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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 2018
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 3,923,374 100.0 1,767,361 2,156,013 55.0 2,549,864 65.0 1,134,999 1,414,865 1,373,510 632,362 741,148
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 1,542,613 39.3 771,594 771,019 50.0 832,119 53.9 443,589 388,530 710,494 328,005 382,489
Instruction 1,422,754 36.3 705,729 717,025 50.4 731,543 51.4 387,144 344,399 691,211 318,585 372,626
Research 90,489 2.3 51,730 38,759 42.8 78,656 86.9 45,574 33,082 11,833 6,156 5,677
Public service 29,370 0.7 14,135 15,235 51.9 21,920 74.6 10,871 11,049 7,450 3,264 4,186
Graduate assistants 382,715 9.8 196,792 185,923 48.6 382,715 196,792 185,923
Librarians, curators, and archivists 41,495 1.1 12,354 29,141 70.2 34,892 84.1 10,558 24,334 6,603 1,796 4,807
Student and academic affairs and other education
     services
182,831 4.7 58,059 124,772 68.2 125,264 68.5 36,404 88,860 57,567 21,655 35,912
Management 262,919 6.7 113,505 149,414 56.8 255,881 97.3 110,690 145,191 7,038 2,815 4,223
Business and financial operations 219,793 5.6 59,552 160,241 72.9 206,333 93.9 55,957 150,376 13,460 3,595 9,865
Computer, engineering, and science 238,073 6.1 143,457 94,616 39.7 219,241 92.1 134,978 84,263 18,832 8,479 10,353
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
     entertainment, sports, and media
185,765 4.7 83,114 102,651 55.3 151,033 81.3 66,137 84,896 34,732 16,977 17,755
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 111,076 2.8 32,561 78,515 70.7 93,426 84.1 28,029 65,397 17,650 4,532 13,118
Service occupations 242,151 6.2 139,252 102,899 42.5 202,902 83.8 117,976 84,926 39,249 21,276 17,973
Sales and related occupations 12,534 0.3 4,375 8,159 65.1 10,142 80.9 3,677 6,465 2,392 698 1,694
Office and administrative support 409,591 10.4 70,126 339,465 82.9 334,256 81.6 49,814 284,442 75,335 20,312 55,023
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 73,098 1.9 67,276 5,822 8.0 69,197 94.7 64,483 4,714 3,901 2,793 1,108
Production, transportation, and material moving 18,720 0.5 15,344 3,376 18.0 15,178 81.1 12,707 2,471 3,542 2,637 905

Public 4-year
2,019,697 100.0 928,516 1,091,181 54.0 1,375,487 68.1 626,530 748,957 644,210 301,986 342,224
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 670,734 33.2 348,778 321,956 48.0 441,689 65.9 242,451 199,238 229,045 106,327 122,718
Instruction 598,731 29.6 309,476 289,255 48.3 381,191 63.7 209,002 172,189 217,540 100,474 117,066
Research 55,798 2.8 31,528 24,270 43.5 46,746 83.8 26,833 19,913 9,052 4,695 4,357
Public service 16,205 0.8 7,774 8,431 52.0 13,752 84.9 6,616 7,136 2,453 1,158 1,295
Graduate assistants 299,254 14.8 153,396 145,858 48.7 299,254 153,396 145,858
Librarians, curators, and archivists 18,673 0.9 5,773 12,900 69.1 16,756 89.7 5,200 11,556 1,917 573 1,344
Student and academic affairs and other education
     services
73,163 3.6 22,574 50,589 69.1 56,281 76.9 16,405 39,876 16,882 6,169 10,713
Management 120,750 6.0 53,726 67,024 55.5 117,237 97.1 52,303 64,934 3,513 1,423 2,090
Business and financial operations 131,507 6.5 35,761 95,746 72.8 122,648 93.3 33,304 89,344 8,859 2,457 6,402
Computer, engineering, and science 146,914 7.3 88,391 58,523 39.8 135,210 92.0 83,465 51,745 11,704 4,926 6,778
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
     entertainment, sports, and media
89,703 4.4 37,834 51,869 57.8 77,786 86.7 32,739 45,047 11,917 5,095 6,822
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 73,591 3.6 21,995 51,596 70.1 63,836 86.7 19,898 43,938 9,755 2,097 7,658
Service occupations 129,155 6.4 70,221 58,934 45.6 112,711 87.3 62,103 50,608 16,444 8,118 8,326
Sales and related occupations 3,080 0.2 1,158 1,922 62.4 2,197 71.3 893 1,304 883 265 618
Office and administrative support 202,560 10.0 34,127 168,433 83.2 172,393 85.1 25,819 146,574 30,167 8,308 21,859
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 48,166 2.4 44,459 3,707 7.7 45,935 95.4 42,823 3,112 2,231 1,636 595
Production, transportation, and material moving 12,447 0.6 10,323 2,124 17.1 10,808 86.8 9,127 1,681 1,639 1,196 443

Public 2-year
566,458 100.0 239,775 326,683 57.7 275,873 48.7 111,582 164,291 290,585 128,193 162,392
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 310,101 54.7 140,989 169,112 54.5 101,069 32.6 45,209 55,860 209,032 95,780 113,252
Instruction 306,576 54.1 139,675 166,901 54.4 100,515 32.8 45,018 55,497 206,061 94,657 111,404
Research 111 # 37 74 66.7 97 87.4 32 65 14 5 9
Public service 3,414 0.6 1,277 2,137 62.6 457 13.4 159 298 2,957 1,118 1,839
Graduate assistants 17 # 14 3 17.6 17 14 3
Librarians, curators, and archivists 5,493 1.0 1,266 4,227 77.0 3,499 63.7 823 2,676 1,994 443 1,551
Student and academic affairs and other education
     services
49,475 8.7 17,295 32,180 65.0 21,736 43.9 6,351 15,385 27,739 10,944 16,795
Management 31,923 5.6 13,009 18,914 59.2 30,855 96.7 12,580 18,275 1,068 429 639
Business and financial operations 16,290 2.9 4,182 12,108 74.3 14,591 89.6 3,693 10,898 1,699 489 1,210
Computer, engineering, and science 15,604 2.8 10,477 5,127 32.9 13,199 84.6 9,019 4,180 2,405 1,458 947
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
     entertainment, sports, and media
23,427 4.1 8,902 14,525 62.0 16,016 68.4 5,671 10,345 7,411 3,231 4,180
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 1,525 0.3 530 995 65.2 714 46.8 293 421 811 237 574
Service occupations 32,546 5.7 22,514 10,032 30.8 22,836 70.2 16,381 6,455 9,710 6,133 3,577
Sales and related occupations 1,668 0.3 446 1,222 73.3 955 57.3 260 695 713 186 527
Office and administrative support 71,332 12.6 13,862 57,470 80.6 44,565 62.5 5,905 38,660 26,767 7,957 18,810
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 5,774 1.0 5,285 489 8.5 5,113 88.6 4,807 306 661 478 183
Production, transportation, and material moving 1,283 0.2 1,004 279 21.7 725 56.5 590 135 558 414 144

Private nonprofit 4-year
1,213,723 100.0 550,090 663,633 54.7 837,644 69.0 373,602 464,042 376,079 176,488 199,591
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 487,473 40.2 250,732 236,741 48.6 272,084 55.8 148,331 123,753 215,389 102,401 112,988
Instruction 443,271 36.5 225,541 217,730 49.1 232,640 52.5 125,558 107,082 210,631 99,983 110,648
Research 34,518 2.8 20,138 14,380 41.7 31,761 92.0 18,687 13,074 2,757 1,451 1,306
Public service 9,684 0.8 5,053 4,631 47.8 7,683 79.3 4,086 3,597 2,001 967 1,034
Graduate assistants 83,066 6.8 43,245 39,821 47.9 83,066 43,245 39,821
Librarians, curators, and archivists 16,369 1.3 5,088 11,281 68.9 14,021 85.7 4,397 9,624 2,348 691 1,657
Student and academic affairs and other education
     services
48,961 4.0 14,844 34,117 69.7 37,145 75.9 10,775 26,370 11,816 4,069 7,747
Management 100,279 8.3 42,628 57,651 57.5 98,030 97.8 41,738 56,292 2,249 890 1,359
Business and financial operations 67,656 5.6 18,363 49,293 72.9 64,955 96.0 17,754 47,201 2,701 609 2,092
Computer, engineering, and science 73,558 6.1 43,061 30,497 41.5 68,937 93.7 41,044 27,893 4,621 2,017 2,604
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
     entertainment, sports, and media
69,310 5.7 34,987 34,323 49.5 54,420 78.5 26,608 27,812 14,890 8,379 6,511
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 35,662 2.9 9,922 25,740 72.2 28,685 80.4 7,751 20,934 6,977 2,171 4,806
Service occupations 78,169 6.4 45,023 33,146 42.4 65,822 84.2 38,507 27,315 12,347 6,516 5,831
Sales and related occupations 3,485 0.3 1,199 2,286 65.6 2,854 81.9 1,015 1,839 631 184 447
Office and administrative support 126,274 10.4 20,018 106,256 84.1 109,430 86.7 16,291 93,139 16,844 3,727 13,117
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 18,640 1.5 17,098 1,542 8.3 17,728 95.1 16,492 1,236 912 606 306
Production, transportation, and material moving 4,821 0.4 3,882 939 19.5 3,533 73.3 2,899 634 1,288 983 305

Private nonprofit 2-year
7,655 100.0 2,874 4,781 62.5 5,326 69.6 1,879 3,447 2,329 995 1,334
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 3,541 46.3 1,415 2,126 60.0 1,637 46.2 598 1,039 1,904 817 1,087
Instruction 3,518 46.0 1,405 2,113 60.1 1,618 46.0 591 1,027 1,900 814 1,086
Research 8 0.1 2 6 75.0 8 100.0 2 6 0 0 0
Public service 15 0.2 8 7 46.7 11 73.3 5 6 4 3 1
Graduate assistants 11 0.1 7 4 36.4 11 7 4
Librarians, curators, and archivists 101 1.3 21 80 79.2 68 67.3 16 52 33 5 28
Student and academic affairs and other education
     services
1,408 18.4 423 985 70.0 1,339 95.1 397 942 69 26 43
Management 763 10.0 333 430 56.4 744 97.5 321 423 19 12 7
Business and financial operations 202 2.6 61 141 69.8 188 93.1 60 128 14 1 13
Computer, engineering, and science 137 1.8 106 31 22.6 130 94.9 102 28 7 4 3
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
     entertainment, sports, and media
224 2.9 119 105 46.9 178 79.5 90 88 46 29 17
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 30 0.4 5 25 83.3 7 23.3 1 6 23 4 19
Service occupations 195 2.5 138 57 29.2 113 57.9 77 36 82 61 21
Sales and related occupations 485 6.3 130 355 73.2 479 98.8 128 351 6 2 4
Office and administrative support 509 6.6 75 434 85.3 405 79.6 57 348 104 18 86
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 46 0.6 39 7 15.2 38 82.6 32 6 8 7 1
Production, transportation, and material moving 3 # 2 1 33.3 0 0.0 0 0 3 2 1

Private for-profit 4-year
93,193 100.0 37,920 55,273 59.3 41,783 44.8 16,362 25,421 51,410 21,558 29,852
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 58,317 62.6 24,789 33,528 57.5 10,514 18.0 4,728 5,786 47,803 20,061 27,742
Instruction 58,261 62.5 24,760 33,501 57.5 10,489 18.0 4,716 5,773 47,772 20,044 27,728
Research 19 # 10 9 47.4 13 68.4 7 6 6 3 3
Public service 37 # 19 18 48.6 12 32.4 5 7 25 14 11
Graduate assistants 367 0.4 130 237 64.6 367 130 237
Librarians, curators, and archivists 685 0.7 160 525 76.6 442 64.5 98 344 243 62 181
Student and academic affairs and other education
     services
7,852 8.4 2,430 5,422 69.1 7,021 89.4 2,051 4,970 831 379 452
Management 6,827 7.3 2,868 3,959 58.0 6,701 98.2 2,824 3,877 126 44 82
Business and financial operations 3,174 3.4 953 2,221 70.0 3,070 96.7 927 2,143 104 26 78
Computer, engineering, and science 1,664 1.8 1,244 420 25.2 1,597 96.0 1,195 402 67 49 18
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
     entertainment, sports, and media
2,881 3.1 1,185 1,696 58.9 2,491 86.5 973 1,518 390 212 178
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 195 0.2 79 116 59.5 151 77.4 68 83 44 11 33
Service occupations 1,679 1.8 1,103 576 34.3 1,220 72.7 783 437 459 320 139
Sales and related occupations 2,622 2.8 1,013 1,609 61.4 2,567 97.9 990 1,577 55 23 32
Office and administrative support 6,476 6.9 1,590 4,886 75.4 5,633 87.0 1,405 4,228 843 185 658
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 299 0.3 253 46 15.4 269 90.0 233 36 30 20 10
Production, transportation, and material moving 155 0.2 123 32 20.6 107 69.0 87 20 48 36 12

Private for-profit 2-year
22,648 100.0 8,186 14,462 63.9 13,751 60.7 5,044 8,707 8,897 3,142 5,755
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) 12,447 55.0 4,891 7,556 60.7 5,126 41.2 2,272 2,854 7,321 2,619 4,702
Instruction 12,397 54.7 4,872 7,525 60.7 5,090 41.1 2,259 2,831 7,307 2,613 4,694
Research 35 0.2 15 20 57.1 31 88.6 13 18 4 2 2
Public service 15 0.1 4 11 73.3 5 33.3 0 5 10 4 6
Graduate assistants 0 0.0 0 0
Librarians, curators, and archivists 174 0.8 46 128 73.6 106 60.9 24 82 68 22 46
Student and academic affairs and other education
     services
1,972 8.7 493 1,479 75.0 1,742 88.3 425 1,317 230 68 162
Management 2,377 10.5 941 1,436 60.4 2,314 97.3 924 1,390 63 17 46
Business and financial operations 964 4.3 232 732 75.9 881 91.4 219 662 83 13 70
Computer, engineering, and science 196 0.9 178 18 9.2 168 85.7 153 15 28 25 3
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,
     entertainment, sports, and media
220 1.0 87 133 60.5 142 64.5 56 86 78 31 47
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 73 0.3 30 43 58.9 33 45.2 18 15 40 12 28
Service occupations 407 1.8 253 154 37.8 200 49.1 125 75 207 128 79
Sales and related occupations 1,194 5.3 429 765 64.1 1,090 91.3 391 699 104 38 66
Office and administrative support 2,440 10.8 454 1,986 81.4 1,830 75.0 337 1,493 610 117 493
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance 173 0.8 142 31 17.9 114 65.9 96 18 59 46 13
Production, transportation, and material moving 11 # 10 1 9.1 5 45.5 4 1 6 6 0
†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 2019, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section. (This table was prepared November 2019.)

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