Table 314.40.

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

Sex, employment status, control and level of institution, and primary occupation	Total	White	Minority								Race/ ethnicity unknown	Non-resident alien2
			Total	Per-cent1	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Two or more races
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
All institutions	3,915,918	2,622,408	951,426	26.6	376,829	268,862	237,142	7,346	20,256	40,991	155,532	186,552
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	1,551,015	1,113,061	310,451	21.8	105,743	72,490	109,504	2,844	7,037	12,833	75,046	52,457
Instruction	1,436,342	1,051,739	285,977	21.4	101,819	67,925	94,948	2,746	6,671	11,868	69,853	28,773
Research	87,142	41,726	18,253	30.4	2,062	3,004	12,191	65	205	726	4,053	23,110
Public service	27,531	19,596	6,221	24.1	1,862	1,561	2,365	33	161	239	1,140	574
Graduate assistants	369,590	175,051	65,011	27.1	14,752	18,075	24,720	370	1,034	6,060	21,419	108,109
Librarians, curators, and archivists	42,627	33,152	8,124	19.7	3,129	2,094	2,068	70	251	512	1,058	293
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	171,551	116,087	47,488	29.0	21,863	14,735	6,617	471	1,456	2,346	6,088	1,888
Management	256,888	196,584	53,385	21.4	25,259	14,462	9,850	326	1,232	2,256	5,841	1,078
Business and financial operations	203,890	140,390	56,842	28.8	22,850	16,830	13,135	415	1,101	2,511	5,297	1,361
Computer, engineering, and science	231,957	155,071	59,155	27.6	14,539	14,718	25,869	370	1,038	2,621	6,413	11,318
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	174,694	124,975	41,912	25.1	19,649	12,776	5,672	509	1,012	2,294	6,689	1,118
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	121,135	77,468	35,583	31.5	12,943	8,103	13,001	165	397	974	4,662	3,422
Service occupations	243,833	131,002	102,906	44.0	55,314	34,737	8,354	587	1,804	2,110	7,731	2,194
Sales and related occupations	13,873	8,664	4,789	35.6	2,348	1,533	459	47	84	318	391	29
Office and administrative support	441,222	283,460	142,665	33.5	67,678	49,648	16,010	999	2,860	5,470	12,125	2,972
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	74,041	54,521	17,192	24.0	7,713	6,664	1,380	131	774	530	2,104	224
Production, transportation, and material moving	19,602	12,922	5,923	31.4	3,049	1,997	503	42	176	156	668	89
Males	1,777,823	1,195,694	395,209	24.8	140,014	113,057	113,416	3,491	8,652	16,579	74,058	112,862
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	788,829	569,867	149,129	20.7	42,064	35,818	60,660	1,578	3,309	5,700	37,126	32,707
Instruction	724,943	536,912	136,595	20.3	40,451	33,694	52,499	1,529	3,169	5,253	34,393	17,043
Research	50,788	23,544	9,709	29.2	891	1,413	6,958	33	80	334	2,194	15,341
Public service	13,098	9,411	2,825	23.1	722	711	1,203	16	60	113	539	323
Graduate assistants	194,570	86,674	30,201	25.8	5,807	8,428	12,631	166	449	2,720	11,094	66,601
Librarians, curators, and archivists	12,540	9,913	2,190	18.1	706	753	521	16	53	141	335	102
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	55,534	37,729	14,793	28.2	6,479	4,826	2,180	181	460	667	2,211	801
Management	114,090	89,887	20,886	18.9	9,251	5,798	4,284	159	518	876	2,781	536
Business and financial operations	55,128	38,974	13,920	26.3	5,111	4,489	3,245	121	270	684	1,730	504
Computer, engineering, and science	140,883	97,332	32,741	25.2	7,900	8,817	13,501	258	651	1,614	4,007	6,803
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	78,292	57,310	17,253	23.1	8,883	4,911	1,912	235	422	890	3,212	517
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	34,231	20,657	10,126	32.9	2,835	2,328	4,505	58	108	292	1,606	1,842
Service occupations	141,152	79,982	55,518	41.0	29,897	18,532	4,490	361	1,072	1,166	4,554	1,098
Sales and related occupations	4,874	3,119	1,612	34.1	789	554	131	23	18	97	133	10
Office and administrative support	73,481	42,718	26,824	38.6	11,284	10,031	3,705	181	478	1,145	2,856	1,083
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	67,951	50,639	15,253	23.1	6,669	6,081	1,219	117	694	473	1,876	183
Production, transportation, and material moving	16,268	10,893	4,763	30.4	2,339	1,691	432	37	150	114	537	75
Females	2,138,095	1,426,714	556,217	28.1	236,815	155,805	123,726	3,855	11,604	24,412	81,474	73,690
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	762,186	543,194	161,322	22.9	63,679	36,672	48,844	1,266	3,728	7,133	37,920	19,750
Instruction	711,399	514,827	149,382	22.5	61,368	34,231	42,449	1,217	3,502	6,615	35,460	11,730
Research	36,354	18,182	8,544	32.0	1,171	1,591	5,233	32	125	392	1,859	7,769
Public service	14,433	10,185	3,396	25.0	1,140	850	1,162	17	101	126	601	251
Graduate assistants	175,020	88,377	34,810	28.3	8,945	9,647	12,089	204	585	3,340	10,325	41,508
Librarians, curators, and archivists	30,087	23,239	5,934	20.3	2,423	1,341	1,547	54	198	371	723	191
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	116,017	78,358	32,695	29.4	15,384	9,909	4,437	290	996	1,679	3,877	1,087
Management	142,798	106,697	32,499	23.3	16,008	8,664	5,566	167	714	1,380	3,060	542
Business and financial operations	148,762	101,416	42,922	29.7	17,739	12,341	9,890	294	831	1,827	3,567	857
Computer, engineering, and science	91,074	57,739	26,414	31.4	6,639	5,901	12,368	112	387	1,007	2,406	4,515
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	96,402	67,665	24,659	26.7	10,766	7,865	3,760	274	590	1,404	3,477	601
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	86,904	56,811	25,457	30.9	10,108	5,775	8,496	107	289	682	3,056	1,580
Service occupations	102,681	51,020	47,388	48.2	25,417	16,205	3,864	226	732	944	3,177	1,096
Sales and related occupations	8,999	5,545	3,177	36.4	1,559	979	328	24	66	221	258	19
Office and administrative support	367,741	240,742	115,841	32.5	56,394	39,617	12,305	818	2,382	4,325	9,269	1,889
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	6,090	3,882	1,939	33.3	1,044	583	161	14	80	57	228	41
Production, transportation, and material moving	3,334	2,029	1,160	36.4	710	306	71	5	26	42	131	14
Full-time	2,507,627	1,717,196	660,506	27.8	264,797	187,255	164,963	4,651	13,920	24,920	67,499	62,426
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	807,032	575,657	167,367	22.5	44,146	35,786	76,265	1,157	3,533	6,480	22,364	41,644
Instruction	715,274	527,966	147,266	21.8	41,115	32,332	63,701	1,085	3,278	5,755	18,411	21,631
Research	72,721	34,230	15,681	31.4	1,783	2,457	10,663	52	161	565	3,267	19,543
Public service	19,037	13,461	4,420	24.7	1,248	997	1,901	20	94	160	686	470
Graduate assistants	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Librarians, curators, and archivists	36,266	28,325	6,905	19.6	2,589	1,834	1,775	55	211	441	784	252
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	113,481	77,328	31,670	29.1	14,901	9,522	4,328	345	998	1,576	3,376	1,107
Management	249,360	190,695	52,079	21.5	24,662	14,173	9,530	320	1,199	2,195	5,552	1,034
Business and financial operations	190,436	130,437	53,990	29.3	21,884	15,971	12,367	386	1,049	2,333	4,788	1,221
Computer, engineering, and science	212,135	142,215	53,993	27.5	13,193	13,211	23,955	333	946	2,355	5,641	10,286
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	141,707	100,996	35,191	25.8	16,476	10,735	4,827	422	850	1,881	4,634	886
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	99,054	62,930	29,670	32.0	11,045	6,953	10,401	133	323	815	3,868	2,586
Service occupations	202,364	106,100	88,783	45.6	47,768	30,125	7,233	513	1,497	1,647	5,698	1,783
Sales and related occupations	11,475	7,023	4,176	37.3	2,065	1,370	382	43	66	250	262	14
Office and administrative support	358,151	233,056	115,273	33.1	56,205	39,376	12,178	800	2,384	4,330	8,457	1,365
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	69,926	51,756	16,301	24.0	7,286	6,414	1,277	113	719	492	1,688	181
Production, transportation, and material moving	16,240	10,678	5,108	32.4	2,577	1,785	445	31	145	125	387	67
Part-time	1,408,291	905,212	290,920	24.3	112,032	81,607	72,179	2,695	6,336	16,071	88,033	124,126
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	743,983	537,404	143,084	21.0	61,597	36,704	33,239	1,687	3,504	6,353	52,682	10,813
Instruction	721,068	523,773	138,711	20.9	60,704	35,593	31,247	1,661	3,393	6,113	51,442	7,142
Research	14,421	7,496	2,572	25.5	279	547	1,528	13	44	161	786	3,567
Public service	8,494	6,135	1,801	22.7	614	564	464	13	67	79	454	104
Graduate assistants	369,590	175,051	65,011	27.1	14,752	18,075	24,720	370	1,034	6,060	21,419	108,109
Librarians, curators, and archivists	6,361	4,827	1,219	20.2	540	260	293	15	40	71	274	41
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	58,070	38,759	15,818	29.0	6,962	5,213	2,289	126	458	770	2,712	781
Management	7,528	5,889	1,306	18.2	597	289	320	6	33	61	289	44
Business and financial operations	13,454	9,953	2,852	22.3	966	859	768	29	52	178	509	140
Computer, engineering, and science	19,822	12,856	5,162	28.6	1,346	1,507	1,914	37	92	266	772	1,032
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	32,987	23,979	6,721	21.9	3,173	2,041	845	87	162	413	2,055	232
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	22,081	14,538	5,913	28.9	1,898	1,150	2,600	32	74	159	794	836
Service occupations	41,469	24,902	14,123	36.2	7,546	4,612	1,121	74	307	463	2,033	411
Sales and related occupations	2,398	1,641	613	27.2	283	163	77	4	18	68	129	15
Office and administrative support	83,071	50,404	27,392	35.2	11,473	10,272	3,832	199	476	1,140	3,668	1,607
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	4,115	2,765	891	24.4	427	250	103	18	55	38	416	43
Production, transportation, and material moving	3,362	2,244	815	26.6	472	212	58	11	31	31	281	22
Public 4-year	1,925,174	1,252,534	471,285	27.3	172,643	132,732	132,465	2,837	10,364	20,244	68,267	133,088
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	621,753	437,482	126,868	22.5	33,133	28,954	56,213	754	2,936	4,878	24,691	32,712
Instruction	551,455	398,360	113,202	22.1	31,119	26,307	48,086	688	2,677	4,325	21,555	18,338
Research	54,974	27,445	10,920	28.5	1,139	1,959	7,172	49	152	449	2,618	13,991
Public service	15,324	11,677	2,746	19.0	875	688	955	17	107	104	518	383
Graduate assistants	291,610	140,814	50,807	26.5	11,427	14,682	18,869	297	848	4,684	14,980	85,009
Librarians, curators, and archivists	18,437	14,185	3,683	20.6	1,383	1,023	864	29	133	251	431	138
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	61,552	41,782	16,820	28.7	7,623	5,203	2,438	164	614	778	2,027	923
Management	113,257	86,224	24,207	21.9	11,504	6,369	4,669	106	608	951	2,265	561
Business and financial operations	118,411	81,520	33,178	28.9	12,619	9,970	8,295	223	703	1,368	2,897	816
Computer, engineering, and science	143,309	97,066	34,816	26.4	7,876	8,689	15,831	198	650	1,572	3,861	7,566
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	83,326	57,873	21,765	27.3	9,676	7,002	3,217	249	511	1,110	3,093	595
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	74,377	46,704	22,427	32.4	7,856	4,839	8,792	91	266	583	3,324	1,922
Service occupations	127,973	67,047	55,707	45.4	30,438	17,787	5,052	265	1,016	1,149	4,046	1,173
Sales and related occupations	2,611	1,870	662	26.1	313	188	95	9	16	41	71	8
Office and administrative support	207,247	135,432	65,678	32.7	32,055	22,522	6,884	354	1,440	2,423	4,649	1,488
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	48,242	35,904	10,759	23.1	4,876	4,049	908	73	500	353	1,454	125
Production, transportation, and material moving	13,069	8,631	3,908	31.2	1,864	1,455	338	25	123	103	478	52
Public 2-year	622,362	440,275	156,752	26.3	69,050	51,865	23,613	1,679	5,017	5,528	21,080	4,255
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	348,269	263,215	68,531	20.7	28,940	20,268	13,625	909	2,213	2,576	14,145	2,378
Instruction	344,695	260,757	67,631	20.6	28,509	19,980	13,548	902	2,159	2,533	13,995	2,312
Research	108	75	31	29.2	2	7	6	0	12	4	2	0
Public service	3,466	2,383	869	26.7	429	281	71	7	42	39	148	66
Graduate assistants	13	11	2	15.4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Librarians, curators, and archivists	5,557	4,181	1,208	22.4	528	341	222	10	63	44	139	29
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	50,754	33,451	15,632	31.8	7,059	5,448	1,849	118	524	634	1,418	253
Management	32,878	24,360	7,833	24.3	4,171	2,236	846	45	297	238	603	82
Business and financial operations	17,401	11,233	5,723	33.8	2,634	1,880	819	48	167	175	355	90
Computer, engineering, and science	16,597	11,408	4,730	29.3	1,629	1,561	1,124	39	150	227	321	138
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	23,443	15,493	7,230	31.8	3,726	2,275	659	90	203	277	654	66
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	1,594	1,206	280	18.8	128	72	40	3	17	20	100	8
Service occupations	34,983	19,377	14,310	42.5	7,235	5,346	929	124	404	272	938	358
Sales and related occupations	1,883	1,408	430	23.4	163	153	53	2	29	30	38	7
Office and administrative support	81,160	49,388	28,728	36.8	11,920	11,480	3,294	272	790	972	2,232	812
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	6,561	4,708	1,724	26.8	727	663	125	13	144	52	96	33
Production, transportation, and material moving	1,269	836	391	31.9	190	140	28	6	16	11	41	1
Private nonprofit 4-year	1,185,317	816,184	266,522	24.6	106,184	69,074	73,307	2,198	3,879	11,880	53,686	48,925
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	468,249	340,620	83,320	19.7	25,801	16,768	34,862	833	1,305	3,751	27,103	17,206
Instruction	427,607	320,966	73,472	18.6	24,339	15,162	28,520	808	1,252	3,391	25,207	7,962
Research	31,954	14,141	7,261	33.9	906	1,030	5,004	16	41	264	1,433	9,119
Public service	8,688	5,513	2,587	31.9	556	576	1,338	9	12	96	463	125
Graduate assistants	77,627	34,015	14,102	29.3	3,287	3,361	5,827	71	185	1,371	6,427	23,083
Librarians, curators, and archivists	17,284	13,791	2,930	17.5	1,100	642	920	30	50	188	443	120
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	45,601	32,952	10,262	23.7	4,942	2,556	1,803	127	242	592	1,696	691
Management	96,922	76,300	17,786	18.9	7,961	4,753	3,848	139	265	820	2,406	430
Business and financial operations	61,493	43,659	15,602	26.3	6,608	4,255	3,664	125	194	756	1,781	451
Computer, engineering, and science	69,672	45,083	18,868	29.5	4,853	4,202	8,689	124	215	785	2,126	3,595
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	62,095	48,112	11,015	18.6	5,367	2,881	1,623	139	271	734	2,515	453
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	44,893	29,383	12,802	30.3	4,936	3,182	4,133	69	112	370	1,217	1,491
Service occupations	78,562	43,431	31,847	42.3	17,223	11,129	2,290	194	371	640	2,624	660
Sales and related occupations	3,931	2,731	1,049	27.8	455	358	124	11	11	90	143	8
Office and administrative support	135,464	89,263	41,022	31.5	20,649	12,873	5,071	284	510	1,635	4,543	636
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	18,478	13,520	4,368	24.4	2,024	1,740	333	42	112	117	524	66
Production, transportation, and material moving	5,046	3,324	1,549	31.8	978	374	120	10	36	31	138	35
Private nonprofit 2-year	8,932	5,556	2,900	34.3	1,708	648	190	24	170	160	467	9
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	4,117	2,755	1,039	27.4	675	157	99	14	55	39	319	4
Instruction	4,106	2,746	1,037	27.4	674	157	99	14	55	38	319	4
Research	10	8	2	20.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Public service	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Graduate assistants	6	4	1	20.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Librarians, curators, and archivists	116	97	17	14.9	8	4	1	0	4	0	2	0
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	438	289	142	32.9	63	25	10	2	36	6	6	1
Management	827	625	169	21.3	91	46	9	0	13	10	33	0
Business and financial operations	1,219	552	613	52.6	354	171	27	2	10	49	54	0
Computer, engineering, and science	144	104	37	26.2	12	12	5	0	6	2	3	0
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	243	173	60	25.8	28	19	7	0	3	3	10	0
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	35	30	5	14.3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Service occupations	280	183	91	33.2	54	26	4	0	7	0	6	0
Sales and related occupations	477	132	332	71.6	211	79	7	1	2	32	13	0
Office and administrative support	923	551	349	38.8	188	96	20	4	22	19	21	2
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	93	49	44	47.3	20	11	0	1	12	0	0	0
Production, transportation, and material moving	14	12	1	7.7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Private for-profit 4-year	141,108	88,825	41,610	31.9	21,071	10,632	6,303	434	694	2,476	10,450	223
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	89,741	57,714	24,206	29.5	13,657	4,647	3,946	227	453	1,276	7,699	122
Instruction	89,655	57,660	24,182	29.5	13,646	4,641	3,939	227	453	1,276	7,691	122
Research	64	43	21	32.8	11	4	6	0	0	0	0	0
Public service	22	11	3	21.4	0	2	1	0	0	0	8	0
Graduate assistants	334	207	99	32.4	37	30	24	2	1	5	12	16
Librarians, curators, and archivists	919	673	205	23.3	71	63	47	0	0	24	36	5
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	10,454	6,244	3,340	34.8	1,623	974	413	44	31	255	856	14
Management	9,730	6,944	2,375	25.5	1,029	729	382	28	35	172	406	5
Business and financial operations	4,173	2,791	1,190	29.9	428	366	270	12	23	91	191	1
Computer, engineering, and science	1,979	1,247	619	33.2	152	210	203	8	16	30	96	17
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	4,983	3,106	1,532	33.0	685	530	140	27	20	130	341	4
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	159	90	57	38.8	11	7	34	2	2	1	11	1
Service occupations	1,468	642	726	53.1	278	354	54	2	5	33	97	3
Sales and related occupations	3,363	1,734	1,539	47.0	772	501	134	18	21	93	84	6
Office and administrative support	13,166	7,120	5,435	43.3	2,275	2,032	627	63	82	356	582	29
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	460	204	228	52.8	38	165	14	0	4	7	28	0
Production, transportation, and material moving	179	109	59	35.1	15	24	15	1	1	3	11	0
Private for-profit 2-year	33,025	19,034	12,357	39.4	6,173	3,911	1,264	174	132	703	1,582	52
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	18,886	11,275	6,487	36.5	3,537	1,696	759	107	75	313	1,089	35
Instruction	18,824	11,250	6,453	36.5	3,532	1,678	756	107	75	305	1,086	35
Research	32	14	18	56.3	3	4	3	0	0	8	0	0
Public service	30	11	16	59.3	2	14	0	0	0	0	3	0
Graduate assistants	0	0	0	†	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Librarians, curators, and archivists	314	225	81	26.5	39	21	14	1	1	5	7	1
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	2,752	1,369	1,292	48.6	553	529	104	16	9	81	85	6
Management	3,274	2,131	1,015	32.3	503	329	96	8	14	65	128	0
Business and financial operations	1,193	635	536	45.8	207	188	60	5	4	72	19	3
Computer, engineering, and science	256	163	85	34.3	17	44	17	1	1	5	6	2
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	604	218	310	58.7	167	69	26	4	4	40	76	0
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	77	55	12	17.9	9	2	1	0	0	0	10	0
Service occupations	567	322	225	41.1	86	95	25	2	1	16	20	0
Sales and related occupations	1,608	789	777	49.6	434	254	46	6	5	32	42	0
Office and administrative support	3,262	1,706	1,453	46.0	591	645	114	22	16	65	98	5
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	207	136	69	33.7	28	36	0	2	2	1	2	0
Production, transportation, and material moving	25	10	15	60.0	2	3	2	0	0	8	0	0

†Not applicable.

1 Combined total of staff who were Black, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, and of Two or more races as a percentage of total staff, excluding race/ethnicity unknown and nonresident alien.

2 Race/ethnicity not collected.

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. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

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.)