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Table 314.30. Employees in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by employment status, sex, control and level of institution, and primary occupation: Fall 2013
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 distribution 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 3,896,053 100.0 1,772,803 2,123,250 54.5 2,472,434 63.5 1,111,721 1,360,713 1,423,619 661,082 762,537
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 1,545,381 39.7 791,971 753,410 48.8 791,378 51.2 436,470 354,908 754,003 355,501 398,502
Instruction 1,437,789 36.9 731,068 706,721 49.2 705,821 49.1 386,480 319,341 731,968 344,588 387,380
Research 81,670 2.1 48,421 33,249 40.7 67,963 83.2 41,091 26,872 13,707 7,330 6,377
Public service 25,922 0.7 12,482 13,440 51.8 17,594 67.9 8,899 8,695 8,328 3,583 4,745
Graduate assistants 363,416 9.3 191,501 171,915 47.3 363,416 191,501 171,915
Librarians, curators, and archivists 44,677 1.1 13,019 31,658 70.9 37,666 84.3 11,336 26,330 7,011 1,683 5,328
Student and academic affairs and other education
      services
158,653 4.1 52,255 106,398 67.1 100,110 63.1 30,340 69,770 58,543 21,915 36,628
Management 252,615 6.5 113,829 138,786 54.9 244,848 96.9 110,829 134,019 7,767 3,000 4,767
Business and financial operations 193,065 5.0 52,029 141,036 73.1 178,561 92.5 48,120 130,441 14,504 3,909 10,595
Computer, engineering, and science 231,714 5.9 140,140 91,574 39.5 210,155 90.7 130,379 79,776 21,559 9,761 11,798
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
      entertainment, sports, and media
167,466 4.3 74,705 92,761 55.4 135,174 80.7 59,460 75,714 32,292 15,245 17,047
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 117,576 3.0 33,215 84,361 71.8 94,854 80.7 27,696 67,158 22,722 5,519 17,203
Service occupations 241,064 6.2 140,612 100,452 41.7 200,353 83.1 118,375 81,978 40,711 22,237 18,474
Sales and related occupations 15,400 0.4 5,374 10,026 65.1 12,503 81.2 4,614 7,889 2,897 760 2,137
Office and administrative support 470,167 12.1 78,893 391,274 83.2 379,996 80.8 54,756 325,240 90,171 24,137 66,034
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 75,401 1.9 69,198 6,203 8.2 70,692 93.8 65,766 4,926 4,709 3,432 1,277
Production, transportation, and material moving 19,458 0.5 16,062 3,396 17.5 16,144 83.0 13,580 2,564 3,314 2,482 832
                         
Public 4-year 1,884,854 100.0 881,207 1,003,647 53.2 1,269,084 67.3 588,309 680,775 615,770 292,898 322,872
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 601,126 31.9 325,337 275,789 45.9 401,086 66.7 229,846 171,240 200,040 95,491 104,549
Instruction 535,393 28.4 288,615 246,778 46.1 347,903 65.0 199,382 148,521 187,490 89,233 98,257
Research 51,398 2.7 29,939 21,459 41.8 42,126 82.0 25,102 17,024 9,272 4,837 4,435
Public service 14,335 0.8 6,783 7,552 52.7 11,057 77.1 5,362 5,695 3,278 1,421 1,857
Graduate assistants 287,839 15.3 151,386 136,453 47.4 287,839 151,386 136,453
Librarians, curators, and archivists 19,022 1.0 5,735 13,287 69.9 17,302 91.0 5,319 11,983 1,720 416 1,304
Student and academic affairs and other education
      services
58,198 3.1 19,347 38,851 66.8 40,731 70.0 12,630 28,101 17,467 6,717 10,750
Management 107,423 5.7 50,249 57,174 53.2 103,754 96.6 48,775 54,979 3,669 1,474 2,195
Business and financial operations 109,279 5.8 28,912 80,367 73.5 100,805 92.2 26,723 74,082 8,474 2,189 6,285
Computer, engineering, and science 141,991 7.5 85,695 56,296 39.6 128,585 90.6 79,926 48,659 13,406 5,769 7,637
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
      entertainment, sports, and media
77,614 4.1 33,001 44,613 57.5 67,062 86.4 28,792 38,270 10,552 4,209 6,343
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 75,038 4.0 22,157 52,881 70.5 62,240 82.9 19,244 42,996 12,798 2,913 9,885
Service occupations 125,303 6.6 68,297 57,006 45.5 108,009 86.2 59,632 48,377 17,294 8,665 8,629
Sales and related occupations 2,879 0.2 909 1,970 68.4 2,230 77.5 745 1,485 649 164 485
Office and administrative support 217,885 11.6 34,710 183,175 84.1 180,069 82.6 24,160 155,909 37,816 10,550 27,266
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 48,287 2.6 44,682 3,605 7.5 45,896 95.0 42,924 2,972 2,391 1,758 633
Production, transportation, and material moving 12,970 0.7 10,790 2,180 16.8 11,315 87.2 9,593 1,722 1,655 1,197 458
                         
Public 2-year 642,430 100.0 271,794 370,636 57.7 299,509 46.6 120,709 178,800 342,921 151,085 191,836
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 367,608 57.2 167,363 200,245 54.5 111,380 30.3 50,073 61,307 256,228 117,290 138,938
Instruction 364,348 56.7 166,121 198,227 54.4 111,033 30.5 49,946 61,087 253,315 116,175 137,140
Research 80 # 38 42 52.5 64 80.0 31 33 16 7 9
Public service 3,180 0.5 1,204 1,976 62.1 283 8.9 96 187 2,897 1,108 1,789
Graduate assistants 13 # 6 7 53.8 13 6 7
Librarians, curators, and archivists 5,737 0.9 1,259 4,478 78.1 3,913 68.2 894 3,019 1,824 365 1,459
Student and academic affairs and other education
      services
47,574 7.4 16,460 31,114 65.4 20,284 42.6 6,119 14,165 27,290 10,341 16,949
Management 32,322 5.0 13,579 18,743 58.0 31,140 96.3 13,099 18,041 1,182 480 702
Business and financial operations 17,932 2.8 4,951 12,981 72.4 15,206 84.8 4,017 11,189 2,726 934 1,792
Computer, engineering, and science 16,579 2.6 11,109 5,470 33.0 13,806 83.3 9,457 4,349 2,773 1,652 1,121
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
      entertainment, sports, and media
23,528 3.7 8,845 14,683 62.4 15,944 67.8 5,611 10,333 7,584 3,234 4,350
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 1,755 0.3 557 1,198 68.3 769 43.8 290 479 986 267 719
Service occupations 35,117 5.5 24,563 10,554 30.1 24,843 70.7 18,004 6,839 10,274 6,559 3,715
Sales and related occupations 2,115 0.3 566 1,549 73.2 1,104 52.2 311 793 1,011 255 756
Office and administrative support 83,740 13.0 15,184 68,556 81.9 54,255 64.8 6,643 47,612 29,485 8,541 20,944
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 7,183 1.1 6,373 810 11.3 6,047 84.2 5,532 515 1,136 841 295
Production, transportation, and material moving 1,227 0.2 979 248 20.2 818 66.7 659 159 409 320 89
                         
Private nonprofit 4-year 1,151,167 100.0 529,295 621,872 54.0 798,665 69.4 361,384 437,281 352,502 167,911 184,591
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 446,076 38.7 240,749 205,327 46.0 251,839 56.5 144,202 107,637 194,237 96,547 97,690
Instruction 407,692 35.4 217,893 189,799 46.6 219,913 53.9 124,847 95,066 187,779 93,046 94,733
Research 30,071 2.6 18,394 11,677 38.8 25,697 85.5 15,924 9,773 4,374 2,470 1,904
Public service 8,313 0.7 4,462 3,851 46.3 6,229 74.9 3,431 2,798 2,084 1,031 1,053
Graduate assistants 75,106 6.5 39,938 35,168 46.8 75,106 39,938 35,168
Librarians, curators, and archivists 18,204 1.6 5,595 12,609 69.3 15,242 83.7 4,822 10,420 2,962 773 2,189
Student and academic affairs and other education
      services
39,428 3.4 12,325 27,103 68.7 27,958 70.9 8,144 19,814 11,470 4,181 7,289
Management 95,860 8.3 42,557 53,303 55.6 93,146 97.2 41,589 51,557 2,714 968 1,746
Business and financial operations 58,434 5.1 15,972 42,462 72.7 55,472 94.9 15,268 40,204 2,962 704 2,258
Computer, engineering, and science 70,302 6.1 41,078 29,224 41.6 65,050 92.5 38,828 26,222 5,252 2,250 3,002
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
      entertainment, sports, and media
58,198 5.1 29,586 28,612 49.2 44,729 76.9 22,118 22,611 13,469 7,468 6,001
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 40,507 3.5 10,418 30,089 74.3 31,748 78.4 8,133 23,615 8,759 2,285 6,474
Service occupations 78,058 6.8 46,000 32,058 41.1 65,746 84.2 39,493 26,253 12,312 6,507 5,805
Sales and related occupations 4,428 0.4 1,546 2,882 65.1 3,451 77.9 1,268 2,183 977 278 699
Office and administrative support 142,257 12.4 21,827 120,430 84.7 122,166 85.9 17,434 104,732 20,091 4,393 15,698
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 19,322 1.7 17,629 1,693 8.8 18,280 94.6 16,893 1,387 1,042 736 306
Production, transportation, and material moving 4,987 0.4 4,075 912 18.3 3,838 77.0 3,192 646 1,149 883 266
                         
Private nonprofit 2-year 5,831 100.0 2,268 3,563 61.1 3,502 60.1 1,358 2,144 2,329 910 1,419
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 2,996 51.4 1,170 1,826 60.9 1,287 43.0 497 790 1,709 673 1,036
Instruction 2,983 51.2 1,162 1,821 61.0 1,281 42.9 493 788 1,702 669 1,033
Research 9 0.2 6 3 33.3 4 44.4 3 1 5 3 2
Public service 4 0.1 2 2 50.0 2 50.0 1 1 2 1 1
Graduate assistants 7 0.1 5 2 28.6 7 5 2
Librarians, curators, and archivists 114 2.0 21 93 81.6 69 60.5 13 56 45 8 37
Student and academic affairs and other education
      services
365 6.3 129 236 64.7 281 77.0 105 176 84 24 60
Management 561 9.6 250 311 55.4 539 96.1 244 295 22 6 16
Business and financial operations 203 3.5 54 149 73.4 169 83.3 48 121 34 6 28
Computer, engineering, and science 114 2.0 92 22 19.3 98 86.0 79 19 16 13 3
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
      entertainment, sports, and media
224 3.8 124 100 44.6 155 69.2 72 83 69 52 17
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 23 0.4 3 20 87.0 17 73.9 3 14 6 0 6
Service occupations 300 5.1 201 99 33.0 167 55.7 124 43 133 77 56
Sales and related occupations 112 1.9 39 73 65.2 100 89.3 36 64 12 3 9
Office and administrative support 719 12.3 106 613 85.3 546 75.9 78 468 173 28 145
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 82 1.4 65 17 20.7 69 84.1 55 14 13 10 3
Production, transportation, and material moving 11 0.2 9 2 18.2 5 45.5 4 1 6 5 1
                         
Private for-profit 4-year 167,593 100.0 72,123 95,470 57.0 73,669 44.0 30,014 43,655 93,924 42,109 51,815
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 104,436 62.3 48,079 56,357 54.0 16,184 15.5 7,871 8,313 88,252 40,208 48,044
Instruction 104,317 62.2 48,033 56,284 54.0 16,152 15.5 7,856 8,296 88,165 40,177 47,988
Research 55 # 23 32 58.2 27 49.1 13 14 28 10 18
Public service 64 # 23 41 64.1 5 7.8 2 3 59 21 38
Graduate assistants 431 0.3 159 272 63.1 431 159 272
Librarians, curators, and archivists 1,151 0.7 297 854 74.2 850 73.8 224 626 301 73 228
Student and academic affairs and other education
      services
10,376 6.2 3,211 7,165 69.1 8,490 81.8 2,697 5,793 1,886 514 1,372
Management 11,725 7.0 5,265 6,460 55.1 11,607 99.0 5,223 6,384 118 42 76
Business and financial operations 4,772 2.8 1,518 3,254 68.2 4,591 96.2 1,478 3,113 181 40 141
Computer, engineering, and science 2,345 1.4 1,841 504 21.5 2,265 96.6 1,786 479 80 55 25
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
      entertainment, sports, and media
7,270 4.3 2,948 4,322 59.4 6,731 92.6 2,689 4,042 539 259 280
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 137 0.1 44 93 67.9 68 49.6 24 44 69 20 49
Service occupations 1,575 0.9 1,089 486 30.9 1,125 71.4 801 324 450 288 162
Sales and related occupations 3,335 2.0 1,415 1,920 57.6 3,264 97.9 1,400 1,864 71 15 56
Office and administrative support 19,526 11.7 5,830 13,696 70.1 18,107 92.7 5,492 12,615 1,419 338 1,081
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 270 0.2 235 35 13.0 227 84.1 204 23 43 31 12
Production, transportation, and material moving 244 0.1 192 52 21.3 160 65.6 125 35 84 67 17
                         
Private for-profit 2-year 44,178 100.0 16,116 28,062 63.5 28,005 63.4 9,947 18,058 16,173 6,169 10,004
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 23,139 52.4 9,273 13,866 59.9 9,602 41.5 3,981 5,621 13,537 5,292 8,245
Instruction 23,056 52.2 9,244 13,812 59.9 9,539 41.4 3,956 5,583 13,517 5,288 8,229
Research 57 0.1 21 36 63.2 45 78.9 18 27 12 3 9
Public service 26 0.1 8 18 69.2 18 69.2 7 11 8 1 7
Graduate assistants 20 # 7 13 65.0 20 7 13
Librarians, curators, and archivists 449 1.0 112 337 75.1 290 64.6 64 226 159 48 111
Student and academic affairs and other education
      services
2,712 6.1 783 1,929 71.1 2,366 87.2 645 1,721 346 138 208
Management 4,724 10.7 1,929 2,795 59.2 4,662 98.7 1,899 2,763 62 30 32
Business and financial operations 2,445 5.5 622 1,823 74.6 2,318 94.8 586 1,732 127 36 91
Computer, engineering, and science 383 0.9 325 58 15.1 351 91.6 303 48 32 22 10
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
      entertainment, sports, and media
632 1.4 201 431 68.2 553 87.5 178 375 79 23 56
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 116 0.3 36 80 69.0 12 10.3 2 10 104 34 70
Service occupations 711 1.6 462 249 35.0 463 65.1 321 142 248 141 107
Sales and related occupations 2,531 5.7 899 1,632 64.5 2,354 93.0 854 1,500 177 45 132
Office and administrative support 6,040 13.7 1,236 4,804 79.5 4,853 80.3 949 3,904 1,187 287 900
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 257 0.6 214 43 16.7 173 67.3 158 15 84 56 28
Production, transportation, and material moving 19 # 17 2 10.5 8 42.1 7 1 11 10 1
†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. 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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2014, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section. (This table was prepared March 2016.)

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