Table 245. | Employees in degree-granting institutions, by employment status, sex, control and type of institution, and primary occupation: Fall 2007 |
Control and type of institution and primary occupation |
Full-time and part-time | Full-time | Part-time | |||||||||
Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | ||||
Number | Percentage distribution | Number | Percent of all employees |
Number | Percent of all employees |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
All institutions | 3,561,428 | 100.0 | 1,650,350 | 1,911,078 | 53.7 | 2,281,223 | 64.1 | 1,042,024 | 1,239,199 | 1,280,205 | 608,326 | 671,879 |
Professional staff | 2,629,401 | 73.8 | 1,302,131 | 1,327,270 | 50.5 | 1,526,823 | 58.1 | 757,208 | 769,615 | 1,102,578 | 544,923 | 557,655 |
Executive/administrative/managerial | 217,518 | 6.1 | 102,258 | 115,260 | 53.0 | 210,257 | 96.7 | 99,587 | 110,670 | 7,261 | 2,671 | 4,590 |
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) | 1,371,390 | 38.5 | 743,812 | 627,578 | 45.8 | 703,463 | 51.3 | 409,115 | 294,348 | 667,927 | 334,697 | 333,230 |
Graduate assistants | 328,979 | 9.2 | 173,121 | 155,858 | 47.4 | † | † | † | † | 328,979 | 173,121 | 155,858 |
Other professional | 711,514 | 20.0 | 282,940 | 428,574 | 60.2 | 613,103 | 86.2 | 248,506 | 364,597 | 98,411 | 34,434 | 63,977 |
Nonprofessional staff | 932,027 | 26.2 | 348,219 | 583,808 | 62.6 | 754,400 | 80.9 | 284,816 | 469,584 | 177,627 | 63,403 | 114,224 |
Technical and paraprofessionals | 192,974 | 5.4 | 79,271 | 113,703 | 58.9 | 152,654 | 79.1 | 64,086 | 88,568 | 40,320 | 15,185 | 25,135 |
Clerical and secretarial | 445,109 | 12.5 | 65,870 | 379,239 | 85.2 | 349,275 | 78.5 | 41,249 | 308,026 | 95,834 | 24,621 | 71,213 |
Skilled crafts | 61,973 | 1.7 | 58,057 | 3,916 | 6.3 | 59,345 | 95.8 | 56,311 | 3,034 | 2,628 | 1,746 | 882 |
Service and maintenance | 231,971 | 6.5 | 145,021 | 86,950 | 37.5 | 193,126 | 83.3 | 123,170 | 69,956 | 38,845 | 21,851 | 16,994 |
Public 4-year | 1,741,699 | 100.0 | 822,840 | 918,859 | 52.8 | 1,180,486 | 67.8 | 556,846 | 623,640 | 561,213 | 265,994 | 295,219 |
Professional staff | 1,278,894 | 73.4 | 643,974 | 634,920 | 49.6 | 791,021 | 61.9 | 404,110 | 386,911 | 487,873 | 239,864 | 248,009 |
Executive/administrative/managerial | 81,364 | 4.7 | 40,651 | 40,713 | 50.0 | 78,488 | 96.5 | 39,535 | 38,953 | 2,876 | 1,116 | 1,760 |
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) | 518,221 | 29.8 | 295,966 | 222,255 | 42.9 | 354,290 | 68.4 | 214,736 | 139,554 | 163,931 | 81,230 | 82,701 |
Graduate assistants | 266,429 | 15.3 | 139,488 | 126,941 | 47.6 | † | † | † | † | 266,429 | 139,488 | 126,941 |
Other professional | 412,880 | 23.7 | 167,869 | 245,011 | 59.3 | 358,243 | 86.8 | 149,839 | 208,404 | 54,637 | 18,030 | 36,607 |
Nonprofessional staff | 462,805 | 26.6 | 178,866 | 283,939 | 61.4 | 389,465 | 84.2 | 152,736 | 236,729 | 73,340 | 26,130 | 47,210 |
Technical and paraprofessionals | 100,769 | 5.8 | 41,960 | 58,809 | 58.4 | 82,967 | 82.3 | 35,120 | 47,847 | 17,802 | 6,840 | 10,962 |
Clerical and secretarial | 202,153 | 11.6 | 27,812 | 174,341 | 86.2 | 163,223 | 80.7 | 17,289 | 145,934 | 38,930 | 10,523 | 28,407 |
Skilled crafts | 40,866 | 2.3 | 38,674 | 2,192 | 5.4 | 39,786 | 97.4 | 37,861 | 1,925 | 1,080 | 813 | 267 |
Service and maintenance | 119,017 | 6.8 | 70,420 | 48,597 | 40.8 | 103,489 | 87.0 | 62,466 | 41,023 | 15,528 | 7,954 | 7,574 |
Public 2-year | 620,784 | 100.0 | 266,145 | 354,639 | 57.1 | 300,948 | 48.5 | 121,980 | 178,968 | 319,836 | 144,165 | 175,671 |
Professional staff | 449,372 | 72.4 | 204,580 | 244,792 | 54.5 | 187,129 | 41.6 | 81,653 | 105,476 | 262,243 | 122,927 | 139,316 |
Executive/administrative/managerial | 27,363 | 4.4 | 12,622 | 14,741 | 53.9 | 26,597 | 97.2 | 12,303 | 14,294 | 766 | 319 | 447 |
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) | 358,925 | 57.8 | 169,225 | 189,700 | 52.9 | 112,870 | 31.4 | 52,642 | 60,228 | 246,055 | 116,583 | 129,472 |
Graduate assistants | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | † | † | † | † | † | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other professional | 63,084 | 10.2 | 22,733 | 40,351 | 64.0 | 47,662 | 75.6 | 16,708 | 30,954 | 15,422 | 6,025 | 9,397 |
Nonprofessional staff | 171,412 | 27.6 | 61,565 | 109,847 | 64.1 | 113,819 | 66.4 | 40,327 | 73,492 | 57,593 | 21,238 | 36,355 |
Technical and paraprofessionals | 43,047 | 6.9 | 16,781 | 26,266 | 61.0 | 28,249 | 65.6 | 11,155 | 17,094 | 14,798 | 5,626 | 9,172 |
Clerical and secretarial | 86,243 | 13.9 | 13,729 | 72,514 | 84.1 | 53,922 | 62.5 | 4,746 | 49,176 | 32,321 | 8,983 | 23,338 |
Skilled crafts | 5,900 | 1.0 | 5,186 | 714 | 12.1 | 5,072 | 86.0 | 4,677 | 395 | 828 | 509 | 319 |
Service and maintenance | 36,222 | 5.8 | 25,869 | 10,353 | 28.6 | 26,576 | 73.4 | 19,749 | 6,827 | 9,646 | 6,120 | 3,526 |
Private 4-year1 | 1,157,226 | 100.0 | 544,896 | 612,330 | 52.9 | 772,224 | 66.7 | 352,645 | 419,579 | 385,002 | 192,251 | 192,751 |
Professional staff | 867,234 | 74.9 | 439,443 | 427,791 | 49.3 | 527,273 | 60.8 | 262,675 | 264,598 | 339,961 | 176,768 | 163,193 |
Executive/administrative/managerial | 103,183 | 8.9 | 46,744 | 56,439 | 54.7 | 99,674 | 96.6 | 45,548 | 54,126 | 3,509 | 1,196 | 2,313 |
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) | 472,628 | 40.8 | 268,790 | 203,838 | 43.1 | 226,375 | 47.9 | 137,016 | 89,359 | 246,253 | 131,774 | 114,479 |
Graduate assistants | 62,550 | 5.4 | 33,633 | 28,917 | 46.2 | † | † | † | † | 62,550 | 33,633 | 28,917 |
Other professional | 228,873 | 19.8 | 90,276 | 138,597 | 60.6 | 201,224 | 87.9 | 80,111 | 121,113 | 27,649 | 10,165 | 17,484 |
Nonprofessional staff | 289,992 | 25.1 | 105,453 | 184,539 | 63.6 | 244,951 | 84.5 | 89,970 | 154,981 | 45,041 | 15,483 | 29,558 |
Technical and paraprofessionals | 48,175 | 4.2 | 20,118 | 28,057 | 58.2 | 40,709 | 84.5 | 17,481 | 23,228 | 7,466 | 2,637 | 4,829 |
Clerical and secretarial | 151,354 | 13.1 | 23,423 | 127,931 | 84.5 | 127,691 | 84.4 | 18,479 | 109,212 | 23,663 | 4,944 | 18,719 |
Skilled crafts | 15,088 | 1.3 | 14,119 | 969 | 6.4 | 14,396 | 95.4 | 13,706 | 690 | 692 | 413 | 279 |
Service and maintenance | 75,375 | 6.5 | 47,793 | 27,582 | 36.6 | 62,155 | 82.5 | 40,304 | 21,851 | 13,220 | 7,489 | 5,731 |
Private not-for-profit 4-year | 1,016,690 | 100.0 | 473,463 | 543,227 | 53.4 | 714,515 | 70.3 | 327,160 | 387,355 | 302,175 | 146,303 | 155,872 |
Professional staff | 743,614 | 73.1 | 374,251 | 369,363 | 49.7 | 484,123 | 65.1 | 242,524 | 241,599 | 259,491 | 131,727 | 127,764 |
Executive/administrative/managerial | 94,129 | 9.3 | 42,399 | 51,730 | 55.0 | 90,760 | 96.4 | 41,256 | 49,504 | 3,369 | 1,143 | 2,226 |
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) | 382,390 | 37.6 | 217,794 | 164,596 | 43.0 | 215,509 | 56.4 | 130,660 | 84,849 | 166,881 | 87,134 | 79,747 |
Graduate assistants | 62,440 | 6.1 | 33,600 | 28,840 | 46.2 | † | † | † | † | 62,440 | 33,600 | 28,840 |
Other professional | 204,655 | 20.1 | 80,458 | 124,197 | 60.7 | 177,854 | 86.9 | 70,608 | 107,246 | 26,801 | 9,850 | 16,951 |
Nonprofessional staff | 273,076 | 26.9 | 99,212 | 173,864 | 63.7 | 230,392 | 84.4 | 84,636 | 145,756 | 42,684 | 14,576 | 28,108 |
Technical and paraprofessionals | 46,395 | 4.6 | 18,974 | 27,421 | 59.1 | 39,361 | 84.8 | 16,526 | 22,835 | 7,034 | 2,448 | 4,586 |
Clerical and secretarial | 137,800 | 13.6 | 19,472 | 118,328 | 85.9 | 115,560 | 83.9 | 14,913 | 100,647 | 22,240 | 4,559 | 17,681 |
Skilled crafts | 14,979 | 1.5 | 14,056 | 923 | 6.2 | 14,303 | 95.5 | 13,653 | 650 | 676 | 403 | 273 |
Service and maintenance | 73,902 | 7.3 | 46,710 | 27,192 | 36.8 | 61,168 | 82.8 | 39,544 | 21,624 | 12,734 | 7,166 | 5,568 |
Private for-profit 4-year | 140,536 | 100.0 | 71,433 | 69,103 | 49.2 | 57,709 | 41.1 | 25,485 | 32,224 | 82,827 | 45,948 | 36,879 |
Professional staff | 123,620 | 88.0 | 65,192 | 58,428 | 47.3 | 43,150 | 34.9 | 20,151 | 22,999 | 80,470 | 45,041 | 35,429 |
Executive/administrative/managerial | 9,054 | 6.4 | 4,345 | 4,709 | 52.0 | 8,914 | 98.5 | 4,292 | 4,622 | 140 | 53 | 87 |
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) | 90,238 | 64.2 | 50,996 | 39,242 | 43.5 | 10,866 | 12.0 | 6,356 | 4,510 | 79,372 | 44,640 | 34,732 |
Graduate assistants | 110 | 0.1 | 33 | 77 | 70.0 | † | † | † | † | 110 | 33 | 77 |
Other professional | 24,218 | 17.2 | 9,818 | 14,400 | 59.5 | 23,370 | 96.5 | 9,503 | 13,867 | 848 | 315 | 533 |
Nonprofessional staff | 16,916 | 12.0 | 6,241 | 10,675 | 63.1 | 14,559 | 86.1 | 5,334 | 9,225 | 2,357 | 907 | 1,450 |
Technical and paraprofessionals | 1,780 | 1.3 | 1,144 | 636 | 35.7 | 1,348 | 75.7 | 955 | 393 | 432 | 189 | 243 |
Clerical and secretarial | 13,554 | 9.6 | 3,951 | 9,603 | 70.8 | 12,131 | 89.5 | 3,566 | 8,565 | 1,423 | 385 | 1,038 |
Skilled crafts | 109 | 0.1 | 63 | 46 | 42.2 | 93 | 85.3 | 53 | 40 | 16 | 10 | 6 |
Service and maintenance | 1,473 | 1.0 | 1,083 | 390 | 26.5 | 987 | 67.0 | 760 | 227 | 486 | 323 | 163 |
Private 2-year1 | 41,719 | 100.0 | 16,469 | 25,250 | 60.5 | 27,565 | 66.1 | 10,553 | 17,012 | 14,154 | 5,916 | 8,238 |
Professional staff | 33,901 | 81.3 | 14,134 | 19,767 | 58.3 | 21,400 | 63.1 | 8,770 | 12,630 | 12,501 | 5,364 | 7,137 |
Executive/administrative/managerial | 5,608 | 13.4 | 2,241 | 3,367 | 60.0 | 5,498 | 98.0 | 2,201 | 3,297 | 110 | 40 | 70 |
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) | 21,616 | 51.8 | 9,831 | 11,785 | 54.5 | 9,928 | 45.9 | 4,721 | 5,207 | 11,688 | 5,110 | 6,578 |
Graduate assistants | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | † | † | † | † | † | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other professional | 6,677 | 16.0 | 2,062 | 4,615 | 69.1 | 5,974 | 89.5 | 1,848 | 4,126 | 703 | 214 | 489 |
Nonprofessional staff | 7,818 | 18.7 | 2,335 | 5,483 | 70.1 | 6,165 | 78.9 | 1,783 | 4,382 | 1,653 | 552 | 1,101 |
Technical and paraprofessionals | 983 | 2.4 | 412 | 571 | 58.1 | 729 | 74.2 | 330 | 399 | 254 | 82 | 172 |
Clerical and secretarial | 5,359 | 12.8 | 906 | 4,453 | 83.1 | 4,439 | 82.8 | 735 | 3,704 | 920 | 171 | 749 |
Skilled crafts | 119 | 0.3 | 78 | 41 | 34.5 | 91 | 76.5 | 67 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 17 |
Service and maintenance | 1,357 | 3.3 | 939 | 418 | 30.8 | 906 | 66.8 | 651 | 255 | 451 | 288 | 163 |
Private not-for-profit 2-year | 6,707 | 100.0 | 2,490 | 4,217 | 62.9 | 4,161 | 62.0 | 1,558 | 2,603 | 2,546 | 932 | 1,614 |
Professional staff | 5,314 | 79.2 | 2,049 | 3,265 | 61.4 | 3,136 | 59.0 | 1,226 | 1,910 | 2,178 | 823 | 1,355 |
Executive/administrative/managerial | 749 | 11.2 | 330 | 419 | 55.9 | 724 | 96.7 | 320 | 404 | 25 | 10 | 15 |
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) | 3,485 | 52.0 | 1,329 | 2,156 | 61.9 | 1,545 | 44.3 | 597 | 948 | 1,940 | 732 | 1,208 |
Graduate assistants | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | † | † | † | † | † | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other professional | 1,080 | 16.1 | 390 | 690 | 63.9 | 867 | 80.3 | 309 | 558 | 213 | 81 | 132 |
Nonprofessional staff | 1,393 | 20.8 | 441 | 952 | 68.3 | 1,025 | 73.6 | 332 | 693 | 368 | 109 | 259 |
Technical and paraprofessionals | 210 | 3.1 | 89 | 121 | 57.6 | 161 | 76.7 | 68 | 93 | 49 | 21 | 28 |
Clerical and secretarial | 655 | 9.8 | 42 | 613 | 93.6 | 477 | 72.8 | 20 | 457 | 178 | 22 | 156 |
Skilled crafts | 44 | 0.7 | 36 | 8 | 18.2 | 39 | 88.6 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Service and maintenance | 484 | 7.2 | 274 | 210 | 43.4 | 348 | 71.9 | 210 | 138 | 136 | 64 | 72 |
Private for-profit 2-year | 35,012 | 100.0 | 13,979 | 21,033 | 60.1 | 23,404 | 66.8 | 8,995 | 14,409 | 11,608 | 4,984 | 6,624 |
Professional staff | 28,587 | 81.6 | 12,085 | 16,502 | 57.7 | 18,264 | 63.9 | 7,544 | 10,720 | 10,323 | 4,541 | 5,782 |
Executive/administrative/managerial | 4,859 | 13.9 | 1,911 | 2,948 | 60.7 | 4,774 | 98.3 | 1,881 | 2,893 | 85 | 30 | 55 |
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) | 18,131 | 51.8 | 8,502 | 9,629 | 53.1 | 8,383 | 46.2 | 4,124 | 4,259 | 9,748 | 4,378 | 5,370 |
Graduate assistants | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | † | † | † | † | † | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other professional | 5,597 | 16.0 | 1,672 | 3,925 | 70.1 | 5,107 | 91.2 | 1,539 | 3,568 | 490 | 133 | 357 |
Nonprofessional staff | 6,425 | 18.4 | 1,894 | 4,531 | 70.5 | 5,140 | 80.0 | 1,451 | 3,689 | 1,285 | 443 | 842 |
Technical and paraprofessionals | 773 | 2.2 | 323 | 450 | 58.2 | 568 | 73.5 | 262 | 306 | 205 | 61 | 144 |
Clerical and secretarial | 4,704 | 13.4 | 864 | 3,840 | 81.6 | 3,962 | 84.2 | 715 | 3,247 | 742 | 149 | 593 |
Skilled crafts | 75 | 0.2 | 42 | 33 | 44.0 | 52 | 69.3 | 33 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 14 |
Service and maintenance | 873 | 2.5 | 665 | 208 | 23.8 | 558 | 63.9 | 441 | 117 | 315 | 224 | 91 |
†Not applicable. 1 Includes not-for-profit and for-profit private institutions. NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant Associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Beginning in 2007, includes institutions with fewer than 15 full-time employees; these institutions did not report staff data prior to 2007. By definition, all graduate assistants are part-time. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2007 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2007–08. (This table was prepared October 2008.) |