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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 | |||||||||
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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 | 3,896,053 | 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.) |