National Center for Education Statistics

Number of staff at Title IV institutions and administrative offices, by race/ethnicity, gender, and primary function/occupational activity: United States, fall 2009
Gender and primary function/ occupational activity	Total	African American or Black	American Indian or Alaska Native	Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	Hispanic	White	Two or more races1	Race/ethnicity unknown	Nonresident alien
Total	3,794,500	376,389	22,477	211,088	229,579	2,633,248	8,589	146,793	166,337
Professional staff	2,838,017	214,707	14,734	171,338	129,649	2,022,575	6,194	120,637	158,183
Staff whose primary responsibility is instruction, research, and/or public service	1,476,775	99,872	7,299	87,415	61,201	1,105,340	2,760	72,489	40,399
Executive/administrative/ managerial	239,957	23,078	1,332	8,125	12,495	188,875	605	4,410	1,037
Other professional (support/service)	778,892	78,246	4,508	51,907	43,517	554,233	2,304	20,906	23,271
Graduate assistants2	342,393	13,511	1,595	23,891	12,436	174,127	525	22,832	93,476
Nonprofessional staff	956,483	161,682	7,743	39,750	99,930	610,673	2,395	26,156	8,154
Technical and paraprofessionals	204,440	27,007	1,683	13,042	18,854	134,117	593	6,144	3,000
Clerical and secretarial	451,147	70,458	3,308	17,504	43,858	298,741	1,393	12,680	3,205
Skilled crafts	63,007	6,551	598	1,266	5,267	47,948	92	1,123	162
Service/maintenance	237,889	57,666	2,154	7,938	31,951	129,867	317	6,209	1,787
Men	1,733,906	140,014	9,527	102,852	97,182	1,209,555	3,298	70,831	100,647
Professional staff	1,373,520	80,579	6,496	87,237	57,771	982,127	2,513	59,800	96,997
Staff whose primary responsibility is instruction, research, and/or public service	774,954	41,067	3,530	50,671	31,051	584,952	1,208	37,025	25,450
Executive/administrative/ managerial	110,103	8,789	563	3,703	5,013	89,122	259	2,103	551
Other professional (support/ service)	307,522	25,524	1,681	20,776	15,850	220,490	820	8,921	13,460
Graduate assistants2	180,941	5,199	722	12,087	5,857	87,563	226	11,751	57,536
Nonprofessional staff	360,386	59,435	3,031	15,615	39,411	227,428	785	11,031	3,650
Technical and paraprofessionals	84,206	8,992	671	5,531	7,434	57,338	227	2,697	1,316
Clerical and secretarial	67,722	10,805	493	4,141	8,105	39,247	280	3,439	1,212
Skilled crafts	58,631	5,828	542	1,146	4,902	44,952	86	1,028	147
Service/maintenance	149,827	33,810	1,325	4,797	18,970	85,891	192	3,867	975
Women	2,060,594	236,375	12,950	108,236	132,397	1,423,693	5,291	75,962	65,690
Professional staff	1,464,497	134,128	8,238	84,101	71,878	1,040,448	3,681	60,837	61,186
Staff whose primary responsibility is instruction, research, and/or public service	701,821	58,805	3,769	36,744	30,150	520,388	1,552	35,464	14,949
Executive/administrative/ managerial	129,854	14,289	769	4,422	7,482	99,753	346	2,307	486
Other professional (support/ service)	471,370	52,722	2,827	31,131	27,667	333,743	1,484	11,985	9,811
Graduate assistants2	161,452	8,312	873	11,804	6,579	86,564	299	11,081	35,940
Nonprofessional staff	596,097	102,247	4,712	24,135	60,519	383,245	1,610	15,125	4,504
Technical and paraprofessionals	120,234	18,015	1,012	7,511	11,420	76,779	366	3,447	1,684
Clerical and secretarial	383,425	59,653	2,815	13,363	35,753	259,494	1,113	9,241	1,993
Skilled crafts	4,376	723	56	120	365	2,996	6	95	15
Service/maintenance	88,062	23,856	829	3,141	12,981	43,976	125	2,342	812

¹ Two or more races was an optional reporting category in IPEDS 2009-10, and 1,028 institutions reported staff using this option. The figures reported here should not be considered representative of all staff who could be classified into two or more races.

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 institutions and administrative offices.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2009-10, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section.