Table 314.30.

Employees in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by employment status, sex, control and level of institution, and primary occupation: Fall 2017

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	3,914,542	100.0	1,773,654	2,140,888	54.7	2,525,579	64.5	1,129,426	1,396,153	1,388,963	644,228	744,735
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	1,543,569	39.4	777,821	765,748	49.6	821,168	53.2	440,842	380,326	722,401	336,979	385,422
Instruction	1,425,058	36.4	712,123	712,935	50.0	724,060	50.8	385,907	338,153	700,998	326,216	374,782
Research	89,445	2.3	51,680	37,765	42.2	75,668	84.6	44,304	31,364	13,777	7,376	6,401
Public service	29,066	0.7	14,018	15,048	51.8	21,440	73.8	10,631	10,809	7,626	3,387	4,239
Graduate assistants	377,156	9.6	196,077	181,079	48.0	†	†	†	†	377,156	196,077	181,079
Librarians, curators, and archivists	41,497	1.1	12,358	29,139	70.2	35,460	85.5	10,752	24,708	6,037	1,606	4,431
Student and academic affairs and other education    services	181,731	4.6	58,563	123,168	67.8	123,003	67.7	36,250	86,753	58,728	22,313	36,415
Management	259,986	6.6	113,571	146,415	56.3	253,115	97.4	110,861	142,254	6,871	2,710	4,161
Business and financial operations	214,461	5.5	58,083	156,378	72.9	200,946	93.7	54,492	146,454	13,515	3,591	9,924
Computer, engineering, and science	235,674	6.0	142,683	92,991	39.5	216,282	91.8	133,963	82,319	19,392	8,720	10,672
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	184,650	4.7	82,419	102,231	55.4	149,906	81.2	65,670	84,236	34,744	16,749	17,995
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	109,889	2.8	32,999	76,890	70.0	90,729	82.6	27,824	62,905	19,160	5,175	13,985
Service occupations	241,200	6.2	139,878	101,322	42.0	199,942	82.9	117,473	82,469	41,258	22,405	18,853
Sales and related occupations	13,210	0.3	4,600	8,610	65.2	10,756	81.4	3,958	6,798	2,454	642	1,812
Office and administrative support	418,537	10.7	71,079	347,458	83.0	339,319	81.1	49,681	289,638	79,218	21,398	57,820
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	74,000	1.9	67,993	6,007	8.1	69,686	94.2	64,883	4,803	4,314	3,110	1,204
Production, transportation, and material moving	18,982	0.5	15,530	3,452	18.2	15,267	80.4	12,777	2,490	3,715	2,753	962
Public 4-year	1,987,634	100.0	919,911	1,067,723	53.7	1,349,439	67.9	618,585	730,854	638,195	301,326	336,869
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	654,601	32.9	343,275	311,326	47.6	432,308	66.0	239,316	192,992	222,293	103,959	118,334
Instruction	583,627	29.4	304,378	279,249	47.8	372,703	63.9	206,171	166,532	210,924	98,207	112,717
Research	54,622	2.7	31,172	23,450	42.9	45,958	84.1	26,659	19,299	8,664	4,513	4,151
Public service	16,352	0.8	7,725	8,627	52.8	13,647	83.5	6,486	7,161	2,705	1,239	1,466
Graduate assistants	295,783	14.9	153,220	142,563	48.2	†	†	†	†	295,783	153,220	142,563
Librarians, curators, and archivists	18,397	0.9	5,630	12,767	69.4	16,914	91.9	5,229	11,685	1,483	401	1,082
Student and academic affairs and other education    services	69,106	3.5	21,797	47,309	68.5	52,913	76.6	15,783	37,130	16,193	6,014	10,179
Management	117,602	5.9	52,983	64,619	54.9	114,265	97.2	51,616	62,649	3,337	1,367	1,970
Business and financial operations	127,318	6.4	34,345	92,973	73.0	118,576	93.1	31,952	86,624	8,742	2,393	6,349
Computer, engineering, and science	146,092	7.4	87,926	58,166	39.8	133,892	91.6	82,783	51,109	12,200	5,143	7,057
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	88,375	4.4	37,351	51,024	57.7	76,796	86.9	32,467	44,329	11,579	4,884	6,695
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	73,122	3.7	22,371	50,751	69.4	61,985	84.8	19,666	42,319	11,137	2,705	8,432
Service occupations	128,423	6.5	70,502	57,921	45.1	110,287	85.9	61,428	48,859	18,136	9,074	9,062
Sales and related occupations	2,908	0.1	1,044	1,864	64.1	2,222	76.4	862	1,360	686	182	504
Office and administrative support	204,688	10.3	34,178	170,510	83.3	172,438	84.2	25,391	147,047	32,250	8,787	23,463
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	48,451	2.4	44,741	3,710	7.7	45,927	94.8	42,882	3,045	2,524	1,859	665
Production, transportation, and material moving	12,768	0.6	10,548	2,220	17.4	10,916	85.5	9,210	1,706	1,852	1,338	514
Public 2-year	577,340	100.0	245,506	331,834	57.5	279,745	48.5	113,404	166,341	297,595	132,102	165,493
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	316,582	54.8	144,896	171,686	54.2	102,866	32.5	46,222	56,644	213,716	98,674	115,042
Instruction	313,110	54.2	143,550	169,560	54.2	102,280	32.7	46,028	56,252	210,830	97,522	113,308
Research	109	#	45	64	58.7	100	91.7	42	58	9	3	6
Public service	3,363	0.6	1,301	2,062	61.3	486	14.5	152	334	2,877	1,149	1,728
Graduate assistants	15	#	9	6	40.0	†	†	†	†	15	9	6
Librarians, curators, and archivists	5,211	0.9	1,172	4,039	77.5	3,544	68.0	820	2,724	1,667	352	1,315
Student and academic affairs and other education    services	50,072	8.7	17,698	32,374	64.7	21,415	42.8	6,366	15,049	28,657	11,332	17,325
Management	31,681	5.5	12,963	18,718	59.1	30,578	96.5	12,541	18,037	1,103	422	681
Business and financial operations	16,797	2.9	4,301	12,496	74.4	15,026	89.5	3,780	11,246	1,771	521	1,250
Computer, engineering, and science	15,750	2.7	10,568	5,182	32.9	13,265	84.2	9,088	4,177	2,485	1,480	1,005
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	23,492	4.1	8,959	14,533	61.9	16,000	68.1	5,739	10,261	7,492	3,220	4,272
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	1,577	0.3	534	1,043	66.1	767	48.6	311	456	810	223	587
Service occupations	33,058	5.7	22,960	10,098	30.5	22,902	69.3	16,552	6,350	10,156	6,408	3,748
Sales and related occupations	1,847	0.3	481	1,366	74.0	973	52.7	289	684	874	192	682
Office and administrative support	73,879	12.8	14,420	59,459	80.5	46,331	62.7	6,115	40,216	27,548	8,305	19,243
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	6,050	1.0	5,498	552	9.1	5,329	88.1	4,957	372	721	541	180
Production, transportation, and material moving	1,329	0.2	1,047	282	21.2	749	56.4	624	125	580	423	157
Private nonprofit 4-year	1,201,512	100.0	548,797	652,715	54.3	825,095	68.7	370,333	454,762	376,417	178,464	197,953
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	482,640	40.2	251,373	231,267	47.9	266,963	55.3	147,010	119,953	215,677	104,363	111,314
Instruction	438,734	36.5	225,987	212,747	48.5	230,145	52.5	125,453	104,692	208,589	100,534	108,055
Research	34,608	2.9	20,424	14,184	41.0	29,523	85.3	17,569	11,954	5,085	2,855	2,230
Public service	9,298	0.8	4,962	4,336	46.6	7,295	78.5	3,988	3,307	2,003	974	1,029
Graduate assistants	80,939	6.7	42,676	38,263	47.3	†	†	†	†	80,939	42,676	38,263
Librarians, curators, and archivists	16,763	1.4	5,277	11,486	68.5	14,258	85.1	4,522	9,736	2,505	755	1,750
Student and academic affairs and other education    services	49,705	4.1	15,240	34,465	69.3	37,049	74.5	10,801	26,248	12,656	4,439	8,217
Management	99,373	8.3	42,831	56,542	56.9	97,129	97.7	41,985	55,144	2,244	846	1,398
Business and financial operations	64,790	5.4	17,835	46,955	72.5	62,047	95.8	17,206	44,841	2,743	629	2,114
Computer, engineering, and science	71,596	6.0	42,483	29,113	40.7	67,000	93.6	40,471	26,529	4,596	2,012	2,584
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	67,088	5.6	33,817	33,271	49.6	51,965	77.5	25,466	26,499	15,123	8,351	6,772
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	34,878	2.9	9,979	24,899	71.4	27,792	79.7	7,760	20,032	7,086	2,219	4,867
Service occupations	77,381	6.4	44,893	32,488	42.0	65,230	84.3	38,486	26,744	12,151	6,407	5,744
Sales and related occupations	3,898	0.3	1,375	2,523	64.7	3,226	82.8	1,178	2,048	672	197	475
Office and administrative support	128,908	10.7	19,993	108,915	84.5	111,056	86.2	15,995	95,061	17,852	3,998	13,854
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	18,876	1.6	17,250	1,626	8.6	17,912	94.9	16,620	1,292	964	630	334
Production, transportation, and material moving	4,677	0.4	3,775	902	19.3	3,468	74.2	2,833	635	1,209	942	267
Private nonprofit 2-year	7,799	100.0	2,922	4,877	62.5	5,509	70.6	1,979	3,530	2,290	943	1,347
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	3,543	45.4	1,394	2,149	60.7	1,675	47.3	626	1,049	1,868	768	1,100
Instruction	3,522	45.2	1,389	2,133	60.6	1,660	47.1	623	1,037	1,862	766	1,096
Research	12	0.2	3	9	75.0	9	75.0	1	8	3	2	1
Public service	9	0.1	2	7	77.8	6	66.7	2	4	3	0	3
Graduate assistants	7	0.1	6	1	14.3	†	†	†	†	7	6	1
Librarians, curators, and archivists	111	1.4	30	81	73.0	70	63.1	20	50	41	10	31
Student and academic affairs and other education    services	1,423	18.2	423	1,000	70.3	1,356	95.3	399	957	67	24	43
Management	779	10.0	351	428	54.9	759	97.4	340	419	20	11	9
Business and financial operations	216	2.8	62	154	71.3	186	86.1	57	129	30	5	25
Computer, engineering, and science	132	1.7	106	26	19.7	123	93.2	98	25	9	8	1
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	206	2.6	109	97	47.1	164	79.6	83	81	42	26	16
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	31	0.4	5	26	83.9	12	38.7	3	9	19	2	17
Service occupations	195	2.5	153	42	21.5	116	59.5	91	25	79	62	17
Sales and related occupations	488	6.3	144	344	70.5	483	99.0	143	340	5	1	4
Office and administrative support	597	7.7	81	516	86.4	507	84.9	71	436	90	10	80
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	62	0.8	52	10	16.1	54	87.1	46	8	8	6	2
Production, transportation, and material moving	9	0.1	6	3	33.3	4	44.4	2	2	5	4	1
Private for-profit 4-year	112,051	100.0	46,244	65,807	58.7	49,740	44.4	19,412	30,328	62,311	26,832	35,479
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	69,780	62.3	30,389	39,391	56.5	11,373	16.3	5,141	6,232	58,407	25,248	33,159
Instruction	69,689	62.2	30,351	39,338	56.4	11,322	16.2	5,121	6,201	58,367	25,230	33,137
Research	62	0.1	21	41	66.1	47	75.8	18	29	15	3	12
Public service	29	#	17	12	41.4	4	13.8	2	2	25	15	10
Graduate assistants	412	0.4	166	246	59.7	†	†	†	†	412	166	246
Librarians, curators, and archivists	781	0.7	193	588	75.3	526	67.3	127	399	255	66	189
Student and academic affairs and other education    services	9,223	8.2	2,842	6,381	69.2	8,304	90.0	2,412	5,892	919	430	489
Management	7,958	7.1	3,386	4,572	57.5	7,838	98.5	3,340	4,498	120	46	74
Business and financial operations	4,413	3.9	1,321	3,092	70.1	4,268	96.7	1,287	2,981	145	34	111
Computer, engineering, and science	1,880	1.7	1,421	459	24.4	1,811	96.3	1,373	438	69	48	21
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	4,623	4.1	1,892	2,731	59.1	4,232	91.5	1,684	2,548	391	208	183
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	174	0.2	68	106	60.9	127	73.0	58	69	47	10	37
Service occupations	1,688	1.5	1,087	601	35.6	1,196	70.9	787	409	492	300	192
Sales and related occupations	2,744	2.4	1,103	1,641	59.8	2,675	97.5	1,081	1,594	69	22	47
Office and administrative support	7,821	7.0	1,948	5,873	75.1	6,931	88.6	1,757	5,174	890	191	699
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	373	0.3	288	85	22.8	338	90.6	265	73	35	23	12
Production, transportation, and material moving	181	0.2	140	41	22.7	121	66.9	100	21	60	40	20
Private for-profit 2-year	28,206	100.0	10,274	17,932	63.6	16,051	56.9	5,713	10,338	12,155	4,561	7,594
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	16,423	58.2	6,494	9,929	60.5	5,983	36.4	2,527	3,456	10,440	3,967	6,473
Instruction	16,376	58.1	6,468	9,908	60.5	5,950	36.3	2,511	3,439	10,426	3,957	6,469
Research	32	0.1	15	17	53.1	31	96.9	15	16	1	0	1
Public service	15	0.1	11	4	26.7	2	13.3	1	1	13	10	3
Graduate assistants	0	0.0	0	0	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Librarians, curators, and archivists	234	0.8	56	178	76.1	148	63.2	34	114	86	22	64
Student and academic affairs and other education    services	2,202	7.8	563	1,639	74.4	1,966	89.3	489	1,477	236	74	162
Management	2,593	9.2	1,057	1,536	59.2	2,546	98.2	1,039	1,507	47	18	29
Business and financial operations	927	3.3	219	708	76.4	843	90.9	210	633	84	9	75
Computer, engineering, and science	224	0.8	179	45	20.1	191	85.3	150	41	33	29	4
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	866	3.1	291	575	66.4	749	86.5	231	518	117	60	57
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	107	0.4	42	65	60.7	46	43.0	26	20	61	16	45
Service occupations	455	1.6	283	172	37.8	211	46.4	129	82	244	154	90
Sales and related occupations	1,325	4.7	453	872	65.8	1,177	88.8	405	772	148	48	100
Office and administrative support	2,644	9.4	459	2,185	82.6	2,056	77.8	352	1,704	588	107	481
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	188	0.7	164	24	12.8	126	67.0	113	13	62	51	11
Production, transportation, and material moving	18	0.1	14	4	22.2	9	50.0	8	1	9	6	3

†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 2018, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section. (This table was prepared November 2018.)