Table 314.30.

Employees in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by employment status, sex, control and level of institution, and primary occupation: Fall 2015

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	3,915,918	100.0	1,777,823	2,138,095	54.6	2,507,627	64.0	1,121,837	1,385,790	1,408,291	655,986	752,305
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	1,551,015	39.6	788,829	762,186	49.1	807,032	52.0	438,789	368,243	743,983	350,040	393,943
Instruction	1,436,342	36.7	724,943	711,399	49.5	715,274	49.8	386,342	328,932	721,068	338,601	382,467
Research	87,142	2.2	50,788	36,354	41.7	72,721	83.5	42,959	29,762	14,421	7,829	6,592
Public service	27,531	0.7	13,098	14,433	52.4	19,037	69.1	9,488	9,549	8,494	3,610	4,884
Graduate assistants	369,590	9.4	194,570	175,020	47.4	†	†	†	†	369,590	194,570	175,020
Librarians, curators, and archivists	42,627	1.1	12,540	30,087	70.6	36,266	85.1	11,011	25,255	6,361	1,529	4,832
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	171,551	4.4	55,534	116,017	67.6	113,481	66.2	33,820	79,661	58,070	21,714	36,356
Management	256,888	6.6	114,090	142,798	55.6	249,360	97.1	111,114	138,246	7,528	2,976	4,552
Business and financial operations	203,890	5.2	55,128	148,762	73.0	190,436	93.4	51,625	138,811	13,454	3,503	9,951
Computer, engineering, and science	231,957	5.9	140,883	91,074	39.3	212,135	91.5	131,908	80,227	19,822	8,975	10,847
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	174,694	4.5	78,292	96,402	55.2	141,707	81.1	62,427	79,280	32,987	15,865	17,122
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	121,135	3.1	34,231	86,904	71.7	99,054	81.8	28,766	70,288	22,081	5,465	16,616
Service occupations	243,833	6.2	141,152	102,681	42.1	202,364	83.0	118,333	84,031	41,469	22,819	18,650
Sales and related occupations	13,873	0.4	4,874	8,999	64.9	11,475	82.7	4,226	7,249	2,398	648	1,750
Office and administrative support	441,222	11.3	73,481	367,741	83.3	358,151	81.2	51,108	307,043	83,071	22,373	60,698
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	74,041	1.9	67,951	6,090	8.2	69,926	94.4	64,986	4,940	4,115	2,965	1,150
Production, transportation, and material moving	19,602	0.5	16,268	3,334	17.0	16,240	82.8	13,724	2,516	3,362	2,544	818
Public 4-year	1,925,174	100.0	896,520	1,028,654	53.4	1,307,522	67.9	602,591	704,931	617,652	293,929	323,723
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	621,753	32.3	331,761	289,992	46.6	414,971	66.7	234,070	180,901	206,782	97,691	109,091
Instruction	551,455	28.6	292,914	258,541	46.9	357,743	64.9	201,827	155,916	193,712	91,087	102,625
Research	54,974	2.9	31,737	23,237	42.3	45,313	82.4	26,594	18,719	9,661	5,143	4,518
Public service	15,324	0.8	7,110	8,214	53.6	11,915	77.8	5,649	6,266	3,409	1,461	1,948
Graduate assistants	291,610	15.1	153,157	138,453	47.5	†	†	†	†	291,610	153,157	138,453
Librarians, curators, and archivists	18,437	1.0	5,629	12,808	69.5	16,970	92.0	5,287	11,683	1,467	342	1,125
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	61,552	3.2	19,608	41,944	68.1	45,955	74.7	13,942	32,013	15,597	5,666	9,931
Management	113,257	5.9	51,894	61,363	54.2	109,705	96.9	50,424	59,281	3,552	1,470	2,082
Business and financial operations	118,411	6.2	31,533	86,878	73.4	110,094	93.0	29,359	80,735	8,317	2,174	6,143
Computer, engineering, and science	143,309	7.4	86,639	56,670	39.5	130,645	91.2	81,210	49,435	12,664	5,429	7,235
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	83,326	4.3	35,235	48,091	57.7	72,818	87.4	30,958	41,860	10,508	4,277	6,231
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	74,377	3.9	22,262	52,115	70.1	62,077	83.5	19,438	42,639	12,300	2,824	9,476
Service occupations	127,973	6.6	69,417	58,556	45.8	110,251	86.2	60,401	49,850	17,722	9,016	8,706
Sales and related occupations	2,611	0.1	843	1,768	67.7	2,061	78.9	685	1,376	550	158	392
Office and administrative support	207,247	10.8	33,012	174,235	84.1	174,535	84.2	24,185	150,350	32,712	8,827	23,885
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	48,242	2.5	44,592	3,650	7.6	46,026	95.4	42,924	3,102	2,216	1,668	548
Production, transportation, and material moving	13,069	0.7	10,938	2,131	16.3	11,414	87.3	9,708	1,706	1,655	1,230	425
Public 2-year	622,362	100.0	264,304	358,058	57.5	297,087	47.7	120,251	176,836	325,275	144,053	181,222
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	348,269	56.0	158,983	189,286	54.4	109,880	31.6	49,421	60,459	238,389	109,562	128,827
Instruction	344,695	55.4	157,601	187,094	54.3	109,339	31.7	49,229	60,110	235,356	108,372	126,984
Research	108	#	41	67	62.0	96	88.9	36	60	12	5	7
Public service	3,466	0.6	1,341	2,125	61.3	445	12.8	156	289	3,021	1,185	1,836
Graduate assistants	13	#	6	7	53.8	†	†	†	†	13	6	7
Librarians, curators, and archivists	5,557	0.9	1,189	4,368	78.6	3,727	67.1	824	2,903	1,830	365	1,465
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	50,754	8.2	17,717	33,037	65.1	21,313	42.0	6,401	14,912	29,441	11,316	18,125
Management	32,878	5.3	13,704	19,174	58.3	31,595	96.1	13,203	18,392	1,283	501	782
Business and financial operations	17,401	2.8	4,632	12,769	73.4	15,528	89.2	4,026	11,502	1,873	606	1,267
Computer, engineering, and science	16,597	2.7	11,048	5,549	33.4	14,003	84.4	9,509	4,494	2,594	1,539	1,055
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	23,443	3.8	9,026	14,417	61.5	16,204	69.1	5,828	10,376	7,239	3,198	4,041
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	1,594	0.3	513	1,081	67.8	775	48.6	290	485	819	223	596
Service occupations	34,983	5.6	24,409	10,574	30.2	24,476	70.0	17,682	6,794	10,507	6,727	3,780
Sales and related occupations	1,883	0.3	522	1,361	72.3	1,043	55.4	303	740	840	219	621
Office and administrative support	81,160	13.0	15,646	65,514	80.7	51,917	64.0	6,765	45,152	29,243	8,881	20,362
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	6,561	1.1	5,886	675	10.3	5,823	88.8	5,336	487	738	550	188
Production, transportation, and material moving	1,269	0.2	1,023	246	19.4	803	63.3	663	140	466	360	106
Private nonprofit 4-year	1,185,317	100.0	541,335	643,982	54.3	816,998	68.9	365,912	451,086	368,319	175,423	192,896
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	468,249	39.5	248,293	219,956	47.0	259,313	55.4	145,235	114,078	208,936	103,058	105,878
Instruction	427,607	36.1	224,686	202,921	47.5	225,425	52.7	125,257	100,168	202,182	99,429	102,753
Research	31,954	2.7	18,975	12,979	40.6	27,245	85.3	16,304	10,941	4,709	2,671	2,038
Public service	8,688	0.7	4,632	4,056	46.7	6,643	76.5	3,674	2,969	2,045	958	1,087
Graduate assistants	77,627	6.5	41,259	36,368	46.8	†	†	†	†	77,627	41,259	36,368
Librarians, curators, and archivists	17,284	1.5	5,360	11,924	69.0	14,612	84.5	4,632	9,980	2,672	728	1,944
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	45,601	3.8	13,988	31,613	69.3	34,294	75.2	10,045	24,249	11,307	3,943	7,364
Management	96,922	8.2	42,581	54,341	56.1	94,420	97.4	41,648	52,772	2,502	933	1,569
Business and financial operations	61,493	5.2	16,964	44,529	72.4	58,491	95.1	16,304	42,187	3,002	660	2,342
Computer, engineering, and science	69,672	5.9	41,355	28,317	40.6	65,231	93.6	39,442	25,789	4,441	1,913	2,528
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	62,095	5.2	31,582	30,513	49.1	47,463	76.4	23,517	23,946	14,632	8,065	6,567
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	44,893	3.8	11,366	33,527	74.7	36,081	80.4	8,985	27,096	8,812	2,381	6,431
Service occupations	78,562	6.6	45,808	32,754	41.7	66,126	84.2	39,223	26,903	12,436	6,585	5,851
Sales and related occupations	3,931	0.3	1,400	2,531	64.4	3,197	81.3	1,195	2,002	734	205	529
Office and administrative support	135,464	11.4	20,339	115,125	85.0	116,353	85.9	16,178	100,175	19,111	4,161	14,950
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	18,478	1.6	16,902	1,576	8.5	17,532	94.9	16,262	1,270	946	640	306
Production, transportation, and material moving	5,046	0.4	4,138	908	18.0	3,885	77.0	3,246	639	1,161	892	269
Private nonprofit 2-year	8,932	100.0	3,331	5,601	62.7	6,536	73.2	2,386	4,150	2,396	945	1,451
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	4,117	46.1	1,639	2,478	60.2	2,264	55.0	905	1,359	1,853	734	1,119
Instruction	4,106	46.0	1,638	2,468	60.1	2,256	54.9	905	1,351	1,850	733	1,117
Research	10	0.1	1	9	90.0	7	70.0	0	7	3	1	2
Public service	1	#	0	1	100.0	1	100.0	0	1	0	0	0
Graduate assistants	6	0.1	5	1	16.7	†	†	†	†	6	5	1
Librarians, curators, and archivists	116	1.3	25	91	78.4	79	68.1	21	58	37	4	33
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	438	4.9	125	313	71.5	355	81.1	98	257	83	27	56
Management	827	9.3	341	486	58.8	804	97.2	332	472	23	9	14
Business and financial operations	1,219	13.6	404	815	66.9	1,191	97.7	401	790	28	3	25
Computer, engineering, and science	144	1.6	119	25	17.4	136	94.4	113	23	8	6	2
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	243	2.7	133	110	45.3	167	68.7	82	85	76	51	25
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	35	0.4	8	27	77.1	26	74.3	6	20	9	2	7
Service occupations	280	3.1	200	80	28.6	166	59.3	125	41	114	75	39
Sales and related occupations	477	5.3	125	352	73.8	466	97.7	122	344	11	3	8
Office and administrative support	923	10.3	116	807	87.4	793	85.9	104	689	130	12	118
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	93	1.0	80	13	14.0	84	90.3	73	11	9	7	2
Production, transportation, and material moving	14	0.2	11	3	21.4	5	35.7	4	1	9	7	2
Private for-profit 4-year	141,108	100.0	60,268	80,840	57.3	60,184	42.7	23,879	36,305	80,924	36,389	44,535
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	89,741	63.6	40,480	49,261	54.9	13,622	15.2	6,198	7,424	76,119	34,282	41,837
Instruction	89,655	63.5	40,452	49,203	54.9	13,581	15.1	6,180	7,401	76,074	34,272	41,802
Research	64	#	20	44	68.8	29	45.3	12	17	35	8	27
Public service	22	#	8	14	63.6	12	54.5	6	6	10	2	8
Graduate assistants	334	0.2	143	191	57.2	†	†	†	†	334	143	191
Librarians, curators, and archivists	919	0.7	265	654	71.2	678	73.8	203	475	241	62	179
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	10,454	7.4	3,419	7,035	67.3	9,029	86.4	2,694	6,335	1,425	725	700
Management	9,730	6.9	4,242	5,488	56.4	9,618	98.8	4,200	5,418	112	42	70
Business and financial operations	4,173	3.0	1,335	2,838	68.0	4,035	96.7	1,296	2,739	138	39	99
Computer, engineering, and science	1,979	1.4	1,510	469	23.7	1,897	95.9	1,448	449	82	62	20
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	4,983	3.5	2,132	2,851	57.2	4,554	91.4	1,904	2,650	429	228	201
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	159	0.1	67	92	57.9	87	54.7	46	41	72	21	51
Service occupations	1,468	1.0	982	486	33.1	1,043	71.0	718	325	425	264	161
Sales and related occupations	3,363	2.4	1,421	1,942	57.7	3,279	97.5	1,394	1,885	84	27	57
Office and administrative support	13,166	9.3	3,815	9,351	71.0	11,905	90.4	3,415	8,490	1,261	400	861
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	460	0.3	317	143	31.1	316	68.7	269	47	144	48	96
Production, transportation, and material moving	179	0.1	140	39	21.8	121	67.6	94	27	58	46	12
Private for-profit 2-year	33,025	100.0	12,065	20,960	63.5	19,300	58.4	6,818	12,482	13,725	5,247	8,478
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	18,886	57.2	7,673	11,213	59.4	6,982	37.0	2,960	4,022	11,904	4,713	7,191
Instruction	18,824	57.0	7,652	11,172	59.3	6,930	36.8	2,944	3,986	11,894	4,708	7,186
Research	32	0.1	14	18	56.3	31	96.9	13	18	1	1	0
Public service	30	0.1	7	23	76.7	21	70.0	3	18	9	4	5
Graduate assistants	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Librarians, curators, and archivists	314	1.0	72	242	77.1	200	63.7	44	156	114	28	86
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	2,752	8.3	677	2,075	75.4	2,535	92.1	640	1,895	217	37	180
Management	3,274	9.9	1,328	1,946	59.4	3,218	98.3	1,307	1,911	56	21	35
Business and financial operations	1,193	3.6	260	933	78.2	1,097	92.0	239	858	96	21	75
Computer, engineering, and science	256	0.8	212	44	17.2	223	87.1	186	37	33	26	7
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	604	1.8	184	420	69.5	501	82.9	138	363	103	46	57
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	77	0.2	15	62	80.5	8	10.4	1	7	69	14	55
Service occupations	567	1.7	336	231	40.7	302	53.3	184	118	265	152	113
Sales and related occupations	1,608	4.9	563	1,045	65.0	1,429	88.9	527	902	179	36	143
Office and administrative support	3,262	9.9	553	2,709	83.0	2,648	81.2	461	2,187	614	92	522
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	207	0.6	174	33	15.9	145	70.0	122	23	62	52	10
Production, transportation, and material moving	25	0.1	18	7	28.0	12	48.0	9	3	13	9	4

†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.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2016, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section. (This table was prepared December 2016.)