Table 314.45.

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	3,916,658	2,565,297	987,444	27.8	375,157	289,191	246,605	8,165	20,164	48,162	163,992	199,925
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	1,545,653	1,087,070	325,527	23.0	106,995	77,268	116,515	2,881	7,067	14,801	76,975	56,081
Instruction	1,426,410	1,025,428	299,019	22.6	102,641	72,362	100,933	2,760	6,714	13,609	71,890	30,073
Research	90,134	41,210	19,449	32.1	2,134	3,404	12,744	79	201	887	4,180	25,295
Public service	29,109	20,432	7,059	25.7	2,220	1,502	2,838	42	152	305	905	713
Graduate assistants	377,049	170,596	70,941	29.4	15,717	20,800	25,516	657	946	7,305	20,576	114,936
Librarians, curators, and archivists	41,490	31,795	8,205	20.5	3,024	2,275	2,046	63	258	539	1,183	307
Student and academic affairs and other education      services	182,433	119,648	53,833	31.0	23,415	17,608	7,876	648	1,469	2,817	6,771	2,181
Management	259,665	194,984	57,105	22.7	26,501	15,842	10,314	478	1,252	2,718	6,363	1,213
Business and financial operations	214,484	144,472	61,465	29.8	23,707	18,899	14,342	448	1,096	2,973	6,923	1,624
Computer, engineering, and science	235,852	153,842	61,174	28.5	14,932	16,027	25,679	394	1,057	3,085	7,643	13,193
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,      entertainment, sports, and media	183,553	129,588	45,335	25.9	21,062	14,217	5,632	572	1,028	2,824	7,327	1,303
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	110,124	69,214	32,097	31.7	11,361	7,904	11,081	153	403	1,195	5,603	3,210
Service occupations	241,270	127,107	103,084	44.8	52,470	36,848	8,541	681	1,923	2,621	8,933	2,146
Sales and related occupations	13,215	7,926	4,754	37.5	2,330	1,561	463	53	93	254	495	40
Office and administrative support	418,919	263,180	140,374	34.8	62,937	50,899	16,658	946	2,743	6,191	12,067	3,298
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	74,020	53,749	17,523	24.6	7,656	6,995	1,422	149	653	648	2,420	328
Production, transportation, and material moving	18,931	12,126	6,027	33.2	3,050	2,048	520	42	176	191	713	65
Males	1,774,403	1,166,685	410,594	26.0	140,488	120,901	117,687	3,543	8,685	19,290	77,359	119,765
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	778,873	551,052	155,163	22.0	42,373	37,967	63,774	1,192	3,386	6,471	37,848	34,810
Instruction	712,806	518,265	141,656	21.5	40,657	35,642	55,044	1,134	3,251	5,928	35,175	17,710
Research	52,040	22,850	10,273	31.0	876	1,613	7,268	34	80	402	2,224	16,693
Public service	14,027	9,937	3,234	24.6	840	712	1,462	24	55	141	449	407
Graduate assistants	196,014	82,734	32,922	28.5	6,135	9,539	13,193	390	398	3,267	10,494	69,864
Librarians, curators, and archivists	12,358	9,641	2,225	18.8	716	773	514	18	58	146	369	123
Student and academic affairs and other education      services	58,648	38,480	16,818	30.4	6,933	5,827	2,516	231	476	835	2,376	974
Management	113,388	87,751	22,168	20.2	9,629	6,222	4,492	254	527	1,044	2,879	590
Business and financial operations	58,069	40,479	14,916	26.9	5,257	4,925	3,567	124	285	758	2,109	565
Computer, engineering, and science	142,736	96,526	33,603	25.8	8,041	9,606	13,221	266	629	1,840	4,628	7,979
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,      entertainment, sports, and media	82,102	59,189	18,734	24.0	9,500	5,475	1,992	266	442	1,059	3,567	612
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	33,050	19,582	9,575	32.8	2,600	2,267	4,190	53	125	340	2,217	1,676
Service occupations	139,875	77,649	56,004	41.9	28,991	19,458	4,582	388	1,143	1,442	5,189	1,033
Sales and related occupations	4,600	2,761	1,645	37.3	784	583	155	17	30	76	180	14
Office and administrative support	71,192	40,684	26,517	39.5	10,608	10,170	3,803	179	449	1,308	2,737	1,254
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	68,011	50,027	15,572	23.7	6,639	6,384	1,249	136	597	567	2,196	216
Production, transportation, and material moving	15,487	10,130	4,732	31.8	2,282	1,705	439	29	140	137	570	55
Females	2,142,255	1,398,612	576,850	29.2	234,669	168,290	128,918	4,622	11,479	28,872	86,633	80,160
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	766,780	536,018	170,364	24.1	64,622	39,301	52,741	1,689	3,681	8,330	39,127	21,271
Instruction	713,604	507,163	157,363	23.7	61,984	36,720	45,889	1,626	3,463	7,681	36,715	12,363
Research	38,094	18,360	9,176	33.3	1,258	1,791	5,476	45	121	485	1,956	8,602
Public service	15,082	10,495	3,825	26.7	1,380	790	1,376	18	97	164	456	306
Graduate assistants	181,035	87,862	38,019	30.2	9,582	11,261	12,323	267	548	4,038	10,082	45,072
Librarians, curators, and archivists	29,132	22,154	5,980	21.3	2,308	1,502	1,532	45	200	393	814	184
Student and academic affairs and other education      services	123,785	81,168	37,015	31.3	16,482	11,781	5,360	417	993	1,982	4,395	1,207
Management	146,277	107,233	34,937	24.6	16,872	9,620	5,822	224	725	1,674	3,484	623
Business and financial operations	156,415	103,993	46,549	30.9	18,450	13,974	10,775	324	811	2,215	4,814	1,059
Computer, engineering, and science	93,116	57,316	27,571	32.5	6,891	6,421	12,458	128	428	1,245	3,015	5,214
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,      entertainment, sports, and media	101,451	70,399	26,601	27.4	11,562	8,742	3,640	306	586	1,765	3,760	691
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	77,074	49,632	22,522	31.2	8,761	5,637	6,891	100	278	855	3,386	1,534
Service occupations	101,395	49,458	47,080	48.8	23,479	17,390	3,959	293	780	1,179	3,744	1,113
Sales and related occupations	8,615	5,165	3,109	37.6	1,546	978	308	36	63	178	315	26
Office and administrative support	347,727	222,496	113,857	33.9	52,329	40,729	12,855	767	2,294	4,883	9,330	2,044
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	6,009	3,722	1,951	34.4	1,017	611	173	13	56	81	224	112
Production, transportation, and material moving	3,444	1,996	1,295	39.3	768	343	81	13	36	54	143	10
Full-time	2,531,496	1,699,842	687,527	28.8	263,040	202,436	173,358	5,136	13,900	29,657	75,651	68,476
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	822,513	574,364	179,251	23.8	45,461	39,190	82,316	1,200	3,477	7,607	23,467	45,431
Instruction	725,082	525,094	157,179	23.0	42,282	35,192	68,726	1,113	3,219	6,647	19,553	23,256
Research	75,975	34,170	16,872	33.1	1,844	2,855	11,238	60	149	726	3,355	21,578
Public service	21,456	15,100	5,200	25.6	1,335	1,143	2,352	27	109	234	559	597
Graduate assistants	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Librarians, curators, and archivists	35,476	27,281	7,037	20.5	2,549	1,966	1,790	44	207	481	897	261
Student and academic affairs and other education      services	124,076	81,783	37,225	31.3	16,551	11,739	5,332	469	1,085	2,049	3,847	1,221
Management	252,885	189,798	55,846	22.7	25,955	15,529	10,017	464	1,227	2,654	6,073	1,168
Business and financial operations	201,517	134,923	58,821	30.4	22,811	18,070	13,658	420	1,042	2,820	6,297	1,476
Computer, engineering, and science	216,868	142,016	56,034	28.3	13,584	14,405	23,893	362	967	2,823	6,772	12,046
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,      entertainment, sports, and media	149,133	105,156	37,993	26.5	17,615	11,947	4,779	481	838	2,333	4,956	1,028
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	91,521	56,773	27,539	32.7	9,867	6,942	9,220	136	347	1,027	4,830	2,379
Service occupations	201,212	103,733	89,223	46.2	45,083	32,402	7,463	571	1,613	2,091	6,557	1,699
Sales and related occupations	10,777	6,306	4,092	39.4	2,056	1,370	348	47	76	195	358	21
Office and administrative support	340,381	216,834	112,875	34.2	51,893	40,302	12,755	777	2,285	4,863	9,184	1,488
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	69,830	51,087	16,560	24.5	7,205	6,723	1,329	134	595	574	1,982	201
Production, transportation, and material moving	15,307	9,788	5,031	33.9	2,410	1,851	458	31	141	140	431	57
Part-time	1,385,162	865,455	299,917	25.7	112,117	86,755	73,247	3,029	6,264	18,505	88,341	131,449
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	723,140	512,706	146,276	22.2	61,534	38,078	34,199	1,681	3,590	7,194	53,508	10,650
Instruction	701,328	500,334	141,840	22.1	60,359	37,170	32,207	1,647	3,495	6,962	52,337	6,817
Research	14,159	7,040	2,577	26.8	290	549	1,506	19	52	161	825	3,717
Public service	7,653	5,332	1,859	25.9	885	359	486	15	43	71	346	116
Graduate assistants	377,049	170,596	70,941	29.4	15,717	20,800	25,516	657	946	7,305	20,576	114,936
Librarians, curators, and archivists	6,014	4,514	1,168	20.6	475	309	256	19	51	58	286	46
Student and academic affairs and other education      services	58,357	37,865	16,608	30.5	6,864	5,869	2,544	179	384	768	2,924	960
Management	6,780	5,186	1,259	19.5	546	313	297	14	25	64	290	45
Business and financial operations	12,967	9,549	2,644	21.7	896	829	684	28	54	153	626	148
Computer, engineering, and science	18,984	11,826	5,140	30.3	1,348	1,622	1,786	32	90	262	871	1,147
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,      entertainment, sports, and media	34,420	24,432	7,342	23.1	3,447	2,270	853	91	190	491	2,371	275
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	18,603	12,441	4,558	26.8	1,494	962	1,861	17	56	168	773	831
Service occupations	40,058	23,374	13,861	37.2	7,387	4,446	1,078	110	310	530	2,376	447
Sales and related occupations	2,438	1,620	662	29.0	274	191	115	6	17	59	137	19
Office and administrative support	78,538	46,346	27,499	37.2	11,044	10,597	3,903	169	458	1,328	2,883	1,810
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	4,190	2,662	963	26.6	451	272	93	15	58	74	438	127
Production, transportation, and material moving	3,624	2,338	996	29.9	640	197	62	11	35	51	282	8
Public 4-year	1,989,365	1,269,251	501,249	28.3	177,670	147,181	137,769	3,581	10,607	24,441	76,083	142,782
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	656,145	452,153	141,138	23.8	36,697	33,021	61,404	1,071	3,034	5,911	27,643	35,211
Instruction	584,457	413,457	127,005	23.5	34,616	30,230	53,081	991	2,803	5,284	24,090	19,905
Research	55,336	26,368	11,164	29.7	1,166	2,125	7,180	58	148	487	2,958	14,846
Public service	16,352	12,328	2,969	19.4	915	666	1,143	22	83	140	595	460
Graduate assistants	295,389	135,778	54,416	28.6	12,169	16,641	18,829	458	804	5,515	14,950	90,245
Librarians, curators, and archivists	18,398	13,989	3,793	21.3	1,297	1,140	911	21	145	279	472	144
Student and academic affairs and other education      services	70,271	46,110	20,580	30.9	8,471	6,871	3,279	258	646	1,055	2,457	1,124
Management	117,365	88,364	26,001	22.7	12,230	7,008	4,740	206	655	1,162	2,355	645
Business and financial operations	127,336	85,866	36,717	30.0	13,561	11,411	9,087	253	713	1,692	3,809	944
Computer, engineering, and science	146,272	97,247	35,457	26.7	7,964	9,444	15,329	214	637	1,869	4,663	8,905
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,      entertainment, sports, and media	87,325	60,539	22,910	27.5	10,396	7,462	2,915	242	538	1,357	3,187	689
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	73,360	46,757	20,563	30.5	7,658	4,719	7,030	80	310	766	4,336	1,704
Service occupations	128,520	66,260	56,270	45.9	29,008	19,262	5,203	294	1,086	1,417	4,832	1,158
Sales and related occupations	2,913	1,939	847	30.4	344	302	115	12	27	47	118	9
Office and administrative support	204,891	130,601	67,414	34.0	31,108	24,117	7,595	359	1,441	2,794	5,120	1,756
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	48,460	35,589	11,042	23.7	4,808	4,281	956	91	453	453	1,633	196
Production, transportation, and material moving	12,720	8,059	4,101	33.7	1,959	1,502	376	22	118	124	508	52
Public 2-year	577,387	400,701	152,906	27.6	65,628	52,504	22,853	1,506	4,631	5,784	19,828	3,952
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	316,544	236,217	65,068	21.6	27,271	19,608	12,957	671	1,985	2,576	13,229	2,030
Instruction	313,034	233,956	64,012	21.5	26,594	19,416	12,856	668	1,935	2,543	13,120	1,946
Research	111	76	31	29.0	7	10	10	0	3	1	3	1
Public service	3,399	2,185	1,025	31.9	670	182	91	3	47	32	106	83
Graduate assistants	15	10	5	33.3	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0
Librarians, curators, and archivists	5,210	3,899	1,178	23.2	488	373	215	19	53	30	112	21
Student and academic affairs and other education      services	49,998	31,947	16,313	33.8	7,007	5,918	1,988	179	560	661	1,478	260
Management	31,682	22,812	8,124	26.3	4,284	2,448	789	57	275	271	663	83
Business and financial operations	16,787	10,614	5,712	35.0	2,550	1,995	794	42	146	185	364	97
Computer, engineering, and science	15,752	10,593	4,672	30.6	1,502	1,679	1,117	38	128	208	352	135
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,      entertainment, sports, and media	23,518	15,047	7,580	33.5	3,728	2,549	653	122	228	300	789	102
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	1,577	1,220	262	17.7	109	74	41	6	15	17	92	3
Service occupations	33,051	18,033	13,729	43.2	6,732	5,305	843	106	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	74,024	43,739	27,820	38.9	10,901	11,627	3,247	245	687	1,113	1,618	847
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	6,056	4,271	1,642	27.8	708	657	120	12	90	55	126	17
Production, transportation, and material moving	1,326	880	400	31.3	187	134	35	5	25	14	46	0
Private nonprofit 4-year	1,201,850	806,452	285,090	26.1	108,530	75,886	79,321	2,529	4,031	14,793	57,367	52,941
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	483,218	343,107	93,209	21.4	29,024	18,947	38,181	857	1,521	4,679	28,157	18,745
Instruction	439,332	322,512	81,954	20.3	27,444	17,037	31,044	819	1,460	4,150	26,737	8,129
Research	34,581	14,711	8,206	35.8	949	1,257	5,536	21	45	398	1,218	10,446
Public service	9,305	5,884	3,049	34.1	631	653	1,601	17	16	131	202	170
Graduate assistants	81,226	34,570	16,412	32.2	3,505	4,130	6,665	197	141	1,774	5,575	24,669
Librarians, curators, and archivists	16,756	13,121	2,940	18.3	1,124	668	874	19	54	201	554	141
Student and academic affairs and other education      services	49,316	34,711	11,836	25.4	5,615	3,068	2,051	145	194	763	1,981	788
Management	99,288	75,970	19,939	20.8	8,686	5,411	4,314	164	276	1,088	2,905	474
Business and financial operations	64,805	44,595	17,113	27.7	6,934	4,823	4,083	132	195	946	2,523	574
Computer, engineering, and science	71,592	44,630	20,322	31.3	5,298	4,654	9,009	136	270	955	2,552	4,088
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,      entertainment, sports, and media	67,015	50,671	12,789	20.2	6,010	3,521	1,891	185	230	952	3,045	510
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	34,875	21,044	11,186	34.7	3,557	3,102	3,977	66	75	409	1,144	1,501
Service occupations	77,361	41,746	31,923	43.3	16,270	11,736	2,428	269	403	817	3,059	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	128,942	83,045	40,343	32.7	19,106	13,182	5,283	283	532	1,957	4,886	668
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	18,881	13,620	4,516	24.9	2,081	1,822	340	44	98	131	630	115
Production, transportation, and material moving	4,677	3,087	1,426	31.6	877	376	88	12	31	42	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. 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.)