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Table 260. Employees in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity, sex, employment status, control and level of institution, and primary occupation: Fall 2009
Sex, employment status, control and level of institution, and primary occupation Total White Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native Race/
ethnicity unknown
Non-resident alien3
Num-
ber1
Per-
cent2
Black Hispanic Asian/
Pacific Islander
American Indian/
Alaska Native
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
All institutions 3,723,419 2,586,098 817,954 22.9 366,324 220,794 208,842 21,994 153,153 166,214
Professional staff 2,782,149 1,983,921 515,050 19.4 207,335 123,718 169,582 14,415 125,091 158,087
Executive/administrative/managerial 230,579 182,459 42,384 18.8 21,828 11,486 7,782 1,288 4,718 1,018
Faculty (instruction/research/
     public service)
1,439,144 1,078,392 246,288 18.0 95,095 57,811 86,308 7,074 74,130 40,334
Graduate assistants 342,393 174,127 51,433 16.1 13,511 12,436 23,891 1,595 23,357 93,476
Other professional 770,033 548,943 174,945 23.4 76,901 41,985 51,601 4,458 22,886 23,259
Nonprofessional staff 941,270 602,177 302,904 33.2 158,989 97,076 39,260 7,579 28,062 8,127
                     
Males 1,709,636 1,192,954 342,665 20.9 137,012 94,279 102,035 9,339 73,439 100,578
Professional staff 1,353,915 968,049 227,179 17.6 78,491 55,724 86,600 6,364 61,750 96,937
Executive/administrative/managerial 106,892 86,818 17,273 16.5 8,434 4,688 3,601 550 2,263 538
Faculty (instruction/research/
     public service)
761,035 574,653 123,119 17.0 39,720 29,731 50,235 3,433 37,857 25,406
Graduate assistants 180,941 87,563 23,865 14.1 5,199 5,857 12,087 722 11,977 57,536
Other professional 305,047 219,015 62,922 21.3 25,138 15,448 20,677 1,659 9,653 13,457
Nonprofessional staff 355,721 224,905 115,486 33.6 58,521 38,555 15,435 2,975 11,689 3,641
                     
Females 2,013,783 1,393,144 475,289 24.6 229,312 126,515 106,807 12,655 79,714 65,636
Professional staff 1,428,234 1,015,872 287,871 21.1 128,844 67,994 82,982 8,051 63,341 61,150
Executive/administrative/managerial 123,687 95,641 25,111 20.7 13,394 6,798 4,181 738 2,455 480
Faculty (instruction/research/
     public service)
678,109 503,739 123,169 19.2 55,375 28,080 36,073 3,641 36,273 14,928
Graduate assistants 161,452 86,564 27,568 18.4 8,312 6,579 11,804 873 11,380 35,940
Other professional 464,986 329,928 112,023 24.8 51,763 26,537 30,924 2,799 13,233 9,802
Nonprofessional staff 585,549 377,272 187,418 32.9 100,468 58,521 23,825 4,604 16,373 4,486
                     
Full-time 2,381,702 1,690,443 579,429 24.9 264,497 155,613 144,450 14,869 55,058 56,772
Professional staff 1,619,517 1,201,637 328,792 20.8 130,231 76,578 113,303 8,680 37,337 51,751
Executive/administrative/managerial 222,282 175,482 41,377 19.0 21,397 11,225 7,525 1,230 4,477 946
Faculty (instruction/research/
     public service)
728,977 551,271 130,903 18.4 39,715 28,040 59,691 3,457 16,058 30,745
Other professional 668,258 474,884 156,512 24.0 69,119 37,313 46,087 3,993 16,802 20,060
Nonprofessional staff 762,185 488,806 250,637 33.7 134,266 79,035 31,147 6,189 17,721 5,021
                     
Part-time 1,341,717 895,655 238,525 19.2 101,827 65,181 64,392 7,125 98,095 109,442
Professional staff 1,162,632 782,284 186,258 17.3 77,104 47,140 56,279 5,735 87,754 106,336
Executive/administrative/managerial 8,297 6,977 1,007 12.5 431 261 257 58 241 72
Faculty (instruction/research/
     public service)
710,167 527,121 115,385 17.7 55,380 29,771 26,617 3,617 58,072 9,589
Graduate assistants 342,393 174,127 51,433 16.1 13,511 12,436 23,891 1,595 23,357 93,476
Other professional 101,775 74,059 18,433 19.3 7,782 4,672 5,514 465 6,084 3,199
Nonprofessional staff 179,085 113,371 52,267 31.0 24,723 18,041 8,113 1,390 10,341 3,106
                     
Public 4-year 1,803,724 1,220,598 404,805 23.2 167,981 107,240 118,122 11,462 60,144 118,177
Professional staff 1,336,958 920,637 253,353 19.7 87,194 59,986 98,757 7,416 48,733 114,235
Executive/administrative/managerial 84,355 66,830 15,836 19.1 8,323 3,999 2,956 558 1,273 416
Faculty (instruction/research/
     public service)
539,901 401,717 95,938 18.4 28,449 21,464 43,203 2,822 19,532 22,714
Graduate assistants 275,872 143,101 41,450 15.9 10,767 10,313 18,939 1,431 15,960 75,361
Other professional 436,830 308,989 100,129 23.6 39,655 24,210 33,659 2,605 11,968 15,744
Nonprofessional staff 466,766 299,961 151,452 33.3 80,787 47,254 19,365 4,046 11,411 3,942
                     
Private 4-year 1,229,784 864,333 260,255 22.3 125,674 63,405 66,347 4,829 61,810 43,386
Professional staff 934,298 675,565 166,235 18.8 73,207 35,821 53,899 3,308 51,636 40,862
Executive/administrative/managerial 111,616 89,181 19,317 17.7 9,713 5,341 3,894 369 2,604 514
Faculty (instruction/research/
     public service)
498,582 368,984 81,260 17.5 33,921 16,166 29,531 1,642 33,343 14,995
Graduate assistants 66,521 31,026 9,983 16.9 2,744 2,123 4,952 164 7,397 18,115
Other professional 257,579 186,374 55,675 22.3 26,829 12,191 15,522 1,133 8,292 7,238
Nonprofessional staff 295,486 188,768 94,020 33.0 52,467 27,584 12,448 1,521 10,174 2,524
                     
Public 2-year 638,352 468,120 137,941 22.6 65,354 44,939 22,487 5,161 27,686 4,605
Professional staff 467,760 359,356 83,815 18.8 41,033 24,088 15,367 3,327 21,642 2,947
Executive/administrative/managerial 27,827 21,790 5,506 20.1 2,963 1,526 731 286 450 81
Faculty (instruction/research/
     public service)
373,778 289,642 62,389 17.6 29,235 18,170 12,570 2,414 19,137 2,610
Graduate assistants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other professional 66,155 47,924 15,920 24.8 8,835 4,392 2,066 627 2,055 256
Nonprofessional staff 170,592 108,764 54,126 32.9 24,321 20,851 7,120 1,834 6,044 1,658
                     
Private 2-year 51,559 33,047 14,953 31.1 7,315 5,210 1,886 542 3,513 46
Professional staff 43,133 28,363 11,647 29.1 5,901 3,823 1,559 364 3,080 43
Executive/administrative/managerial 6,781 4,658 1,725 27.0 829 620 201 75 391 7
Faculty (instruction/research/
     public service)
26,883 18,049 6,701 27.1 3,490 2,011 1,004 196 2,118 15
Graduate assistants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other professional 9,469 5,656 3,221 36.2 1,582 1,192 354 93 571 21
Nonprofessional staff 8,426 4,684 3,306 41.4 1,414 1,387 327 178 433 3
†Not applicable.
1 The combined number of Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native staff.
2 Combined Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native staff as a percentage of total staff, excluding race/ethnicity unknown.
3 Race/ethnicity not collected.
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. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
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.)

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