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.)