Table 314.40.

Employees in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity, sex, employment status, control and level of institution, and primary occupation: Fall 2016

Sex, employment status, control and level of institution, and primary occupation	Total	White	Black, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Two or more races								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	3,926,580	2,597,731	977,894	27.3	376,877	280,474	245,229	8,759	20,330	46,225	156,336	194,619
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	1,548,732	1,099,232	318,465	22.5	105,616	74,667	113,100	3,737	7,215	14,130	75,448	55,587
Instruction	1,430,390	1,037,172	292,494	22.0	101,401	69,842	97,847	3,590	6,807	13,007	70,708	30,016
Research	89,627	41,805	18,999	31.2	2,114	3,175	12,603	75	212	820	3,891	24,932
Public service	28,715	20,255	6,972	25.6	2,101	1,650	2,650	72	196	303	849	639
Graduate assistants	376,043	175,374	69,485	28.4	15,536	19,403	26,049	571	1,048	6,878	19,258	111,926
Librarians, curators, and archivists	42,036	32,599	8,108	19.9	3,044	2,155	2,049	72	247	541	1,035	294
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	179,164	119,678	51,276	30.0	23,238	16,103	7,105	541	1,462	2,827	6,193	2,017
Management	259,267	196,323	55,841	22.1	25,946	15,228	10,367	372	1,291	2,637	6,015	1,088
Business and financial operations	210,577	143,221	60,126	29.6	23,522	18,125	14,093	450	1,101	2,835	5,752	1,478
Computer, engineering, and science	233,765	154,381	60,479	28.1	14,729	15,307	26,023	406	1,048	2,966	6,827	12,078
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	180,609	128,096	44,596	25.8	20,635	13,842	5,921	552	1,022	2,624	6,733	1,184
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	115,891	72,272	35,552	33.0	12,237	8,399	13,098	180	377	1,261	4,790	3,277
Service occupations	245,379	129,692	104,628	44.7	54,519	36,434	8,806	690	1,807	2,372	8,818	2,241
Sales and related occupations	12,965	8,081	4,446	35.5	2,107	1,486	453	43	94	263	405	33
Office and administrative support	428,493	271,922	141,359	34.2	64,896	50,471	16,218	948	2,733	6,093	12,137	3,075
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	74,337	54,304	17,566	24.4	7,823	6,835	1,427	144	728	609	2,249	218
Production, transportation, and material moving	19,322	12,556	5,967	32.2	3,029	2,019	520	53	157	189	676	123
Males	1,781,955	1,183,818	406,517	25.6	140,528	117,439	117,084	4,007	8,669	18,790	73,920	117,700
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	785,157	560,574	152,873	21.4	42,018	36,905	62,288	1,834	3,408	6,420	36,938	34,772
Instruction	719,361	527,423	139,606	20.9	40,342	34,618	53,768	1,749	3,238	5,891	34,438	17,894
Research	52,255	23,520	10,118	30.1	905	1,520	7,182	30	90	391	2,106	16,511
Public service	13,541	9,631	3,149	24.6	771	767	1,338	55	80	138	394	367
Graduate assistants	196,589	85,863	32,303	27.3	6,170	8,835	13,557	276	448	3,017	9,823	68,600
Librarians, curators, and archivists	12,509	9,884	2,191	18.1	700	741	528	20	51	151	326	108
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	58,163	38,892	16,106	29.3	6,849	5,318	2,378	182	486	893	2,223	942
Management	114,027	89,071	21,602	19.5	9,367	6,028	4,473	187	546	1,001	2,819	535
Business and financial operations	56,745	39,802	14,605	26.8	5,189	4,735	3,550	137	263	731	1,811	527
Computer, engineering, and science	142,122	97,212	33,344	25.5	7,957	9,233	13,459	279	639	1,777	4,190	7,376
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	80,595	58,468	18,312	23.8	9,290	5,304	1,987	272	428	1,031	3,260	555
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	33,597	19,852	10,204	33.9	2,770	2,323	4,549	62	112	388	1,822	1,719
Service occupations	141,642	79,036	56,371	41.6	29,574	19,295	4,706	399	1,073	1,324	5,104	1,131
Sales and related occupations	4,525	2,800	1,568	35.9	734	546	162	12	31	83	144	13
Office and administrative support	72,019	41,286	26,679	39.3	10,863	10,217	3,724	172	417	1,286	2,905	1,149
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	68,350	50,557	15,612	23.6	6,751	6,273	1,274	130	638	546	2,017	164
Production, transportation, and material moving	15,915	10,521	4,747	31.1	2,296	1,686	449	45	129	142	538	109
Females	2,144,625	1,413,913	571,377	28.8	236,349	163,035	128,145	4,752	11,661	27,435	82,416	76,919
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	763,575	538,658	165,592	23.5	63,598	37,762	50,812	1,903	3,807	7,710	38,510	20,815
Instruction	711,029	509,749	152,888	23.1	61,059	35,224	44,079	1,841	3,569	7,116	36,270	12,122
Research	37,372	18,285	8,881	32.7	1,209	1,655	5,421	45	122	429	1,785	8,421
Public service	15,174	10,624	3,823	26.5	1,330	883	1,312	17	116	165	455	272
Graduate assistants	179,454	89,511	37,182	29.3	9,366	10,568	12,492	295	600	3,861	9,435	43,326
Librarians, curators, and archivists	29,527	22,715	5,917	20.7	2,344	1,414	1,521	52	196	390	709	186
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	121,001	80,786	35,170	30.3	16,389	10,785	4,727	359	976	1,934	3,970	1,075
Management	145,240	107,252	34,239	24.2	16,579	9,200	5,894	185	745	1,636	3,196	553
Business and financial operations	153,832	103,419	45,521	30.6	18,333	13,390	10,543	313	838	2,104	3,941	951
Computer, engineering, and science	91,643	57,169	27,135	32.2	6,772	6,074	12,564	127	409	1,189	2,637	4,702
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	100,014	69,628	26,284	27.4	11,345	8,538	3,934	280	594	1,593	3,473	629
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	82,294	52,420	25,348	32.6	9,467	6,076	8,549	118	265	873	2,968	1,558
Service occupations	103,737	50,656	48,257	48.8	24,945	17,139	4,100	291	734	1,048	3,714	1,110
Sales and related occupations	8,440	5,281	2,878	35.3	1,373	940	291	31	63	180	261	20
Office and administrative support	356,474	230,636	114,680	33.2	54,033	40,254	12,494	776	2,316	4,807	9,232	1,926
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	5,987	3,747	1,954	34.3	1,072	562	153	14	90	63	232	54
Production, transportation, and material moving	3,407	2,035	1,220	37.5	733	333	71	8	28	47	138	14
Full-time	2,523,980	1,710,236	678,480	28.4	264,925	195,371	171,029	4,951	13,840	28,364	69,026	66,238
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	815,760	575,294	173,461	23.2	44,553	37,513	79,497	1,152	3,548	7,198	22,366	44,639
Instruction	719,873	526,166	152,171	22.4	41,522	33,768	66,217	1,071	3,273	6,320	18,757	22,779
Research	75,620	34,708	16,428	32.1	1,831	2,629	11,091	62	158	657	3,159	21,325
Public service	20,267	14,420	4,862	25.2	1,200	1,116	2,189	19	117	221	450	535
Graduate assistants	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Librarians, curators, and archivists	35,832	27,936	6,903	19.8	2,538	1,854	1,767	60	206	478	747	246
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	121,296	81,570	35,153	30.1	16,431	10,515	4,711	423	1,013	2,060	3,400	1,173
Management	252,156	190,826	54,528	22.2	25,375	14,922	10,054	363	1,256	2,558	5,756	1,046
Business and financial operations	197,107	133,453	57,124	30.0	22,594	17,168	13,237	424	1,028	2,673	5,195	1,335
Computer, engineering, and science	214,249	142,157	55,119	27.9	13,399	13,604	24,115	363	952	2,686	6,034	10,939
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	146,021	103,233	37,301	26.5	17,264	11,589	5,006	445	838	2,159	4,571	916
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	94,899	58,569	29,832	33.7	10,601	7,168	10,539	142	317	1,065	4,037	2,461
Service occupations	202,931	105,068	90,159	46.2	47,039	31,539	7,616	582	1,506	1,877	5,904	1,800
Sales and related occupations	10,521	6,451	3,758	36.8	1,830	1,274	359	37	72	186	293	19
Office and administrative support	347,181	223,755	113,501	33.7	53,476	39,878	12,342	792	2,288	4,725	8,546	1,379
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	70,156	51,583	16,618	24.4	7,346	6,567	1,334	124	688	559	1,776	179
Production, transportation, and material moving	15,871	10,341	5,023	32.7	2,479	1,780	452	44	128	140	401	106
Part-time	1,402,600	887,495	299,414	25.2	111,952	85,103	74,200	3,808	6,490	17,861	87,310	128,381
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	732,972	523,938	145,004	21.7	61,063	37,154	33,603	2,585	3,667	6,932	53,082	10,948
Instruction	710,517	511,006	140,323	21.5	59,879	36,074	31,630	2,519	3,534	6,687	51,951	7,237
Research	14,007	7,097	2,571	26.6	283	546	1,512	13	54	163	732	3,607
Public service	8,448	5,835	2,110	26.6	901	534	461	53	79	82	399	104
Graduate assistants	376,043	175,374	69,485	28.4	15,536	19,403	26,049	571	1,048	6,878	19,258	111,926
Librarians, curators, and archivists	6,204	4,663	1,205	20.5	506	301	282	12	41	63	288	48
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	57,868	38,108	16,123	29.7	6,807	5,588	2,394	118	449	767	2,793	844
Management	7,111	5,497	1,313	19.3	571	306	313	9	35	79	259	42
Business and financial operations	13,470	9,768	3,002	23.5	928	957	856	26	73	162	557	143
Computer, engineering, and science	19,516	12,224	5,360	30.5	1,330	1,703	1,908	43	96	280	793	1,139
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	34,588	24,863	7,295	22.7	3,371	2,253	915	107	184	465	2,162	268
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	20,992	13,703	5,720	29.4	1,636	1,231	2,559	38	60	196	753	816
Service occupations	42,448	24,624	14,469	37.0	7,480	4,895	1,190	108	301	495	2,914	441
Sales and related occupations	2,444	1,630	688	29.7	277	212	94	6	22	77	112	14
Office and administrative support	81,312	48,167	27,858	36.6	11,420	10,593	3,876	156	445	1,368	3,591	1,696
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	4,181	2,721	948	25.8	477	268	93	20	40	50	473	39
Production, transportation, and material moving	3,451	2,215	944	29.9	550	239	68	9	29	49	275	17
Public 4-year	1,986,171	1,277,182	498,737	28.1	179,569	142,641	139,288	3,582	10,616	23,041	71,559	138,693
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	648,899	450,714	136,286	23.2	35,513	31,413	59,575	1,168	3,098	5,519	26,689	35,210
Instruction	577,133	411,655	122,065	22.9	33,402	28,674	51,184	1,102	2,801	4,902	23,430	19,983
Research	55,570	26,868	11,216	29.5	1,175	2,009	7,346	50	159	477	2,705	14,781
Public service	16,196	12,191	3,005	19.8	936	730	1,045	16	138	140	554	446
Graduate assistants	294,789	139,664	54,358	28.0	12,333	15,620	19,895	474	883	5,153	14,023	86,744
Librarians, curators, and archivists	18,484	14,188	3,735	20.8	1,334	1,081	892	26	127	275	430	131
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	65,564	44,354	18,147	29.0	8,109	5,624	2,696	175	645	898	1,983	1,080
Management	117,539	88,828	25,736	22.5	11,971	6,881	4,961	138	651	1,134	2,355	620
Business and financial operations	124,877	84,546	36,081	29.9	13,573	11,012	8,904	256	724	1,612	3,309	941
Computer, engineering, and science	145,851	97,537	35,820	26.9	8,093	9,069	16,013	212	629	1,804	4,178	8,316
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	87,804	60,596	23,498	27.9	10,341	7,740	3,307	252	548	1,310	3,059	651
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	76,390	47,911	23,004	32.4	7,928	5,089	8,915	106	276	690	3,650	1,825
Service occupations	132,963	68,282	58,358	46.1	30,881	19,385	5,493	292	990	1,317	5,000	1,323
Sales and related occupations	2,992	1,993	897	31.0	376	315	121	11	23	51	89	13
Office and administrative support	208,454	134,273	67,818	33.6	32,338	23,789	7,203	361	1,403	2,724	4,742	1,621
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	48,580	35,875	11,006	23.5	4,872	4,165	948	87	508	426	1,560	139
Production, transportation, and material moving	12,985	8,421	3,993	32.2	1,907	1,458	365	24	111	128	492	79
Public 2-year	591,132	413,713	152,483	26.9	65,925	51,582	22,633	2,225	4,735	5,383	20,934	4,002
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	327,811	246,085	65,960	21.1	27,560	19,476	12,841	1,456	2,085	2,542	13,605	2,161
Instruction	324,088	243,686	64,856	21.0	26,900	19,237	12,753	1,410	2,044	2,512	13,455	2,091
Research	110	84	23	21.5	5	7	8	0	2	1	1	2
Public service	3,613	2,315	1,081	31.8	655	232	80	46	39	29	149	68
Graduate assistants	9	5	4	44.4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Librarians, curators, and archivists	5,245	3,928	1,164	22.9	491	351	218	15	56	33	131	22
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	49,048	31,870	15,456	32.7	6,688	5,714	1,866	134	504	550	1,486	236
Management	31,740	23,166	7,902	25.4	4,141	2,325	816	57	314	249	601	71
Business and financial operations	16,783	10,643	5,649	34.7	2,606	1,885	804	42	145	167	399	92
Computer, engineering, and science	16,111	10,954	4,663	29.9	1,516	1,648	1,106	45	143	205	365	129
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	23,404	15,193	7,343	32.6	3,756	2,388	651	90	198	260	776	92
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	1,480	1,147	233	16.9	91	78	33	4	14	13	95	5
Service occupations	33,520	18,454	13,791	42.8	6,851	5,223	880	128	406	303	932	343
Sales and related occupations	1,824	1,365	419	23.5	159	146	56	3	31	24	37	3
Office and administrative support	76,650	45,638	27,834	37.9	11,179	11,518	3,204	233	720	980	2,360	818
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	6,232	4,436	1,660	27.2	693	677	126	14	102	48	108	28
Production, transportation, and material moving	1,275	829	405	32.8	193	151	31	4	17	9	39	2
Private nonprofit 4-year	1,186,752	808,158	274,779	25.4	105,893	72,329	76,178	2,428	4,015	13,936	52,095	51,720
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	473,327	340,932	88,023	20.5	27,157	17,942	36,344	845	1,483	4,252	26,265	18,107
Instruction	430,689	320,427	77,493	19.5	25,731	16,140	29,591	810	1,431	3,790	24,936	7,833
Research	33,843	14,798	7,711	34.3	924	1,149	5,238	25	40	335	1,185	10,149
Public service	8,795	5,707	2,819	33.1	502	653	1,515	10	12	127	144	125
Graduate assistants	80,874	35,445	15,046	29.8	3,177	3,755	6,139	95	165	1,715	5,221	25,162
Librarians, curators, and archivists	17,091	13,641	2,885	17.5	1,084	633	879	28	55	206	432	133
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	47,883	34,359	10,880	24.1	5,162	2,771	1,900	153	223	671	1,958	686
Management	97,465	75,686	18,849	19.9	8,354	5,023	4,100	141	272	959	2,537	393
Business and financial operations	63,595	44,628	16,671	27.2	6,736	4,683	4,042	130	192	888	1,854	442
Computer, engineering, and science	69,677	44,529	19,318	30.3	4,964	4,343	8,710	142	254	905	2,201	3,629
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	63,934	49,136	11,803	19.4	5,641	3,082	1,796	187	243	854	2,556	439
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	37,721	23,028	12,222	34.7	4,179	3,212	4,124	69	85	553	1,024	1,447
Service occupations	76,434	41,819	31,325	42.8	16,326	11,293	2,363	259	386	698	2,715	575
Sales and related occupations	3,745	2,554	1,038	28.9	420	374	118	15	13	98	138	15
Office and administrative support	131,338	85,546	40,673	32.2	19,605	13,069	5,213	300	519	1,967	4,517	602
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	18,878	13,699	4,576	25.0	2,191	1,770	347	41	97	130	554	49
Production, transportation, and material moving	4,790	3,156	1,470	31.8	897	379	103	23	28	40	123	41
Private nonprofit 2-year	8,761	5,503	2,995	35.2	1,672	731	204	18	194	176	253	10
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	3,646	2,685	859	24.2	502	160	89	9	54	45	97	5
Instruction	3,618	2,677	839	23.9	501	160	89	9	37	43	97	5
Research	19	6	13	68.4	1	0	0	0	11	1	0	0
Public service	9	2	7	77.8	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0
Graduate assistants	0	0	0	†	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Librarians, curators, and archivists	116	93	21	18.4	7	6	1	0	7	0	2	0
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	2,249	874	1,312	60.0	779	361	42	5	35	90	63	0
Management	865	623	194	23.7	92	56	19	1	18	8	47	1
Business and financial operations	297	198	85	30.0	30	12	19	2	15	7	14	0
Computer, engineering, and science	200	137	55	28.6	14	19	12	0	6	4	8	0
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	276	197	74	27.3	39	20	2	1	7	5	5	0
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	32	24	6	20.0	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	0
Service occupations	269	158	109	40.8	66	23	1	0	16	3	2	0
Sales and related occupations	84	48	36	42.9	17	12	6	0	0	1	0	0
Office and administrative support	642	426	200	31.9	111	44	12	0	20	13	13	3
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	72	31	41	56.9	12	13	0	0	16	0	0	0
Production, transportation, and material moving	13	9	3	25.0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
Private for-profit 4-year	121,936	75,477	36,355	32.5	17,493	9,449	5,728	382	602	2,701	9,976	128
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	76,916	48,444	20,682	29.9	11,181	4,107	3,542	199	385	1,268	7,725	65
Instruction	76,773	48,375	20,610	29.9	11,170	4,070	3,524	199	384	1,263	7,723	65
Research	51	38	13	25.5	3	2	8	0	0	0	0	0
Public service	92	31	59	65.6	8	35	10	0	1	5	2	0
Graduate assistants	371	260	77	22.8	25	26	14	2	0	10	14	20
Librarians, curators, and archivists	813	559	213	27.6	88	58	43	0	1	23	34	7
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	11,845	6,871	4,338	38.7	2,040	1,158	488	58	48	546	632	4
Management	8,388	5,983	2,057	25.6	830	616	359	26	22	204	345	3
Business and financial operations	3,980	2,656	1,169	30.6	392	360	275	18	21	103	155	0
Computer, engineering, and science	1,679	1,068	540	33.6	127	188	168	5	14	38	69	2
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	4,370	2,655	1,453	35.4	622	493	144	19	20	155	261	1
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	149	102	39	27.7	7	7	21	1	2	1	8	0
Service occupations	1,573	636	785	55.2	316	381	45	7	8	28	152	0
Sales and related occupations	2,896	1,427	1,362	48.8	758	402	116	10	22	54	105	2
Office and administrative support	8,326	4,533	3,340	42.4	1,055	1,450	488	33	54	260	429	24
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	388	152	211	58.1	22	176	5	2	4	2	25	0
Production, transportation, and material moving	242	131	89	40.5	30	27	20	2	1	9	22	0
Private for-profit 2-year	31,828	17,698	12,545	41.5	6,325	3,742	1,198	124	168	988	1,519	66
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	18,133	10,372	6,655	39.1	3,703	1,569	709	60	110	504	1,067	39
Instruction	18,089	10,352	6,631	39.0	3,697	1,561	706	60	110	497	1,067	39
Research	34	11	23	67.6	6	8	3	0	0	6	0	0
Public service	10	9	1	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Graduate assistants	0	0	0	†	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Librarians, curators, and archivists	287	190	90	32.1	40	26	16	3	1	4	6	1
Student and academic affairs and other education       services	2,575	1,350	1,143	45.8	460	475	113	16	7	72	71	11
Management	3,270	2,037	1,103	35.1	558	327	112	9	14	83	130	0
Business and financial operations	1,045	550	471	46.1	185	173	49	2	4	58	21	3
Computer, engineering, and science	247	156	83	34.7	15	40	14	2	2	10	6	2
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,       entertainment, sports, and media	821	319	425	57.1	236	119	21	3	6	40	76	1
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	119	60	48	44.4	30	10	4	0	0	4	11	0
Service occupations	620	343	260	43.1	79	129	24	4	1	23	17	0
Sales and related occupations	1,424	694	694	50.0	377	237	36	4	5	35	36	0
Office and administrative support	3,083	1,506	1,494	49.8	608	601	98	21	17	149	76	7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	187	111	72	39.3	33	34	1	0	1	3	2	2
Production, transportation, and material moving	17	10	7	41.2	1	2	1	0	0	3	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. 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 2017, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section. (This table was prepared December 2017.)