Table 246.

Employees in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity, sex, employment status, control and type of institution, and primary occupation: Fall 2007

Sex, employment status, control and type of institution, and primary occupation	Total	White	Minority						Race/ ethnicity unknown	Nonresident alien2
			Number	Percent1	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
All institutions	3,561,428	2,496,754	771,235	22.5	353,146	202,098	194,934	21,057	132,455	160,984
Professional staff	2,629,401	1,894,641	471,726	18.7	191,204	110,052	156,969	13,501	110,362	152,672
Executive/administrative/managerial	217,518	173,948	38,859	18.2	21,047	10,074	6,517	1,221	3,751	960
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	1,371,390	1,038,982	224,294	17.2	87,107	51,660	78,593	6,934	67,208	40,906
Graduate assistants	328,979	169,028	50,193	16.3	12,634	11,548	24,712	1,299	20,812	88,946
Other professional	711,514	512,683	158,380	22.9	70,416	36,770	47,147	4,047	18,591	21,860
Nonprofessional staff	932,027	602,113	299,509	32.9	161,942	92,046	37,965	7,556	22,093	8,312
Males	1,650,350	1,162,198	325,342	20.5	132,776	86,906	96,635	9,025	65,065	97,745
Professional staff	1,302,131	940,145	212,229	17.0	73,877	50,476	81,787	6,089	55,725	94,032
Executive/administrative/managerial	102,258	83,941	16,027	15.9	8,275	4,230	3,017	505	1,723	567
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	743,812	566,918	115,731	16.3	38,030	27,201	46,965	3,535	34,907	26,256
Graduate assistants	173,121	84,204	23,606	14.5	4,781	5,384	12,864	577	10,751	54,560
Other professional	282,940	205,082	56,865	20.7	22,791	13,661	18,941	1,472	8,344	12,649
Nonprofessional staff	348,219	222,053	113,113	33.4	58,899	36,430	14,848	2,936	9,340	3,713
Females	1,911,078	1,334,556	445,893	24.2	220,370	115,192	98,299	12,032	67,390	63,239
Professional staff	1,327,270	954,496	259,497	20.4	117,327	59,576	75,182	7,412	54,637	58,640
Executive/administrative/managerial	115,260	90,007	22,832	20.2	12,772	5,844	3,500	716	2,028	393
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	627,578	472,064	108,563	18.2	49,077	24,459	31,628	3,399	32,301	14,650
Graduate assistants	155,858	84,824	26,587	18.2	7,853	6,164	11,848	722	10,061	34,386
Other professional	428,574	307,601	101,515	24.3	47,625	23,109	28,206	2,575	10,247	9,211
Nonprofessional staff	583,808	380,060	186,396	32.6	103,043	55,616	23,117	4,620	12,753	4,599
Full-time	2,281,223	1,637,653	546,549	24.4	258,723	142,177	131,394	14,255	40,312	56,709
Professional staff	1,526,823	1,148,334	298,966	19.9	121,801	67,185	101,874	8,106	27,812	51,711
Executive/administrative/managerial	210,257	167,877	37,897	18.3	20,578	9,841	6,301	1,177	3,563	920
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	703,463	540,460	119,906	17.3	37,930	24,975	53,661	3,340	11,875	31,222
Other professional	613,103	439,997	141,163	23.5	63,293	32,369	41,912	3,589	12,374	19,569
Nonprofessional staff	754,400	489,319	247,583	33.4	136,922	74,992	29,520	6,149	12,500	4,998
Part-time	1,280,205	859,101	224,686	18.9	94,423	59,921	63,540	6,802	92,143	104,275
Professional staff	1,102,578	746,307	172,760	16.9	69,403	42,867	55,095	5,395	82,550	100,961
Executive/administrative/managerial	7,261	6,071	962	13.6	469	233	216	44	188	40
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	667,927	498,522	104,388	17.0	49,177	26,685	24,932	3,594	55,333	9,684
Graduate assistants	328,979	169,028	50,193	16.3	12,634	11,548	24,712	1,299	20,812	88,946
Other professional	98,411	72,686	17,217	18.7	7,123	4,401	5,235	458	6,217	2,291
Nonprofessional staff	177,627	112,794	51,926	30.9	25,020	17,054	8,445	1,407	9,593	3,314
Public 4-year	1,741,699	1,192,314	389,312	23.0	165,686	99,448	112,930	11,248	45,870	114,203
Professional staff	1,278,894	891,372	239,157	19.3	83,612	54,468	93,951	7,126	38,241	110,124
Executive/administrative/managerial	81,364	65,133	15,006	18.6	8,463	3,505	2,496	542	850	375
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	518,221	391,312	89,288	17.7	27,159	19,683	39,560	2,886	14,423	23,198
Graduate assistants	266,429	140,632	41,288	16.3	10,390	9,651	20,117	1,130	13,030	71,479
Other professional	412,880	294,295	93,575	23.2	37,600	21,629	31,778	2,568	9,938	15,072
Nonprofessional staff	462,805	300,942	150,155	33.0	82,074	44,980	18,979	4,122	7,629	4,079
Private 4-year	1,157,226	817,613	238,471	21.7	118,255	57,150	59,060	4,006	58,771	42,371
Professional staff	867,234	630,656	146,358	17.9	64,991	31,201	47,434	2,732	50,465	39,755
Executive/administrative/managerial	103,183	83,035	17,152	17.0	9,049	4,590	3,224	289	2,510	486
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	472,628	352,157	72,313	16.4	30,175	14,204	26,385	1,549	32,888	15,270
Graduate assistants	62,550	28,396	8,905	16.3	2,244	1,897	4,595	169	7,782	17,467
Other professional	228,873	167,068	47,988	21.7	23,523	10,510	13,230	725	7,285	6,532
Nonprofessional staff	289,992	186,957	92,113	32.7	53,264	25,949	11,626	1,274	8,306	2,616
Public 2-year	620,784	457,580	132,444	22.3	63,580	42,014	21,567	5,283	26,387	4,373
Professional staff	449,372	348,022	78,136	18.2	38,180	22,127	14,488	3,341	20,448	2,766
Executive/administrative/managerial	27,363	21,619	5,375	19.8	2,854	1,545	654	322	281	88
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	358,925	279,492	57,942	17.0	27,140	16,551	11,899	2,352	19,065	2,426
Graduate assistants	0	0	0	†	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other professional	63,084	46,911	14,819	23.9	8,186	4,031	1,935	667	1,102	252
Nonprofessional staff	171,412	109,558	54,308	32.8	25,400	19,887	7,079	1,942	5,939	1,607
Private 2-year	41,719	29,247	11,008	27.3	5,625	3,486	1,377	520	1,427	37
Professional staff	33,901	24,591	8,075	24.7	4,421	2,256	1,096	302	1,208	27
Executive/administrative/managerial	5,608	4,161	1,326	24.1	681	434	143	68	110	11
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	21,616	16,021	4,751	22.9	2,633	1,222	749	147	832	12
Graduate assistants	0	0	0	†	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other professional	6,677	4,409	1,998	31.2	1,107	600	204	87	266	4
Nonprofessional staff	7,818	4,656	2,933	38.6	1,204	1,230	281	218	219	10

† Not applicable. 1 Minority staff as a percentage of total staff, excluding race/ethnicity unknown. 2 Race/ethnicity not collected. NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant Associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. 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. 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.)