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Staff at Title IV degree-granting institutions and administrative offices, by race/ethnicity, gender, and primary function/occupational activity: United States, fall 2007
Gender and primary function/ occupational activity Total White, non- Hispanic Black, non- Hispanic Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaska Native Race/ ethnicity unknown Nonresident alien
   Total 3,561,428 2,496,754 353,146 202,098 194,934 21,057 132,455 160,984
Professional staff 2,629,401 1,894,641 191,204 110,052 156,969 13,501 110,362 152,672
  Faculty1 1,371,390 1,038,982 87,107 51,660 78,593 6,934 67,208 40,906
  Executive/administrative/ managerial 217,518 173,948 21,047 10,074 6,517 1,221 3,751 960
  Other professional (support/service) 711,514 512,683 70,416 36,770 47,147 4,047 18,591 21,860
  Graduate assistants2 328,979 169,028 12,634 11,548 24,712 1,299 20,812 88,946
Nonprofessional staff 932,027 602,113 161,942 92,046 37,965 7,556 22,093 8,312
  Technical and paraprofessionals 192,974 128,637 26,825 15,922 11,675 1,680 5,395 2,840
  Clerical and secretarial 445,109 297,609 70,675 41,540 17,339 3,250 11,222 3,474
  Skilled crafts 61,973 47,944 6,542 4,742 1,204 584 771 186
  Service/maintenance 231,971 127,923 57,900 29,842 7,747 2,042 4,705 1,812
Men 1,650,350 1,162,198 132,776 86,906 96,635 9,025 65,065 97,745
  Professional staff 1,302,131 940,145 73,877 50,476 81,787 6,089 55,725 94,032
   Faculty1 743,812 566,918 38,030 27,201 46,965 3,535 34,907 26,256
   Executive/administrative/ managerial 102,258 83,941 8,275 4,230 3,017 505 1,723 567
   Other professional (support/ service) 282,940 205,082 22,791 13,661 18,941 1,472 8,344 12,649
   Graduate assistants2 173,121 84,204 4,781 5,384 12,864 577 10,751 54,560
  Nonprofessional staff 348,219 222,053 58,899 36,430 14,848 2,936 9,340 3,713
   Technical and paraprofessionals 79,271 54,953 8,654 6,503 5,041 634 2,285 1,201
   Clerical and secretarial 65,870 38,214 10,652 7,729 4,101 492 3,310 1,372
   Skilled crafts 58,057 45,072 5,952 4,512 1,101 532 711 177
   Service/maintenance 145,021 83,814 33,641 17,686 4,605 1,278 3,034 963
Women 1,911,078 1,334,556 220,370 115,192 98,299 12,032 67,390 63,239
  Professional staff 1,327,270 954,496 117,327 59,576 75,182 7,412 54,637 58,640
   Faculty1 627,578 472,064 49,077 24,459 31,628 3,399 32,301 14,650
   Executive/administrative/ managerial 115,260 90,007 12,772 5,844 3,500 716 2,028 393
   Other professional (support/ service) 428,574 307,601 47,625 23,109 28,206 2,575 10,247 9,211
   Graduate assistants2 155,858 84,824 7,853 6,164 11,848 722 10,061 34,386
  Nonprofessional staff 583,808 380,060 103,043 55,616 23,117 4,620 12,753 4,599
   Technical and paraprofessionals 113,703 73,684 18,171 9,419 6,634 1,046 3,110 1,639
   Clerical and secretarial 379,239 259,395 60,023 33,811 13,238 2,758 7,912 2,102
   Skilled crafts 3,916 2,872 590 230 103 52 60 9
   Service/maintenance 86,950 44,109 24,259 12,156 3,142 764 1,671 849
      

1 Staff whose primary responsibility is instruction, research, and/or public service.

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

NOTE: Race/ethnicity (including race/ethnicity unknown) applies to U.S. citizens, resident aliens, and other eligible noncitizens. Nonresident aliens are not designated by race or ethnicity. Data are for all degree-granting institutions and administrative offices.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2007-08, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section.