Table 314.35.

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	3,916,658	100.0	1,774,403	2,142,255	54.7	2,531,496	64.6	1,131,487	1,400,009	1,385,162	642,916	742,246
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	1,545,653	39.5	778,873	766,780	49.6	822,513	53.2	441,472	381,041	723,140	337,401	385,739
Instruction	1,426,410	36.4	712,806	713,604	50.0	725,082	50.8	386,385	338,697	701,328	326,421	374,907
Research	90,134	2.3	52,040	38,094	42.3	75,975	84.3	44,453	31,522	14,159	7,587	6,572
Public service	29,109	0.7	14,027	15,082	51.8	21,456	73.7	10,634	10,822	7,653	3,393	4,260
Graduate assistants	377,049	9.6	196,014	181,035	48.0	†	†	†	†	377,049	196,014	181,035
Librarians, curators, and archivists	41,490	1.1	12,358	29,132	70.2	35,476	85.5	10,762	24,714	6,014	1,596	4,418
Student and academic affairs and other education      services	182,433	4.7	58,648	123,785	67.9	124,076	68.0	36,559	87,517	58,357	22,089	36,268
Management	259,665	6.6	113,388	146,277	56.3	252,885	97.4	110,718	142,167	6,780	2,670	4,110
Business and financial operations	214,484	5.5	58,069	156,415	72.9	201,517	94.0	54,598	146,919	12,967	3,471	9,496
Computer, engineering, and science	235,852	6.0	142,736	93,116	39.5	216,868	92.0	134,207	82,661	18,984	8,529	10,455
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,      entertainment, sports, and media	183,553	4.7	82,102	101,451	55.3	149,133	81.2	65,441	83,692	34,420	16,661	17,759
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	110,124	2.8	33,050	77,074	70.0	91,521	83.1	28,045	63,476	18,603	5,005	13,598
Service occupations	241,270	6.2	139,875	101,395	42.0	201,212	83.4	117,996	83,216	40,058	21,879	18,179
Sales and related occupations	13,215	0.3	4,600	8,615	65.2	10,777	81.6	3,974	6,803	2,438	626	1,812
Office and administrative support	418,919	10.7	71,192	347,727	83.0	340,381	81.3	49,888	290,493	78,538	21,304	57,234
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	74,020	1.9	68,011	6,009	8.1	69,830	94.3	65,021	4,809	4,190	2,990	1,200
Production, transportation, and material moving	18,931	0.5	15,487	3,444	18.2	15,307	80.9	12,806	2,501	3,624	2,681	943
Public 4-year	1,989,365	100.0	920,459	1,068,906	53.7	1,355,339	68.1	620,646	734,693	634,026	299,813	334,213
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	656,145	33.0	344,063	312,082	47.6	433,536	66.1	239,909	193,627	222,609	104,154	118,455
Instruction	584,457	29.4	304,784	279,673	47.9	373,597	63.9	206,593	167,004	210,860	98,191	112,669
Research	55,336	2.8	31,554	23,782	43.0	46,291	83.7	26,830	19,461	9,045	4,724	4,321
Public service	16,352	0.8	7,725	8,627	52.8	13,648	83.5	6,486	7,162	2,704	1,239	1,465
Graduate assistants	295,389	14.8	152,969	142,420	48.2	†	†	†	†	295,389	152,969	142,420
Librarians, curators, and archivists	18,398	0.9	5,635	12,763	69.4	16,930	92.0	5,239	11,691	1,468	396	1,072
Student and academic affairs and other education      services	70,271	3.5	22,123	48,148	68.5	54,078	77.0	16,116	37,962	16,193	6,007	10,186
Management	117,365	5.9	52,847	64,518	55.0	114,118	97.2	51,519	62,599	3,247	1,328	1,919
Business and financial operations	127,336	6.4	34,326	93,010	73.0	119,142	93.6	32,053	87,089	8,194	2,273	5,921
Computer, engineering, and science	146,272	7.4	87,978	58,294	39.9	134,479	91.9	83,025	51,454	11,793	4,953	6,840
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,      entertainment, sports, and media	87,325	4.4	37,050	50,275	57.6	75,997	87.0	32,228	43,769	11,328	4,822	6,506
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	73,360	3.7	22,425	50,935	69.4	62,780	85.6	19,890	42,890	10,580	2,535	8,045
Service occupations	128,520	6.5	70,508	58,012	45.1	111,574	86.8	61,955	49,619	16,946	8,553	8,393
Sales and related occupations	2,913	0.1	1,044	1,869	64.2	2,243	77.0	878	1,365	670	166	504
Office and administrative support	204,891	10.3	34,236	170,655	83.3	173,440	84.6	25,582	147,858	31,451	8,654	22,797
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	48,460	2.4	44,749	3,711	7.7	46,063	95.1	43,012	3,051	2,397	1,737	660
Production, transportation, and material moving	12,720	0.6	10,506	2,214	17.4	10,959	86.2	9,240	1,719	1,761	1,266	495
Public 2-year	577,387	100.0	245,498	331,889	57.5	279,781	48.5	113,413	166,368	297,606	132,085	165,521
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	316,544	54.8	144,894	171,650	54.2	102,936	32.5	46,247	56,689	213,608	98,647	114,961
Instruction	313,034	54.2	143,542	169,492	54.1	102,338	32.7	46,051	56,287	210,696	97,491	113,205
Research	111	#	45	66	59.5	101	91.0	42	59	10	3	7
Public service	3,399	0.6	1,307	2,092	61.5	497	14.6	154	343	2,902	1,153	1,749
Graduate assistants	15	#	9	6	40.0	†	†	†	†	15	9	6
Librarians, curators, and archivists	5,210	0.9	1,172	4,038	77.5	3,543	68.0	820	2,723	1,667	352	1,315
Student and academic affairs and other education      services	49,998	8.7	17,661	32,337	64.7	21,334	42.7	6,346	14,988	28,664	11,315	17,349
Management	31,682	5.5	12,957	18,725	59.1	30,580	96.5	12,536	18,044	1,102	421	681
Business and financial operations	16,787	2.9	4,296	12,491	74.4	15,016	89.5	3,775	11,241	1,771	521	1,250
Computer, engineering, and science	15,752	2.7	10,569	5,183	32.9	13,268	84.2	9,090	4,178	2,484	1,479	1,005
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,      entertainment, sports, and media	23,518	4.1	8,959	14,559	61.9	16,013	68.1	5,739	10,274	7,505	3,220	4,285
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	1,577	0.3	534	1,043	66.1	767	48.6	311	456	810	223	587
Service occupations	33,051	5.7	22,957	10,094	30.5	22,905	69.3	16,554	6,351	10,146	6,403	3,743
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	74,024	12.8	14,459	59,565	80.5	46,365	62.6	6,120	40,245	27,659	8,339	19,320
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	6,056	1.0	5,504	552	9.1	5,335	88.1	4,963	372	721	541	180
Production, transportation, and material moving	1,326	0.2	1,046	280	21.1	746	56.3	623	123	580	423	157
Private nonprofit 4-year	1,201,850	100.0	549,006	652,844	54.3	825,076	68.7	370,324	454,752	376,774	178,682	198,092
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	483,218	40.2	251,639	231,579	47.9	267,010	55.3	147,022	119,988	216,208	104,617	111,591
Instruction	439,332	36.6	226,272	213,060	48.5	230,215	52.4	125,486	104,729	209,117	100,786	108,331
Research	34,581	2.9	20,402	14,179	41.0	29,496	85.3	17,547	11,949	5,085	2,855	2,230
Public service	9,305	0.8	4,965	4,340	46.6	7,299	78.4	3,989	3,310	2,006	976	1,030
Graduate assistants	81,226	6.8	42,864	38,362	47.2	†	†	†	†	81,226	42,864	38,362
Librarians, curators, and archivists	16,756	1.4	5,272	11,484	68.5	14,259	85.1	4,522	9,737	2,497	750	1,747
Student and academic affairs and other education      services	49,316	4.1	15,036	34,280	69.5	37,038	75.1	10,797	26,241	12,278	4,239	8,039
Management	99,288	8.3	42,790	56,498	56.9	97,044	97.7	41,944	55,100	2,244	846	1,398
Business and financial operations	64,805	5.4	17,845	46,960	72.5	62,062	95.8	17,216	44,846	2,743	629	2,114
Computer, engineering, and science	71,592	6.0	42,483	29,109	40.7	66,996	93.6	40,471	26,525	4,596	2,012	2,584
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,      entertainment, sports, and media	67,015	5.6	33,801	33,214	49.6	51,978	77.6	25,476	26,502	15,037	8,325	6,712
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	34,875	2.9	9,976	24,899	71.4	27,789	79.7	7,757	20,032	7,086	2,219	4,867
Service occupations	77,361	6.4	44,887	32,474	42.0	65,210	84.3	38,480	26,730	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	128,942	10.7	20,009	108,933	84.5	111,082	86.1	16,006	95,076	17,860	4,003	13,857
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	18,881	1.6	17,254	1,627	8.6	17,914	94.9	16,622	1,292	967	632	335
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	†	†	†	†	†	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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

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 2019.)