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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 2016
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 3,926,580 100.0 1,781,955 2,144,625 54.6 2,523,980 64.3 1,129,386 1,394,594 1,402,600 652,569 750,031
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 1,548,732 39.4 785,157 763,575 49.3 815,760 52.7 441,430 374,330 732,972 343,727 389,245
Instruction 1,430,390 36.4 719,361 711,029 49.7 719,873 50.3 386,778 333,095 710,517 332,583 377,934
Research 89,627 2.3 52,255 37,372 41.7 75,620 84.4 44,748 30,872 14,007 7,507 6,500
Public service 28,715 0.7 13,541 15,174 52.8 20,267 70.6 9,904 10,363 8,448 3,637 4,811
Graduate assistants 376,043 9.6 196,589 179,454 47.7 376,043 196,589 179,454
Librarians, curators, and archivists 42,036 1.1 12,509 29,527 70.2 35,832 85.2 10,924 24,908 6,204 1,585 4,619
Student and academic affairs and other education
      services
179,164 4.6 58,163 121,001 67.5 121,296 67.7 36,249 85,047 57,868 21,914 35,954
Management 259,267 6.6 114,027 145,240 56.0 252,156 97.3 111,175 140,981 7,111 2,852 4,259
Business and financial operations 210,577 5.4 56,745 153,832 73.1 197,107 93.6 53,225 143,882 13,470 3,520 9,950
Computer, engineering, and science 233,765 6.0 142,122 91,643 39.2 214,249 91.7 133,329 80,920 19,516 8,793 10,723
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
      entertainment, sports, and media
180,609 4.6 80,595 100,014 55.4 146,021 80.8 64,048 81,973 34,588 16,547 18,041
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 115,891 3.0 33,597 82,294 71.0 94,899 81.9 28,250 66,649 20,992 5,347 15,645
Service occupations 245,379 6.2 141,642 103,737 42.3 202,931 82.7 118,276 84,655 42,448 23,366 19,082
Sales and related occupations 12,965 0.3 4,525 8,440 65.1 10,521 81.1 3,874 6,647 2,444 651 1,793
Office and administrative support 428,493 10.9 72,019 356,474 83.2 347,181 81.0 49,970 297,211 81,312 22,049 59,263
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 74,337 1.9 68,350 5,987 8.1 70,156 94.4 65,309 4,847 4,181 3,041 1,140
Production, transportation, and material moving 19,322 0.5 15,915 3,407 17.6 15,871 82.1 13,327 2,544 3,451 2,588 863
                         
Public 4-year 1,986,171 100.0 920,448 1,065,723 53.7 1,348,445 67.9 618,046 730,399 637,726 302,402 335,324
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 648,899 32.7 343,362 305,537 47.1 428,100 66.0 239,260 188,840 220,799 104,102 116,697
Instruction 577,133 29.1 303,786 273,347 47.4 368,633 63.9 205,916 162,717 208,500 97,870 110,630
Research 55,570 2.8 32,094 23,476 42.2 46,533 83.7 27,332 19,201 9,037 4,762 4,275
Public service 16,196 0.8 7,482 8,714 53.8 12,934 79.9 6,012 6,922 3,262 1,470 1,792
Graduate assistants 294,789 14.8 153,576 141,213 47.9 294,789 153,576 141,213
Librarians, curators, and archivists 18,484 0.9 5,666 12,818 69.3 16,944 91.7 5,267 11,677 1,540 399 1,141
Student and academic affairs and other education
      services
65,564 3.3 21,104 44,460 67.8 49,545 75.6 15,139 34,406 16,019 5,965 10,054
Management 117,539 5.9 52,970 64,569 54.9 114,178 97.1 51,601 62,577 3,361 1,369 1,992
Business and financial operations 124,877 6.3 33,288 91,589 73.3 116,204 93.1 30,980 85,224 8,673 2,308 6,365
Computer, engineering, and science 145,851 7.3 88,024 57,827 39.6 133,716 91.7 82,959 50,757 12,135 5,065 7,070
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
      entertainment, sports, and media
87,804 4.4 36,843 50,961 58.0 75,865 86.4 31,911 43,954 11,939 4,932 7,007
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 76,390 3.8 22,735 53,655 70.2 64,326 84.2 19,908 44,418 12,064 2,827 9,237
Service occupations 132,963 6.7 71,957 61,006 45.9 113,886 85.7 62,236 51,650 19,077 9,721 9,356
Sales and related occupations 2,992 0.2 1,076 1,916 64.0 2,313 77.3 882 1,431 679 194 485
Office and administrative support 208,454 10.5 34,091 174,363 83.6 175,880 84.4 25,185 150,695 32,574 8,906 23,668
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 48,580 2.4 44,990 3,590 7.4 46,224 95.2 43,207 3,017 2,356 1,783 573
Production, transportation, and material moving 12,985 0.7 10,766 2,219 17.1 11,264 86.7 9,511 1,753 1,721 1,255 466
                         
Public 2-year 591,132 100.0 251,176 339,956 57.5 284,302 48.1 115,131 169,171 306,830 136,045 170,785
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 327,811 55.5 149,787 178,024 54.3 104,915 32.0 47,175 57,740 222,896 102,612 120,284
Instruction 324,088 54.8 148,398 175,690 54.2 104,362 32.2 46,988 57,374 219,726 101,410 118,316
Research 110 # 45 65 59.1 99 90.0 42 57 11 3 8
Public service 3,613 0.6 1,344 2,269 62.8 454 12.6 145 309 3,159 1,199 1,960
Graduate assistants 9 # 6 3 33.3 9 6 3
Librarians, curators, and archivists 5,245 0.9 1,154 4,091 78.0 3,548 67.6 805 2,743 1,697 349 1,348
Student and academic affairs and other education
      services
49,048 8.3 17,076 31,972 65.2 21,055 42.9 6,191 14,864 27,993 10,885 17,108
Management 31,740 5.4 13,134 18,606 58.6 30,654 96.6 12,695 17,959 1,086 439 647
Business and financial operations 16,783 2.8 4,405 12,378 73.8 15,002 89.4 3,849 11,153 1,781 556 1,225
Computer, engineering, and science 16,111 2.7 10,768 5,343 33.2 13,447 83.5 9,192 4,255 2,664 1,576 1,088
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
      entertainment, sports, and media
23,404 4.0 8,943 14,461 61.8 16,035 68.5 5,723 10,312 7,369 3,220 4,149
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 1,480 0.3 512 968 65.4 721 48.7 288 433 759 224 535
Service occupations 33,520 5.7 23,364 10,156 30.3 23,168 69.1 16,762 6,406 10,352 6,602 3,750
Sales and related occupations 1,824 0.3 500 1,324 72.6 969 53.1 285 684 855 215 640
Office and administrative support 76,650 13.0 14,898 61,752 80.6 48,504 63.3 6,434 42,070 28,146 8,464 19,682
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 6,232 1.1 5,613 619 9.9 5,520 88.6 5,109 411 712 504 208
Production, transportation, and material moving 1,275 0.2 1,016 259 20.3 764 59.9 623 141 511 393 118
                         
Private nonprofit 4-year 1,186,752 100.0 544,446 642,306 54.1 814,556 68.6 366,977 447,579 372,196 177,469 194,727
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 473,327 39.9 249,607 223,720 47.3 262,371 55.4 146,092 116,279 210,956 103,515 107,441
Instruction 430,689 36.3 224,865 205,824 47.8 226,664 52.6 125,032 101,632 204,025 99,833 104,192
Research 33,843 2.9 20,075 13,768 40.7 28,913 85.4 17,345 11,568 4,930 2,730 2,200
Public service 8,795 0.7 4,667 4,128 46.9 6,794 77.2 3,715 3,079 2,001 952 1,049
Graduate assistants 80,874 6.8 42,841 38,033 47.0 80,874 42,841 38,033
Librarians, curators, and archivists 17,091 1.4 5,374 11,717 68.6 14,538 85.1 4,643 9,895 2,553 731 1,822
Student and academic affairs and other education
      services
47,883 4.0 14,754 33,129 69.2 35,753 74.7 10,525 25,228 12,130 4,229 7,901
Management 97,465 8.2 42,666 54,799 56.2 95,005 97.5 41,701 53,304 2,460 965 1,495
Business and financial operations 63,595 5.4 17,491 46,104 72.5 60,831 95.7 16,880 43,951 2,764 611 2,153
Computer, engineering, and science 69,677 5.9 41,695 27,982 40.2 65,080 93.4 39,637 25,443 4,597 2,058 2,539
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
      entertainment, sports, and media
63,934 5.4 32,531 31,403 49.1 49,244 77.0 24,446 24,798 14,690 8,085 6,605
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 37,721 3.2 10,255 27,466 72.8 29,682 78.7 7,985 21,697 8,039 2,270 5,769
Service occupations 76,434 6.4 44,684 31,750 41.5 64,316 84.1 38,197 26,119 12,118 6,487 5,631
Sales and related occupations 3,745 0.3 1,278 2,467 65.9 3,125 83.4 1,121 2,004 620 157 463
Office and administrative support 131,338 11.1 20,138 111,200 84.7 113,057 86.1 16,147 96,910 18,281 3,991 14,290
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 18,878 1.6 17,201 1,677 8.9 17,870 94.7 16,533 1,337 1,008 668 340
Production, transportation, and material moving 4,790 0.4 3,931 859 17.9 3,684 76.9 3,070 614 1,106 861 245
                         
Private nonprofit 2-year 8,761 100.0 3,368 5,393 61.6 6,251 71.4 2,313 3,938 2,510 1,055 1,455
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 3,646 41.6 1,457 2,189 60.0 1,693 46.4 631 1,062 1,953 826 1,127
Instruction 3,618 41.3 1,447 2,171 60.0 1,677 46.4 627 1,050 1,941 820 1,121
Research 19 0.2 7 12 63.2 9 47.4 1 8 10 6 4
Public service 9 0.1 3 6 66.7 7 77.8 3 4 2 0 2
Graduate assistants 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Librarians, curators, and archivists 116 1.3 25 91 78.4 75 64.7 19 56 41 6 35
Student and academic affairs and other education
      services
2,249 25.7 705 1,544 68.7 2,144 95.3 678 1,466 105 27 78
Management 865 9.9 386 479 55.4 839 97.0 374 465 26 12 14
Business and financial operations 297 3.4 93 204 68.7 259 87.2 89 170 38 4 34
Computer, engineering, and science 200 2.3 161 39 19.5 192 96.0 154 38 8 7 1
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
      entertainment, sports, and media
276 3.2 154 122 44.2 184 66.7 89 95 92 65 27
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 32 0.4 10 22 68.8 22 68.8 8 14 10 2 8
Service occupations 269 3.1 211 58 21.6 165 61.3 137 28 104 74 30
Sales and related occupations 84 1.0 31 53 63.1 74 88.1 30 44 10 1 9
Office and administrative support 642 7.3 67 575 89.6 538 83.8 50 488 104 17 87
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 72 0.8 59 13 18.1 61 84.7 51 10 11 8 3
Production, transportation, and material moving 13 0.1 9 4 30.8 5 38.5 3 2 8 6 2
                         
Private for-profit 4-year 121,936 100.0 51,011 70,925 58.2 52,146 42.8 20,386 31,760 69,790 30,625 39,165
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 76,916 63.1 33,794 43,122 56.1 12,222 15.9 5,489 6,733 64,694 28,305 36,389
Instruction 76,773 63.0 33,737 43,036 56.1 12,118 15.8 5,450 6,668 64,655 28,287 36,368
Research 51 # 18 33 64.7 34 66.7 14 20 17 4 13
Public service 92 0.1 39 53 57.6 70 76.1 25 45 22 14 8
Graduate assistants 371 0.3 166 205 55.3 371 166 205
Librarians, curators, and archivists 813 0.7 219 594 73.1 545 67.0 147 398 268 72 196
Student and academic affairs and other education
      services
11,845 9.7 3,868 7,977 67.3 10,463 88.3 3,127 7,336 1,382 741 641
Management 8,388 6.9 3,565 4,823 57.5 8,258 98.5 3,518 4,740 130 47 83
Business and financial operations 3,980 3.3 1,232 2,748 69.0 3,849 96.7 1,203 2,646 131 29 102
Computer, engineering, and science 1,679 1.4 1,270 409 24.4 1,608 95.8 1,215 393 71 55 16
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
      entertainment, sports, and media
4,370 3.6 1,880 2,490 57.0 3,953 90.5 1,663 2,290 417 217 200
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 149 0.1 65 84 56.4 104 69.8 57 47 45 8 37
Service occupations 1,573 1.3 1,041 532 33.8 1,095 69.6 742 353 478 299 179
Sales and related occupations 2,896 2.4 1,148 1,748 60.4 2,811 97.1 1,126 1,685 85 22 63
Office and administrative support 8,326 6.8 2,252 6,074 73.0 6,744 81.0 1,685 5,059 1,582 567 1,015
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 388 0.3 331 57 14.7 350 90.2 302 48 38 29 9
Production, transportation, and material moving 242 0.2 180 62 25.6 144 59.5 112 32 98 68 30
                         
Private for-profit 2-year 31,828 100.0 11,506 20,322 63.8 18,280 57.4 6,533 11,747 13,548 4,973 8,575
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 18,133 57.0 7,150 10,983 60.6 6,459 35.6 2,783 3,676 11,674 4,367 7,307
Instruction 18,089 56.8 7,128 10,961 60.6 6,419 35.5 2,765 3,654 11,670 4,363 7,307
Research 34 0.1 16 18 52.9 32 94.1 14 18 2 2 0
Public service 10 # 6 4 40.0 8 80.0 4 4 2 2 0
Graduate assistants 0 0.0 0 0
Librarians, curators, and archivists 287 0.9 71 216 75.3 182 63.4 43 139 105 28 77
Student and academic affairs and other education
      services
2,575 8.1 656 1,919 74.5 2,336 90.7 589 1,747 239 67 172
Management 3,270 10.3 1,306 1,964 60.1 3,222 98.5 1,286 1,936 48 20 28
Business and financial operations 1,045 3.3 236 809 77.4 962 92.1 224 738 83 12 71
Computer, engineering, and science 247 0.8 204 43 17.4 206 83.4 172 34 41 32 9
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
      entertainment, sports, and media
821 2.6 244 577 70.3 740 90.1 216 524 81 28 53
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 119 0.4 20 99 83.2 44 37.0 4 40 75 16 59
Service occupations 620 1.9 385 235 37.9 301 48.5 202 99 319 183 136
Sales and related occupations 1,424 4.5 492 932 65.4 1,229 86.3 430 799 195 62 133
Office and administrative support 3,083 9.7 573 2,510 81.4 2,458 79.7 469 1,989 625 104 521
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 187 0.6 156 31 16.6 131 70.1 107 24 56 49 7
Production, transportation, and material moving 17 0.1 13 4 23.5 10 58.8 8 2 7 5 2
†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. 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 2017, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section. (This table was prepared December 2017.)

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