Table 314.30.

Employees in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by employment status, sex, control and level of institution, and primary occupation: Fall 2020

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	3,811,104	100.0	1,695,000	2,116,104	55.5	2,544,429	66.8	1,120,823	1,423,606	1,266,675	574,177	692,498
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	1,489,415	39.1	734,605	754,810	50.7	836,597	56.2	438,817	397,780	652,818	295,788	357,030
Instruction	1,363,254	35.8	666,208	697,046	51.1	728,407	53.4	379,173	349,234	634,847	287,035	347,812
Research	95,021	2.5	53,446	41,575	43.8	83,778	88.2	47,710	36,068	11,243	5,736	5,507
Public service	31,140	0.8	14,951	16,189	52.0	24,412	78.4	11,934	12,478	6,728	3,017	3,711
Graduate assistants	377,459	9.9	188,950	188,509	49.9	†	†	†	†	377,459	188,950	188,509
Librarians, curators, and archivists	38,510	1.0	11,432	27,078	70.3	33,402	86.7	10,150	23,252	5,108	1,282	3,826
Student and academic affairs and other education     services	174,314	4.6	54,167	120,147	68.9	123,732	71.0	35,325	88,407	50,582	18,842	31,740
Management	263,786	6.9	112,001	151,785	57.5	257,423	97.6	109,485	147,938	6,363	2,516	3,847
Business and financial operations	228,241	6.0	61,752	166,489	72.9	216,350	94.8	58,517	157,833	11,891	3,235	8,656
Computer, engineering, and science	239,356	6.3	142,355	97,001	40.5	222,265	92.9	134,910	87,355	17,091	7,445	9,646
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,     entertainment, sports, and media	187,246	4.9	81,424	105,822	56.5	157,319	84.0	67,119	90,200	29,927	14,305	15,622
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	115,654	3.0	33,660	81,994	70.9	98,988	85.6	29,433	69,555	16,666	4,227	12,439
Service occupations	224,901	5.9	128,494	96,407	42.9	194,285	86.4	111,981	82,304	30,616	16,513	14,103
Sales and related occupations	10,568	0.3	3,626	6,942	65.7	8,920	84.4	3,117	5,803	1,648	509	1,139
Office and administrative support	375,059	9.8	64,588	310,471	82.8	314,786	83.9	48,562	266,224	60,273	16,026	44,247
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	69,302	1.8	63,774	5,528	8.0	65,837	95.0	61,279	4,558	3,465	2,495	970
Production, transportation, and material moving	17,293	0.5	14,172	3,121	18.0	14,525	84.0	12,128	2,397	2,768	2,044	724
Public 4-year	2,021,508	100.0	914,683	1,106,825	54.8	1,404,750	69.5	631,164	773,586	616,758	283,519	333,239
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	675,165	33.4	345,050	330,115	48.9	454,452	67.3	244,770	209,682	220,713	100,280	120,433
Instruction	599,192	29.6	303,967	295,225	49.3	389,298	65.0	209,071	180,227	209,894	94,896	114,998
Research	59,270	2.9	33,245	26,025	43.9	50,813	85.7	28,947	21,866	8,457	4,298	4,159
Public service	16,703	0.8	7,838	8,865	53.1	14,341	85.9	6,752	7,589	2,362	1,086	1,276
Graduate assistants	294,031	14.5	146,937	147,094	50.0	†	†	†	†	294,031	146,937	147,094
Librarians, curators, and archivists	18,099	0.9	5,538	12,561	69.4	16,598	91.7	5,127	11,471	1,501	411	1,090
Student and academic affairs and other education     services	73,692	3.6	22,191	51,501	69.9	56,460	76.6	16,012	40,448	17,232	6,179	11,053
Management	126,917	6.3	55,219	71,698	56.5	123,799	97.5	53,990	69,809	3,118	1,229	1,889
Business and financial operations	138,730	6.9	38,011	100,719	72.6	131,300	94.6	35,993	95,307	7,430	2,018	5,412
Computer, engineering, and science	149,639	7.4	88,825	60,814	40.6	138,927	92.8	84,405	54,522	10,712	4,420	6,292
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,     entertainment, sports, and media	92,594	4.6	37,814	54,780	59.2	82,196	88.8	33,561	48,635	10,398	4,253	6,145
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	77,509	3.8	23,127	54,382	70.2	68,315	88.1	21,126	47,189	9,194	2,001	7,193
Service occupations	122,058	6.0	65,747	56,311	46.1	109,671	89.9	59,817	49,854	12,387	5,930	6,457
Sales and related occupations	2,423	0.1	810	1,613	66.6	1,921	79.3	656	1,265	502	154	348
Office and administrative support	193,172	9.6	33,279	159,893	82.8	166,941	86.4	25,997	140,944	26,231	7,282	18,949
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	45,781	2.3	42,425	3,356	7.3	43,796	95.7	40,959	2,837	1,985	1,466	519
Production, transportation, and material moving	11,698	0.6	9,710	1,988	17.0	10,374	88.7	8,751	1,623	1,324	959	365
Public 2-year	488,893	100.0	205,801	283,092	57.9	254,856	52.1	102,936	151,920	234,037	102,865	131,172
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	266,202	54.4	119,999	146,203	54.9	93,117	35.0	41,464	51,653	173,085	78,535	94,550
Instruction	263,661	53.9	119,001	144,660	54.9	92,640	35.1	41,326	51,314	171,021	77,675	93,346
Research	153	#	50	103	67.3	138	90.2	45	93	15	5	10
Public service	2,388	0.5	948	1,440	60.3	339	14.2	93	246	2,049	855	1,194
Graduate assistants	16	#	12	4	25.0	†	†	†	†	16	12	4
Librarians, curators, and archivists	4,586	0.9	1,074	3,512	76.6	3,097	67.5	770	2,327	1,489	304	1,185
Student and academic affairs and other education     services	41,686	8.5	14,300	27,386	65.7	20,110	48.2	5,851	14,259	21,576	8,449	13,127
Management	30,179	6.2	12,146	18,033	59.8	29,280	97.0	11,798	17,482	899	348	551
Business and financial operations	16,286	3.3	4,208	12,078	74.2	14,620	89.8	3,647	10,973	1,666	561	1,105
Computer, engineering, and science	13,456	2.8	9,297	4,159	30.9	11,880	88.3	8,338	3,542	1,576	959	617
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,     entertainment, sports, and media	20,837	4.3	7,682	13,155	63.1	15,457	74.2	5,371	10,086	5,380	2,311	3,069
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	1,395	0.3	522	873	62.6	674	48.3	288	386	721	234	487
Service occupations	28,688	5.9	19,841	8,847	30.8	20,907	72.9	14,859	6,048	7,781	4,982	2,799
Sales and related occupations	1,309	0.3	346	963	73.6	854	65.2	229	625	455	117	338
Office and administrative support	58,015	11.9	10,856	47,159	81.3	39,479	68.0	5,430	34,049	18,536	5,426	13,110
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	5,187	1.1	4,683	504	9.7	4,686	90.3	4,324	362	501	359	142
Production, transportation, and material moving	1,051	0.2	835	216	20.6	695	66.1	567	128	356	268	88
Private nonprofit 4-year	1,186,384	100.0	530,594	655,790	55.3	826,805	69.7	364,991	461,814	359,579	165,603	193,976
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	479,131	40.4	241,799	237,332	49.5	272,063	56.8	145,360	126,703	207,068	96,439	110,629
Instruction	431,579	36.4	215,525	216,054	50.1	229,563	53.2	121,578	107,985	202,016	93,947	108,069
Research	35,547	3.0	20,128	15,419	43.4	32,787	92.2	18,699	14,088	2,760	1,429	1,331
Public service	12,005	1.0	6,146	5,859	48.8	9,713	80.9	5,083	4,630	2,292	1,063	1,229
Graduate assistants	83,103	7.0	41,914	41,189	49.6	†	†	†	†	83,103	41,914	41,189
Librarians, curators, and archivists	15,107	1.3	4,640	10,467	69.3	13,203	87.4	4,126	9,077	1,904	514	1,390
Student and academic affairs and other education     services	47,718	4.0	14,458	33,260	69.7	36,937	77.4	10,607	26,330	10,781	3,851	6,930
Management	97,488	8.2	40,899	56,589	58.0	95,314	97.8	40,027	55,287	2,174	872	1,302
Business and financial operations	69,336	5.8	18,480	50,856	73.3	66,742	96.3	17,874	48,868	2,594	606	1,988
Computer, engineering, and science	74,511	6.3	42,860	31,651	42.5	69,804	93.7	40,868	28,936	4,707	1,992	2,715
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,     entertainment, sports, and media	70,596	6.0	34,588	36,008	51.0	56,900	80.6	27,125	29,775	13,696	7,463	6,233
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	36,464	3.1	9,880	26,584	72.9	29,777	81.7	7,917	21,860	6,687	1,963	4,724
Service occupations	72,245	6.1	41,663	30,582	42.3	62,313	86.3	36,396	25,917	9,932	5,267	4,665
Sales and related occupations	3,110	0.3	1,095	2,015	64.8	2,542	81.7	900	1,642	568	195	373
Office and administrative support	115,368	9.7	18,588	96,780	83.9	100,964	87.5	15,475	85,489	14,404	3,113	11,291
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	17,803	1.5	16,212	1,591	8.9	16,893	94.9	15,590	1,303	910	622	288
Production, transportation, and material moving	4,404	0.4	3,518	886	20.1	3,353	76.1	2,726	627	1,051	792	259
Private nonprofit 2-year	6,872	100.0	2,500	4,372	63.6	4,872	70.9	1,692	3,180	2,000	808	1,192
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	2,988	43.5	1,198	1,790	59.9	1,400	46.9	538	862	1,588	660	928
Instruction	2,978	43.3	1,194	1,784	59.9	1,391	46.7	534	857	1,587	660	927
Research	8	0.1	3	5	62.5	7	87.5	3	4	1	0	1
Public service	2	#	1	1	50.0	2	100.0	1	1	0	0	0
Graduate assistants	0	0.0	0	0	†	†	†	†	†	0	0	0
Librarians, curators, and archivists	69	1.0	19	50	72.5	53	76.8	17	36	16	2	14
Student and academic affairs and other education     services	1,001	14.6	300	701	70.0	896	89.5	273	623	105	27	78
Management	695	10.1	310	385	55.4	673	96.8	297	376	22	13	9
Business and financial operations	206	3.0	45	161	78.2	185	89.8	37	148	21	8	13
Computer, engineering, and science	130	1.9	104	26	20.0	127	97.7	102	25	3	2	1
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,     entertainment, sports, and media	170	2.5	101	69	40.6	110	64.7	57	53	60	44	16
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	22	0.3	3	19	86.4	7	31.8	1	6	15	2	13
Service occupations	176	2.6	114	62	35.2	117	66.5	84	33	59	30	29
Sales and related occupations	224	3.3	76	148	66.1	221	98.7	75	146	3	1	2
Office and administrative support	1,144	16.6	190	954	83.4	1,047	91.5	181	866	97	9	88
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	43	0.6	37	6	14.0	36	83.7	30	6	7	7	0
Production, transportation, and material moving	4	0.1	3	1	25.0	0	#	0	0	4	3	1
Private for-profit 4-year	86,101	100.0	33,765	52,336	60.8	39,296	45.6	15,062	24,234	46,805	18,703	28,102
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	54,089	62.8	21,876	32,213	59.6	10,179	18.8	4,353	5,826	43,910	17,523	26,387
Instruction	54,046	62.8	21,858	32,188	59.6	10,157	18.8	4,343	5,814	43,889	17,515	26,374
Research	26	#	12	14	53.8	19	73.1	9	10	7	3	4
Public service	17	#	6	11	64.7	3	17.6	1	2	14	5	9
Graduate assistants	305	0.4	83	222	72.8	†	†	†	†	305	83	222
Librarians, curators, and archivists	531	0.6	134	397	74.8	371	69.9	93	278	160	41	119
Student and academic affairs and other education     services	8,258	9.6	2,466	5,792	70.1	7,596	92.0	2,190	5,406	662	276	386
Management	6,032	7.0	2,474	3,558	59.0	5,923	98.2	2,435	3,488	109	39	70
Business and financial operations	2,785	3.2	791	1,994	71.6	2,659	95.5	759	1,900	126	32	94
Computer, engineering, and science	1,445	1.7	1,110	335	23.2	1,373	95.0	1,055	318	72	55	17
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,     entertainment, sports, and media	2,817	3.3	1,192	1,625	57.7	2,437	86.5	960	1,477	380	232	148
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	241	0.3	116	125	51.9	209	86.7	101	108	32	15	17
Service occupations	1,425	1.7	933	492	34.5	1,099	77.1	716	383	326	217	109
Sales and related occupations	2,424	2.8	912	1,512	62.4	2,374	97.9	887	1,487	50	25	25
Office and administrative support	5,270	6.1	1,284	3,986	75.6	4,672	88.7	1,166	3,506	598	118	480
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	349	0.4	291	58	16.6	304	87.1	265	39	45	26	19
Production, transportation, and material moving	130	0.2	103	27	20.8	100	76.9	82	18	30	21	9
Private for-profit 2-year	21,346	100.0	7,657	13,689	64.1	13,850	64.9	4,978	8,872	7,496	2,679	4,817
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	11,840	55.5	4,683	7,157	60.4	5,386	45.5	2,332	3,054	6,454	2,351	4,103
Instruction	11,798	55.3	4,663	7,135	60.5	5,358	45.4	2,321	3,037	6,440	2,342	4,098
Research	17	0.1	8	9	52.9	14	82.4	7	7	3	1	2
Public service	25	0.1	12	13	52.0	14	56	4	10	11	8	3
Graduate assistants	4	#	4	0	0.0	†	†	†	†	4	4	0
Librarians, curators, and archivists	118	0.6	27	91	77.1	80	67.8	17	63	38	10	28
Student and academic affairs and other education     services	1,959	9.2	452	1,507	76.9	1,733	88.5	392	1,341	226	60	166
Management	2,475	11.6	953	1,522	61.5	2,434	98.3	938	1,496	41	15	26
Business and financial operations	898	4.2	217	681	75.8	844	94.0	207	637	54	10	44
Computer, engineering, and science	175	0.8	159	16	9.1	154	88.0	142	12	21	17	4
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,     entertainment, sports, and media	232	1.1	47	185	79.7	219	94.4	45	174	13	2	11
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	23	0.1	12	11	47.8	6	26.1	0	6	17	12	5
Service occupations	309	1.4	196	113	36.6	178	57.6	109	69	131	87	44
Sales and related occupations	1,078	5.1	387	691	64.1	1,008	93.5	370	638	70	17	53
Office and administrative support	2,090	9.8	391	1,699	81.3	1,683	80.5	313	1,370	407	78	329
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	139	0.7	126	13	9.4	122	87.8	111	11	17	15	2
Production, transportation, and material moving	6	#	3	3	50.0	3	50.0	2	1	3	1	2

†Not applicable.

#Rounds to zero.

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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 2021, Human Resources component. (This table was prepared February 2022.)