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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 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.)

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