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Digest of Education Statistics: 2011
Digest of Education Statistics: 2011

NCES 2012-001
May 2012


Table 259. Employees in degree-granting institutions, by employment status, sex, control and level of institution, and primary occupation: Fall 2009
Control and level 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 distri-
bution
Number Percent
of all employees
Number Percent
of all employees
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
All institutions 3,723,419 100.0 1,709,636 2,013,783 54.1 2,381,702 64.0 1,079,099 1,302,603 1,341,717 630,537 711,180
Professional staff 2,782,149 74.7 1,353,915 1,428,234 51.3 1,619,517 58.2 788,204 831,313 1,162,632 565,711 596,921
Executive/administrative/managerial 230,579 6.2 106,892 123,687 53.6 222,282 96.4 103,781 118,501 8,297 3,111 5,186
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 1,439,144 38.7 761,035 678,109 47.1 728,977 50.7 415,821 313,156 710,167 345,214 364,953
Graduate assistants 342,393 9.2 180,941 161,452 47.2 342,393 180,941 161,452
Other professional 770,033 20.7 305,047 464,986 60.4 668,258 86.8 268,602 399,656 101,775 36,445 65,330
                         
Nonprofessional staff 941,270 25.3 355,721 585,549 62.2 762,185 81.0 290,895 471,290 179,085 64,826 114,259
Technical and paraprofessionals 201,867 5.4 83,189 118,678 58.8 159,254 78.9 66,915 92,339 42,613 16,274 26,339
Clerical and secretarial 442,287 11.9 66,593 375,694 84.9 347,902 78.7 42,370 305,532 94,385 24,223 70,162
Skilled crafts 62,575 1.7 58,374 4,201 6.7 59,968 95.8 56,623 3,345 2,607 1,751 856
Service and maintenance 234,541 6.3 147,565 86,976 37.1 195,061 83.2 124,987 70,074 39,480 22,578 16,902
                         
Public 4-year 1,803,724 100.0 848,481 955,243 53.0 1,224,543 67.9 572,550 651,993 579,181 275,931 303,250
Professional staff 1,336,958 74.1 665,737 671,221 50.2 830,103 62.1 416,181 413,922 506,855 249,556 257,299
Executive/administrative/managerial 84,355 4.7 41,452 42,903 50.9 80,380 95.3 39,887 40,493 3,975 1,565 2,410
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 539,901 29.9 302,573 237,328 44.0 365,619 67.7 217,447 148,172 174,282 85,126 89,156
Graduate assistants 275,872 15.3 145,151 130,721 47.4 275,872 145,151 130,721
Other professional 436,830 24.2 176,561 260,269 59.6 384,104 87.9 158,847 225,257 52,726 17,714 35,012
                         
Nonprofessional staff 466,766 25.9 182,744 284,022 60.8 394,440 84.5 156,369 238,071 72,326 26,375 45,951
Technical and paraprofessionals 105,302 5.8 43,306 61,996 58.9 87,120 82.7 36,266 50,854 18,182 7,040 11,142
Clerical and secretarial 199,132 11.0 28,177 170,955 85.9 162,082 81.4 17,984 144,098 37,050 10,193 26,857
Skilled crafts 41,761 2.3 39,241 2,520 6.0 40,617 97.3 38,384 2,233 1,144 857 287
Service and maintenance 120,571 6.7 72,020 48,551 40.3 104,621 86.8 63,735 40,886 15,950 8,285 7,665
                         
Public 2-year 638,352 100.0 271,863 366,489 57.4 301,974 47.3 121,623 180,351 336,378 150,240 186,138
Professional staff 467,760 73.3 210,121 257,639 55.1 189,728 40.6 81,455 108,273 278,032 128,666 149,366
Executive/administrative/managerial 27,827 4.4 12,570 15,257 54.8 27,037 97.2 12,221 14,816 790 349 441
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 373,778 58.6 173,557 200,221 53.6 112,824 30.2 51,681 61,143 260,954 121,876 139,078
Graduate assistants 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Other professional 66,155 10.4 23,994 42,161 63.7 49,867 75.4 17,553 32,314 16,288 6,441 9,847
                         
Nonprofessional staff 170,592 26.7 61,742 108,850 63.8 112,246 65.8 40,168 72,078 58,346 21,574 36,772
Technical and paraprofessionals 43,538 6.8 17,197 26,341 60.5 28,101 64.5 11,253 16,848 15,437 5,944 9,493
Clerical and secretarial 85,152 13.3 13,534 71,618 84.1 52,816 62.0 4,795 48,021 32,336 8,739 23,597
Skilled crafts 5,795 0.9 5,067 728 12.6 5,036 86.9 4,588 448 759 479 280
Service and maintenance 36,107 5.7 25,944 10,163 28.1 26,293 72.8 19,532 6,761 9,814 6,412 3,402
                         
Private 4-year1  1,229,784 100.0 569,375 660,409 53.7 821,549 66.8 372,521 449,028 408,235 196,854 211,381
Professional staff 934,298 76.0 460,758 473,540 50.7 572,658 61.3 280,107 292,551 361,640 180,651 180,989
Executive/administrative/managerial 111,616 9.1 50,287 61,329 54.9 108,264 97.0 49,155 59,109 3,352 1,132 2,220
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 498,582 40.5 273,114 225,468 45.2 238,801 47.9 141,425 97,376 259,781 131,689 128,092
Graduate assistants 66,521 5.4 35,790 30,731 46.2 66,521 35,790 30,731
Other professional 257,579 20.9 101,567 156,012 60.6 225,593 87.6 89,527 136,066 31,986 12,040 19,946
                         
Nonprofessional staff 295,486 24.0 108,617 186,869 63.2 248,891 84.2 92,414 156,477 46,595 16,203 30,392
Technical and paraprofessionals 51,974 4.2 22,229 29,745 57.2 43,217 83.2 19,032 24,185 8,757 3,197 5,560
Clerical and secretarial 152,145 12.4 23,809 128,336 84.4 128,237 84.3 18,757 109,480 23,908 5,052 18,856
Skilled crafts 14,891 1.2 13,980 911 6.1 14,221 95.5 13,587 634 670 393 277
Service and maintenance 76,476 6.2 48,599 27,877 36.5 63,216 82.7 41,038 22,178 13,260 7,561 5,699
                         
Private not-for-profit 4-year 1,066,427 100.0 494,941 571,486 53.6 742,995 69.7 338,626 404,369 323,432 156,315 167,117
Professional staff 791,632 74.2 394,042 397,590 50.2 511,609 64.6 252,770 258,839 280,023 141,272 138,751
Executive/administrative/managerial 98,157 9.2 44,083 54,074 55.1 94,928 96.7 42,996 51,932 3,229 1,087 2,142
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 404,845 38.0 226,936 177,909 43.9 225,054 55.6 134,020 91,034 179,791 92,916 86,875
Graduate assistants 66,252 6.2 35,677 30,575 46.1 66,252 35,677 30,575
Other professional 222,378 20.9 87,346 135,032 60.7 191,627 86.2 75,754 115,873 30,751 11,592 19,159
                         
Nonprofessional staff 274,795 25.8 100,899 173,896 63.3 231,386 84.2 85,856 145,530 43,409 15,043 28,366
Technical and paraprofessionals 47,716 4.5 20,173 27,543 57.7 40,149 84.1 17,361 22,788 7,567 2,812 4,755
Clerical and secretarial 137,328 12.9 19,374 117,954 85.9 114,893 83.7 14,722 100,171 22,435 4,652 17,783
Skilled crafts 14,821 1.4 13,930 891 6.0 14,175 95.6 13,546 629 646 384 262
Service and maintenance 74,930 7.0 47,422 27,508 36.7 62,169 83.0 40,227 21,942 12,761 7,195 5,566
                         
Private for-profit 4-year 163,357 100.0 74,434 88,923 54.4 78,554 48.1 33,895 44,659 84,803 40,539 44,264
Professional staff 142,666 87.3 66,716 75,950 53.2 61,049 42.8 27,337 33,712 81,617 39,379 42,238
Executive/administrative/managerial 13,459 8.2 6,204 7,255 53.9 13,336 99.1 6,159 7,177 123 45 78
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 93,737 57.4 46,178 47,559 50.7 13,747 14.7 7,405 6,342 79,990 38,773 41,217
Graduate assistants 269 0.2 113 156 58.0 269 113 156
Other professional 35,201 21.5 14,221 20,980 59.6 33,966 96.5 13,773 20,193 1,235 448 787
                         
Nonprofessional staff 20,691 12.7 7,718 12,973 62.7 17,505 84.6 6,558 10,947 3,186 1,160 2,026
Technical and paraprofessionals 4,258 2.6 2,056 2,202 51.7 3,068 72.1 1,671 1,397 1,190 385 805
Clerical and secretarial 14,817 9.1 4,435 10,382 70.1 13,344 90.1 4,035 9,309 1,473 400 1,073
Skilled crafts 70 0.0 50 20 28.6 46 65.7 41 5 24 9 15
Service and maintenance 1,546 0.9 1,177 369 23.9 1,047 67.7 811 236 499 366 133
                         
Private 2-year1  51,559 100.0 19,917 31,642 61.4 33,636 65.2 12,405 21,231 17,923 7,512 10,411
Professional staff 43,133 83.7 17,299 25,834 59.9 27,028 62.7 10,461 16,567 16,105 6,838 9,267
Executive/administrative/managerial 6,781 13.2 2,583 4,198 61.9 6,601 97.3 2,518 4,083 180 65 115
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 26,883 52.1 11,791 15,092 56.1 11,733 43.6 5,268 6,465 15,150 6,523 8,627
Graduate assistants 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Other professional 9,469 18.4 2,925 6,544 69.1 8,694 91.8 2,675 6,019 775 250 525
                         
Nonprofessional staff 8,426 16.3 2,618 5,808 68.9 6,608 78.4 1,944 4,664 1,818 674 1,144
Technical and paraprofessionals 1,053 2.0 457 596 56.6 816 77.5 364 452 237 93 144
Clerical and secretarial 5,858 11.4 1,073 4,785 81.7 4,767 81.4 834 3,933 1,091 239 852
Skilled crafts 128 0.2 86 42 32.8 94 73.4 64 30 34 22 12
Service and maintenance 1,387 2.7 1,002 385 27.8 931 67.1 682 249 456 320 136
                         
Private not-for-profit 2-year 6,990 100.0 2,714 4,276 61.2 4,086 58.5 1,504 2,582 2,904 1,210 1,694
Professional staff 5,659 81.0 2,230 3,429 60.6 3,116 55.1 1,153 1,963 2,543 1,077 1,466
Executive/administrative/managerial 886 12.7 333 553 62.4 822 92.8 313 509 64 20 44
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 3,716 53.2 1,526 2,190 58.9 1,429 38.5 547 882 2,287 979 1,308
Graduate assistants 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Other professional 1,057 15.1 371 686 64.9 865 81.8 293 572 192 78 114
                         
Nonprofessional staff 1,331 19.0 484 847 63.6 970 72.9 351 619 361 133 228
Technical and paraprofessionals 229 3.3 102 127 55.5 174 76.0 80 94 55 22 33
Clerical and secretarial 584 8.4 45 539 92.3 408 69.9 19 389 176 26 150
Skilled crafts 45 0.6 35 10 22.2 41 91.1 33 8 4 2 2
Service and maintenance 473 6.8 302 171 36.2 347 73.4 219 128 126 83 43
                         
Private for-profit 2-year 44,569 100.0 17,203 27,366 61.4 29,550 66.3 10,901 18,649 15,019 6,302 8,717
Professional staff 37,474 84.1 15,069 22,405 59.8 23,912 63.8 9,308 14,604 13,562 5,761 7,801
Executive/administrative/managerial 5,895 13.2 2,250 3,645 61.8 5,779 98.0 2,205 3,574 116 45 71
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 23,167 52.0 10,265 12,902 55.7 10,304 44.5 4,721 5,583 12,863 5,544 7,319
Graduate assistants 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Other professional 8,412 18.9 2,554 5,858 69.6 7,829 93.1 2,382 5,447 583 172 411
                         
Nonprofessional staff 7,095 15.9 2,134 4,961 69.9 5,638 79.5 1,593 4,045 1,457 541 916
Technical and paraprofessionals 824 1.8 355 469 56.9 642 77.9 284 358 182 71 111
Clerical and secretarial 5,274 11.8 1,028 4,246 80.5 4,359 82.7 815 3,544 915 213 702
Skilled crafts 83 0.2 51 32 38.6 53 63.9 31 22 30 20 10
Service and maintenance 914 2.1 700 214 23.4 584 63.9 463 121 330 237 93
†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, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2009-10, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section. (This table was prepared August 2010.)