Table 314.40.

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

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	3,914,542	2,564,739	987,131	27.8	374,922	288,989	246,696	8,167	20,111	48,246	163,809	198,863
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	1,543,569	1,086,081	325,133	23.0	106,836	77,168	116,394	2,879	7,041	14,815	76,747	55,608
Instruction	1,425,058	1,024,678	298,782	22.6	102,511	72,290	100,900	2,758	6,691	13,632	71,684	29,914
Research	89,445	41,001	19,305	32.0	2,113	3,377	12,658	79	200	878	4,158	24,981
Public service	29,066	20,402	7,046	25.7	2,212	1,501	2,836	42	150	305	905	713
Graduate assistants	377,156	170,799	71,084	29.4	15,711	20,773	25,693	657	941	7,309	20,541	114,732
Librarians, curators, and archivists	41,497	31,800	8,207	20.5	3,022	2,274	2,051	63	258	539	1,186	304
Student and academic affairs and other education    services	181,731	119,554	53,174	30.8	23,307	17,259	7,694	644	1,461	2,809	6,823	2,180
Management	259,986	195,243	57,173	22.7	26,515	15,864	10,343	475	1,248	2,728	6,356	1,214
Business and financial operations	214,461	144,492	61,447	29.8	23,699	18,886	14,344	448	1,092	2,978	6,923	1,599
Computer, engineering, and science	235,674	153,776	61,227	28.5	14,933	15,995	25,761	394	1,057	3,087	7,636	13,035
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	184,650	129,920	45,990	26.1	21,151	14,582	5,821	575	1,030	2,831	7,415	1,325
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	109,889	69,154	32,053	31.7	11,348	7,892	11,047	156	399	1,211	5,582	3,100
Service occupations	241,200	127,136	103,048	44.8	52,460	36,820	8,530	683	1,919	2,636	8,918	2,098
Sales and related occupations	13,210	7,924	4,752	37.5	2,331	1,561	460	53	93	254	495	39
Office and administrative support	418,537	262,962	140,271	34.8	62,882	50,873	16,616	949	2,743	6,208	12,054	3,250
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	74,000	53,737	17,528	24.6	7,661	6,994	1,423	149	653	648	2,421	314
Production, transportation, and material moving	18,982	12,161	6,044	33.2	3,066	2,048	519	42	176	193	712	65
Males	1,773,654	1,166,570	410,580	26.0	140,429	120,843	117,761	3,548	8,669	19,330	77,293	119,211
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	777,821	550,559	154,990	22.0	42,302	37,917	63,721	1,192	3,378	6,480	37,740	34,532
Instruction	712,123	517,879	141,537	21.5	40,591	35,604	55,025	1,134	3,243	5,940	35,083	17,624
Research	51,680	22,750	10,221	31.0	872	1,601	7,235	34	80	399	2,208	16,501
Public service	14,018	9,930	3,232	24.6	839	712	1,461	24	55	141	449	407
Graduate assistants	196,077	82,866	32,998	28.5	6,138	9,538	13,269	390	397	3,266	10,483	69,730
Librarians, curators, and archivists	12,358	9,640	2,226	18.8	714	772	518	18	58	146	370	122
Student and academic affairs and other education    services	58,563	38,522	16,642	30.2	6,901	5,728	2,476	229	474	834	2,421	978
Management	113,571	87,899	22,202	20.2	9,637	6,233	4,505	254	525	1,048	2,879	591
Business and financial operations	58,083	40,493	14,924	26.9	5,254	4,927	3,575	123	285	760	2,106	560
Computer, engineering, and science	142,683	96,504	33,642	25.8	8,040	9,596	13,266	266	629	1,845	4,629	7,908
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	82,419	59,280	18,919	24.2	9,527	5,586	2,036	268	443	1,059	3,597	623
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	32,999	19,574	9,582	32.9	2,596	2,268	4,189	55	122	352	2,210	1,633
Service occupations	139,878	77,668	56,011	41.9	29,001	19,451	4,577	391	1,143	1,448	5,181	1,018
Sales and related occupations	4,600	2,761	1,645	37.3	784	583	155	17	30	76	180	14
Office and administrative support	71,079	40,625	26,479	39.5	10,598	10,157	3,786	180	448	1,310	2,730	1,245
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	67,993	50,016	15,577	23.7	6,644	6,383	1,250	136	597	567	2,198	202
Production, transportation, and material moving	15,530	10,163	4,743	31.8	2,293	1,704	438	29	140	139	569	55
Females	2,140,888	1,398,169	576,551	29.2	234,493	168,146	128,935	4,619	11,442	28,916	86,516	79,652
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	765,748	535,522	170,143	24.1	64,534	39,251	52,673	1,687	3,663	8,335	39,007	21,076
Instruction	712,935	506,799	157,245	23.7	61,920	36,686	45,875	1,624	3,448	7,692	36,601	12,290
Research	37,765	18,251	9,084	33.2	1,241	1,776	5,423	45	120	479	1,950	8,480
Public service	15,048	10,472	3,814	26.7	1,373	789	1,375	18	95	164	456	306
Graduate assistants	181,079	87,933	38,086	30.2	9,573	11,235	12,424	267	544	4,043	10,058	45,002
Librarians, curators, and archivists	29,139	22,160	5,981	21.3	2,308	1,502	1,533	45	200	393	816	182
Student and academic affairs and other education    services	123,168	81,032	36,532	31.1	16,406	11,531	5,218	415	987	1,975	4,402	1,202
Management	146,415	107,344	34,971	24.6	16,878	9,631	5,838	221	723	1,680	3,477	623
Business and financial operations	156,378	103,999	46,523	30.9	18,445	13,959	10,769	325	807	2,218	4,817	1,039
Computer, engineering, and science	92,991	57,272	27,585	32.5	6,893	6,399	12,495	128	428	1,242	3,007	5,127
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	102,231	70,640	27,071	27.7	11,624	8,996	3,785	307	587	1,772	3,818	702
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	76,890	49,580	22,471	31.2	8,752	5,624	6,858	101	277	859	3,372	1,467
Service occupations	101,322	49,468	47,037	48.7	23,459	17,369	3,953	292	776	1,188	3,737	1,080
Sales and related occupations	8,610	5,163	3,107	37.6	1,547	978	305	36	63	178	315	25
Office and administrative support	347,458	222,337	113,792	33.9	52,284	40,716	12,830	769	2,295	4,898	9,324	2,005
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	6,007	3,721	1,951	34.4	1,017	611	173	13	56	81	223	112
Production, transportation, and material moving	3,452	1,998	1,301	39.4	773	344	81	13	36	54	143	10
Full-time	2,525,579	1,697,742	684,618	28.7	262,617	200,901	172,490	5,114	13,833	29,663	75,420	67,799
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	821,168	573,560	178,947	23.8	45,427	39,099	82,142	1,200	3,460	7,619	23,439	45,222
Instruction	724,060	524,402	156,986	23.0	42,256	35,132	68,622	1,113	3,202	6,661	19,530	23,142
Research	75,668	34,070	16,765	33.0	1,838	2,824	11,170	60	149	724	3,350	21,483
Public service	21,440	15,088	5,196	25.6	1,333	1,143	2,350	27	109	234	559	597
Graduate assistants	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Librarians, curators, and archivists	35,460	27,270	7,033	20.5	2,548	1,963	1,791	44	207	480	899	258
Student and academic affairs and other education    services	123,003	81,460	36,572	31.0	16,461	11,387	5,139	466	1,077	2,042	3,766	1,205
Management	253,115	190,001	55,882	22.7	25,962	15,545	10,029	461	1,222	2,663	6,067	1,165
Business and financial operations	200,946	134,719	58,519	30.3	22,769	17,924	13,556	419	1,035	2,816	6,266	1,442
Computer, engineering, and science	216,282	141,774	55,885	28.3	13,574	14,319	23,855	360	963	2,814	6,753	11,870
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	149,906	105,359	38,511	26.8	17,708	12,234	4,907	484	839	2,339	5,004	1,032
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	90,729	56,461	27,196	32.5	9,831	6,832	9,025	135	341	1,032	4,801	2,271
Service occupations	199,942	103,558	88,240	46.0	44,926	31,723	7,342	562	1,601	2,086	6,515	1,629
Sales and related occupations	10,756	6,303	4,075	39.3	2,053	1,360	344	47	76	195	357	21
Office and administrative support	339,319	216,464	112,261	34.2	51,746	40,008	12,593	773	2,278	4,863	9,154	1,440
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	69,686	51,019	16,502	24.4	7,200	6,681	1,321	132	594	574	1,978	187
Production, transportation, and material moving	15,267	9,794	4,995	33.8	2,412	1,826	446	31	140	140	421	57
Part-time	1,388,963	866,997	302,513	25.9	112,305	88,088	74,206	3,053	6,278	18,583	88,389	131,064
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	722,401	512,521	146,186	22.2	61,409	38,069	34,252	1,679	3,581	7,196	53,308	10,386
Instruction	700,998	500,276	141,796	22.1	60,255	37,158	32,278	1,645	3,489	6,971	52,154	6,772
Research	13,777	6,931	2,540	26.8	275	553	1,488	19	51	154	808	3,498
Public service	7,626	5,314	1,850	25.8	879	358	486	15	41	71	346	116
Graduate assistants	377,156	170,799	71,084	29.4	15,711	20,773	25,693	657	941	7,309	20,541	114,732
Librarians, curators, and archivists	6,037	4,530	1,174	20.6	474	311	260	19	51	59	287	46
Student and academic affairs and other education    services	58,728	38,094	16,602	30.4	6,846	5,872	2,555	178	384	767	3,057	975
Management	6,871	5,242	1,291	19.8	553	319	314	14	26	65	289	49
Business and financial operations	13,515	9,773	2,928	23.1	930	962	788	29	57	162	657	157
Computer, engineering, and science	19,392	12,002	5,342	30.8	1,359	1,676	1,906	34	94	273	883	1,165
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	34,744	24,561	7,479	23.3	3,443	2,348	914	91	191	492	2,411	293
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	19,160	12,693	4,857	27.7	1,517	1,060	2,022	21	58	179	781	829
Service occupations	41,258	23,578	14,808	38.6	7,534	5,097	1,188	121	318	550	2,403	469
Sales and related occupations	2,454	1,621	677	29.5	278	201	116	6	17	59	138	18
Office and administrative support	79,218	46,498	28,010	37.6	11,136	10,865	4,023	176	465	1,345	2,900	1,810
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	4,314	2,718	1,026	27.4	461	313	102	17	59	74	443	127
Production, transportation, and material moving	3,715	2,367	1,049	30.7	654	222	73	11	36	53	291	8
Public 4-year	1,987,634	1,268,832	500,998	28.3	177,464	147,011	137,921	3,581	10,603	24,418	75,914	141,890
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	654,601	451,513	140,757	23.8	36,512	32,951	61,302	1,070	3,025	5,897	27,560	34,771
Instruction	583,627	413,049	126,770	23.5	34,451	30,187	53,068	990	2,795	5,279	24,029	19,779
Research	54,622	26,136	11,018	29.7	1,146	2,098	7,091	58	147	478	2,936	14,532
Public service	16,352	12,328	2,969	19.4	915	666	1,143	22	83	140	595	460
Graduate assistants	295,783	136,058	54,598	28.6	12,170	16,625	19,026	458	806	5,513	14,919	90,208
Librarians, curators, and archivists	18,397	13,989	3,792	21.3	1,295	1,139	913	21	145	279	475	141
Student and academic affairs and other education    services	69,106	45,727	19,890	30.3	8,352	6,507	3,088	254	642	1,047	2,378	1,111
Management	117,602	88,538	26,062	22.7	12,241	7,028	4,770	205	656	1,162	2,357	645
Business and financial operations	127,318	85,899	36,691	29.9	13,547	11,397	9,093	252	711	1,691	3,809	919
Computer, engineering, and science	146,092	97,183	35,506	26.8	7,963	9,412	15,410	214	641	1,866	4,656	8,747
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	88,375	60,847	23,579	27.9	10,499	7,824	3,106	246	541	1,363	3,255	694
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	73,122	46,695	20,518	30.5	7,650	4,707	7,006	83	309	763	4,315	1,594
Service occupations	128,423	66,267	56,228	45.9	29,005	19,231	5,195	293	1,087	1,417	4,818	1,110
Sales and related occupations	2,908	1,937	845	30.4	345	302	112	12	27	47	118	8
Office and administrative support	204,688	130,502	67,366	34.0	31,098	24,105	7,566	360	1,441	2,796	5,112	1,708
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	48,451	35,583	11,051	23.7	4,814	4,282	958	91	453	453	1,635	182
Production, transportation, and material moving	12,768	8,094	4,115	33.7	1,973	1,501	376	22	119	124	507	52
Public 2-year	577,340	400,650	152,906	27.6	65,630	52,499	22,852	1,511	4,629	5,785	19,832	3,952
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	316,582	236,217	65,105	21.6	27,311	19,603	12,963	670	1,982	2,576	13,230	2,030
Instruction	313,110	233,980	64,063	21.5	26,643	19,413	12,863	667	1,934	2,543	13,121	1,946
Research	109	76	29	27.6	6	9	10	0	3	1	3	1
Public service	3,363	2,161	1,013	31.9	662	181	90	3	45	32	106	83
Graduate assistants	15	10	5	33.3	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0
Librarians, curators, and archivists	5,211	3,900	1,178	23.2	488	373	215	19	53	30	112	21
Student and academic affairs and other education    services	50,072	31,999	16,318	33.8	7,007	5,924	1,991	179	556	661	1,495	260
Management	31,681	22,822	8,123	26.2	4,284	2,448	788	57	275	271	653	83
Business and financial operations	16,797	10,617	5,719	35.0	2,555	1,997	793	43	146	185	364	97
Computer, engineering, and science	15,750	10,589	4,674	30.6	1,504	1,678	1,118	38	128	208	352	135
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	23,492	15,033	7,569	33.5	3,718	2,550	651	122	228	300	788	102
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	1,577	1,220	262	17.7	109	74	41	6	15	17	92	3
Service occupations	33,058	18,036	13,733	43.2	6,733	5,305	843	109	413	330	936	353
Sales and related occupations	1,847	1,419	401	22.0	161	134	53	3	26	24	23	4
Office and administrative support	73,879	43,640	27,777	38.9	10,863	11,620	3,241	247	692	1,114	1,615	847
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	6,050	4,268	1,639	27.7	708	655	119	12	90	55	126	17
Production, transportation, and material moving	1,329	880	403	31.4	189	135	35	5	25	14	46	0
Private nonprofit 4-year	1,201,512	806,364	285,028	26.1	108,499	75,859	79,261	2,526	3,984	14,899	57,349	52,771
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	482,640	342,758	93,159	21.4	29,010	18,922	38,156	857	1,507	4,707	28,011	18,712
Instruction	438,734	322,146	81,901	20.3	27,430	17,011	31,017	819	1,446	4,178	26,591	8,096
Research	34,608	14,734	8,210	35.8	949	1,258	5,539	21	45	398	1,218	10,446
Public service	9,298	5,878	3,048	34.1	631	653	1,600	17	16	131	202	170
Graduate assistants	80,939	34,493	16,373	32.2	3,498	4,119	6,645	197	134	1,780	5,571	24,502
Librarians, curators, and archivists	16,763	13,125	2,943	18.3	1,124	668	877	19	54	201	554	141
Student and academic affairs and other education    services	49,705	34,948	11,862	25.3	5,626	3,077	2,057	145	194	763	2,095	800
Management	99,373	76,045	19,947	20.8	8,689	5,413	4,314	162	271	1,098	2,906	475
Business and financial operations	64,790	44,579	17,114	27.7	6,935	4,822	4,080	132	193	952	2,523	574
Computer, engineering, and science	71,596	44,632	20,324	31.3	5,298	4,655	9,009	136	266	960	2,552	4,088
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	67,088	50,709	12,786	20.1	6,006	3,523	1,891	184	229	953	3,066	527
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	34,878	21,046	11,187	34.7	3,552	3,102	3,967	66	72	428	1,144	1,501
Service occupations	77,381	41,765	31,925	43.3	16,262	11,739	2,425	269	398	832	3,058	633
Sales and related occupations	3,898	2,535	1,136	30.9	443	446	137	20	11	79	205	22
Office and administrative support	128,908	83,025	40,331	32.7	19,099	13,175	5,276	283	527	1,971	4,884	668
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	18,876	13,617	4,515	24.9	2,080	1,822	340	44	98	131	629	115
Production, transportation, and material moving	4,677	3,087	1,426	31.6	877	376	87	12	30	44	151	13
Private nonprofit 2-year	7,799	4,772	2,755	36.6	1,654	651	149	18	135	148	265	7
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	3,543	2,483	884	26.3	582	151	66	7	43	35	170	6
Instruction	3,522	2,474	873	26.1	581	151	66	7	33	35	169	6
Research	12	6	5	45.5	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	0
Public service	9	3	6	66.7	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Graduate assistants	7	3	1	25.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
Librarians, curators, and archivists	111	90	17	15.9	7	4	1	0	4	1	4	0
Student and academic affairs and other education    services	1,423	558	832	59.9	480	233	30	3	24	62	33	0
Management	779	546	210	27.8	104	55	26	3	14	8	23	0
Business and financial operations	216	144	71	33.0	27	25	6	1	6	6	1	0
Computer, engineering, and science	132	96	32	25.0	6	11	8	0	5	2	4	0
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	206	162	44	21.4	29	10	0	0	2	3	0	0
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	31	29	2	6.5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Service occupations	195	122	73	37.4	39	19	1	0	12	2	0	0
Sales and related occupations	488	117	366	75.8	245	92	4	3	1	21	5	0
Office and administrative support	597	391	192	32.9	118	41	7	1	17	8	13	1
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	62	25	28	52.8	14	7	0	0	7	0	9	0
Production, transportation, and material moving	9	6	3	33.3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Private for-profit 4-year	112,051	68,778	33,949	33.0	15,768	9,464	5,446	412	602	2,257	9,142	182
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	69,780	43,887	18,981	30.2	9,908	3,993	3,272	215	391	1,202	6,863	49
Instruction	69,689	43,830	18,951	30.2	9,903	3,986	3,255	215	391	1,201	6,861	47
Research	62	37	23	38.3	3	6	14	0	0	0	0	2
Public service	29	20	7	25.9	2	1	3	0	0	1	2	0
Graduate assistants	412	235	107	31.3	43	25	21	1	1	16	48	22
Librarians, curators, and archivists	781	538	206	27.7	76	66	36	3	2	23	36	1
Student and academic affairs and other education    services	9,223	5,206	3,295	38.8	1,420	1,119	436	50	33	237	719	3
Management	7,958	5,664	1,944	25.6	783	634	348	33	21	125	340	10
Business and financial operations	4,413	2,767	1,435	34.2	480	463	331	16	29	116	207	4
Computer, engineering, and science	1,880	1,142	610	34.8	134	210	205	5	13	43	64	64
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	4,623	2,847	1,528	34.9	636	527	146	21	24	174	246	2
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	174	100	53	34.6	12	7	27	1	3	3	19	2
Service occupations	1,688	703	887	55.8	349	435	53	9	8	33	98	0
Sales and related occupations	2,744	1,327	1,300	49.5	758	357	107	9	18	51	114	3
Office and administrative support	7,821	4,143	3,298	44.3	1,129	1,410	438	44	54	223	358	22
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	373	133	218	62.1	17	188	5	2	3	3	22	0
Production, transportation, and material moving	181	86	87	50.3	23	30	21	3	2	8	8	0
Private for-profit 2-year	28,206	15,343	11,495	42.8	5,907	3,505	1,067	119	158	739	1,307	61
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	16,423	9,223	6,247	40.4	3,513	1,548	635	60	93	398	913	40
Instruction	16,376	9,199	6,224	40.4	3,503	1,542	631	60	92	396	913	40
Research	32	12	20	62.5	8	6	4	0	1	1	0	0
Public service	15	12	3	20.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Graduate assistants	0	0	0	†	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Librarians, curators, and archivists	234	158	71	31.0	32	24	9	1	0	5	5	0
Student and academic affairs and other education    services	2,202	1,116	977	46.7	422	399	92	13	12	39	103	6
Management	2,593	1,628	887	35.3	414	286	97	15	11	64	77	1
Business and financial operations	927	486	417	46.2	155	182	41	4	7	28	19	5
Computer, engineering, and science	224	134	81	37.7	28	29	11	1	4	8	8	1
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	866	322	484	60.0	263	148	27	2	6	38	60	0
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	107	64	31	32.6	23	2	6	0	0	0	12	0
Service occupations	455	243	202	45.4	72	91	13	3	1	22	8	2
Sales and related occupations	1,325	589	704	54.4	379	230	47	6	10	32	30	2
Office and administrative support	2,644	1,261	1,307	50.9	575	522	88	14	12	96	72	4
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	188	111	77	41.0	28	40	1	0	2	6	0	0
Production, transportation, and material moving	18	8	10	55.6	3	4	0	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 2018, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section. (This table was prepared November 2018.)