6 1,818 53 113 24
 Graduate assistants – teaching plus various categories 188,333 545 13,431 10,877 13,614 202 86,805 4,978 9,999 47,882

1The use of "Nonresident" is for reporting purposes only and does not reflect a change in the collection of data for this category.

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. United States includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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 and are included in this table. 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. Individuals who self-identify with more than one race are included in the Two or more races category. Individuals who are in the United States on a visa or temporary basis, and who are not authorized to remain indefinitely, are included in the "Nonresident" category regardless of race or ethnicity. Individuals of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity are included in the Hispanic or Latino category regardless of race and are not included in the race categories. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the collection year’s archived downloadable glossary located at https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data/annual-survey-forms-packages-archived?year=2020.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Spring 2021, Human Resources component (final data).