Table 314.30.

Employees in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by employment status, sex, control and level of institution, and primary occupation: Fall 2021

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 distribution		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	3,817,214	100.0	1,690,576	2,126,638	55.7	2,530,550	66.3	1,109,776	1,420,774	1,286,664	580,800	705,864
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	1,499,186	39.3	732,385	766,801	51.1	837,109	55.8	435,133	401,976	662,077	297,252	364,825
Instruction	1,370,213	35.9	663,359	706,854	51.6	725,090	52.9	374,151	350,939	645,123	289,208	355,915
Research	95,895	2.5	53,451	42,444	44.3	85,797	89.5	48,334	37,463	10,098	5,117	4,981
Public service	33,078	0.9	15,575	17,503	52.9	26,222	79.3	12,648	13,574	6,856	2,927	3,929
Graduate assistants	392,270	10.3	194,195	198,075	50.5	†	†	†	†	392,270	194,195	198,075
Librarians, curators, and archivists	37,304	1.0	11,213	26,091	69.9	32,259	86.5	9,832	22,427	5,045	1,381	3,664
Student and academic affairs and other education services	172,906	4.5	53,470	119,436	69.1	123,158	71.2	34,891	88,267	49,748	18,579	31,169
Management	266,041	7.0	111,686	154,355	58.0	259,927	97.7	109,198	150,729	6,114	2,488	3,626
Business and financial operations	227,757	6.0	61,773	165,984	72.9	216,609	95.1	58,747	157,862	11,148	3,026	8,122
Computer, engineering, and science	239,165	6.3	140,771	98,394	41.1	223,001	93.2	133,712	89,289	16,164	7,059	9,105
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	191,671	5.0	83,976	107,695	56.2	160,355	83.7	68,551	91,804	31,316	15,425	15,891
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	115,214	3.0	33,332	81,882	71.1	98,468	85.5	29,123	69,345	16,746	4,209	12,537
Service occupations	218,124	5.7	123,802	94,322	43.2	188,825	86.6	107,998	80,827	29,299	15,804	13,495
Sales and related occupations	10,434	0.3	3,560	6,874	65.9	8,778	84.1	3,015	5,763	1,656	545	1,111
Office and administrative support	363,221	9.5	65,043	298,178	82.1	304,186	83.7	48,526	255,660	59,035	16,517	42,518
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	66,976	1.8	61,466	5,510	8.2	63,642	95.0	59,163	4,479	3,334	2,303	1,031
Production, transportation, and material moving	16,945	0.4	13,904	3,041	17.9	14,233	84.0	11,887	2,346	2,712	2,017	695
Public 4-year	2,032,313	100.0	915,954	1,116,359	54.9	1,395,184	68.7	624,153	771,031	637,129	291,801	345,328
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	685,674	33.7	346,439	339,235	49.5	455,917	66.5	243,099	212,818	229,757	103,340	126,417
Instruction	608,214	29.9	305,012	303,202	49.9	388,460	63.9	206,572	181,888	219,754	98,440	121,314
Research	59,643	2.9	33,210	26,433	44.3	52,203	87.5	29,449	22,754	7,440	3,761	3,679
Public service	17,817	0.9	8,217	9,600	53.9	15,254	85.6	7,078	8,176	2,563	1,139	1,424
Graduate assistants	306,141	15.1	151,678	154,463	50.5	†	†	†	†	306,141	151,678	154,463
Librarians, curators, and archivists	17,344	0.9	5,346	11,998	69.2	15,881	91.6	4,926	10,955	1,463	420	1,043
Student and academic affairs and other education services	73,506	3.6	22,186	51,320	69.8	57,016	77.6	16,207	40,809	16,490	5,979	10,511
Management	127,033	6.3	54,708	72,325	56.9	124,156	97.7	53,525	70,631	2,877	1,183	1,694
Business and financial operations	137,688	6.8	37,858	99,830	72.5	130,909	95.1	35,972	94,937	6,779	1,886	4,893
Computer, engineering, and science	149,589	7.4	87,774	61,815	41.3	139,354	93.2	83,547	55,807	10,235	4,227	6,008
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	94,968	4.7	38,900	56,068	59.0	83,883	88.3	34,109	49,774	11,085	4,791	6,294
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	77,229	3.8	22,892	54,337	70.4	67,913	87.9	20,903	47,010	9,316	1,989	7,327
Service occupations	119,597	5.9	63,809	55,788	46.6	106,991	89.5	57,831	49,160	12,606	5,978	6,628
Sales and related occupations	2,364	0.1	807	1,557	65.9	1,756	74.3	596	1,160	608	211	397
Office and administrative support	185,758	9.1	33,517	152,241	82.0	159,072	85.6	25,604	133,468	26,686	7,913	18,773
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	44,071	2.2	40,625	3,446	7.8	42,243	95.9	39,341	2,902	1,828	1,284	544
Production, transportation, and material moving	11,351	0.6	9,415	1,936	17.1	10,093	88.9	8,493	1,600	1,258	922	336
Public 2-year	476,421	100.0	200,572	275,849	57.9	248,769	52.2	100,555	148,214	227,652	100,017	127,635
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	259,251	54.4	116,515	142,736	55.1	90,395	34.9	40,164	50,231	168,856	76,351	92,505
Instruction	256,592	53.9	115,476	141,116	55.0	89,879	35.0	39,996	49,883	166,713	75,480	91,233
Research	168	#	65	103	61.3	153	91.1	59	94	15	6	9
Public service	2,491	0.5	974	1,517	60.9	363	14.6	109	254	2,128	865	1,263
Graduate assistants	16	#	12	4	25.0	†	†	†	†	16	12	4
Librarians, curators, and archivists	4,523	0.9	1,089	3,434	75.9	3,039	67.2	772	2,267	1,484	317	1,167
Student and academic affairs and other education services	40,949	8.6	14,068	26,881	65.6	19,873	48.5	5,772	14,101	21,076	8,296	12,780
Management	30,298	6.4	12,043	18,255	60.3	29,400	97.0	11,694	17,706	898	349	549
Business and financial operations	16,093	3.4	4,137	11,956	74.3	14,518	90.2	3,686	10,832	1,575	451	1,124
Computer, engineering, and science	13,236	2.8	9,167	4,069	30.7	11,672	88.2	8,214	3,458	1,564	953	611
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	21,149	4.4	7,911	13,238	62.6	15,645	74.0	5,465	10,180	5,504	2,446	3,058
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	1,370	0.3	532	838	61.2	622	45.4	252	370	748	280	468
Service occupations	27,308	5.7	18,856	8,452	31.0	20,135	73.7	14,251	5,884	7,173	4,605	2,568
Sales and related occupations	1,222	0.3	350	872	71.4	777	63.6	225	552	445	125	320
Office and administrative support	54,867	11.5	10,442	44,425	81.0	37,554	68.4	5,327	32,227	17,313	5,115	12,198
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	5,020	1.1	4,565	455	9.1	4,451	88.7	4,167	284	569	398	171
Production, transportation, and material moving	1,119	0.2	885	234	20.9	688	61.5	566	122	431	319	112
Private nonprofit 4-year	1,195,057	100.0	531,521	663,536	55.5	828,126	69.3	363,735	464,391	366,931	167,786	199,145
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	486,193	40.7	242,593	243,600	50.1	273,266	56.2	144,523	128,743	212,927	98,070	114,857
Instruction	437,418	36.6	216,067	221,351	50.6	229,278	52.4	120,261	109,017	208,140	95,806	112,334
Research	36,037	3.0	20,156	15,881	44.1	33,400	92.7	18,808	14,592	2,637	1,348	1,289
Public service	12,738	1.1	6,370	6,368	50.0	10,588	83.1	5,454	5,134	2,150	916	1,234
Graduate assistants	85,802	7.2	42,428	43,374	50.6	†	†	†	†	85,802	42,428	43,374
Librarians, curators, and archivists	14,767	1.2	4,595	10,172	68.9	12,858	87.1	3,997	8,861	1,909	598	1,311
Student and academic affairs and other education services	47,460	4.0	14,225	33,235	70.0	36,416	76.7	10,319	26,097	11,044	3,906	7,138
Management	99,295	8.3	41,240	58,055	58.5	97,112	97.8	40,351	56,761	2,183	889	1,294
Business and financial operations	69,810	5.8	18,667	51,143	73.3	67,188	96.2	18,016	49,172	2,622	651	1,971
Computer, engineering, and science	74,595	6.2	42,483	32,112	43.0	70,313	94.3	40,669	29,644	4,282	1,814	2,468
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	72,449	6.1	35,842	36,607	50.5	58,123	80.2	27,913	30,210	14,326	7,929	6,397
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	36,448	3.0	9,847	26,601	73.0	29,828	81.8	7,930	21,898	6,620	1,917	4,703
Service occupations	69,393	5.8	39,964	29,429	42.4	60,389	87.0	35,095	25,294	9,004	4,869	4,135
Sales and related occupations	2,845	0.2	1,016	1,829	64.3	2,332	82.0	841	1,491	513	175	338
Office and administrative support	114,300	9.6	19,301	94,999	83.1	100,464	87.9	16,087	84,377	13,836	3,214	10,622
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	17,365	1.5	15,827	1,538	8.9	16,488	94.9	15,251	1,237	877	576	301
Production, transportation, and material moving	4,335	0.4	3,493	842	19.4	3,349	77.3	2,743	606	986	750	236
Private nonprofit 2-year	6,293	100.0	2,117	4,176	66.4	4,503	71.6	1,493	3,010	1,790	624	1,166
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	2,668	42.4	981	1,687	63.2	1,325	49.7	507	818	1,343	474	869
Instruction	2,659	42.3	977	1,682	63.3	1,316	49.5	503	813	1,343	474	869
Research	7	0.1	2	5	71.4	7	100.0	2	5	0	0	0
Public service	2	#	2	0	0	2	100.0	2	0	0	0	0
Graduate assistants	0	0	0	0	†	†	†	†	†	0	0	0
Librarians, curators, and archivists	75	1.2	20	55	73.3	57	76.0	16	41	18	4	14
Student and academic affairs and other education services	921	14.6	244	677	73.5	760	82.5	205	555	161	39	122
Management	736	11.7	291	445	60.5	718	97.6	281	437	18	10	8
Business and financial operations	232	3.7	56	176	75.9	203	87.5	52	151	29	4	25
Computer, engineering, and science	108	1.7	82	26	24.1	104	96.3	78	26	4	4	0
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	148	2.4	90	58	39.2	110	74.3	64	46	38	26	12
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	23	0.4	3	20	87.0	8	34.8	1	7	15	2	13
Service occupations	187	3.0	125	62	33.2	116	62.0	83	33	71	42	29
Sales and related occupations	472	7.5	102	370	78.4	471	99.8	102	369	1	0	1
Office and administrative support	678	10.8	88	590	87.0	597	88.1	78	519	81	10	71
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	38	0.6	30	8	21.1	34	89.5	26	8	4	4	0
Production, transportation, and material moving	7	0.1	5	2	28.6	0	0	0	0	7	5	2
Private for-profit 4-year	84,698	100.0	32,527	52,171	61.6	39,111	46.2	14,606	24,505	45,587	17,921	27,666
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	53,184	62.8	21,065	32,119	60.4	10,465	19.7	4,338	6,127	42,719	16,727	25,992
Instruction	53,141	62.7	21,048	32,093	60.4	10,441	19.6	4,328	6,113	42,700	16,720	25,980
Research	24	#	11	13	54.2	18	75.0	9	9	6	2	4
Public service	19	#	6	13	68.4	6	31.6	1	5	13	5	8
Graduate assistants	310	0.4	77	233	75.2	†	†	†	†	310	77	233
Librarians, curators, and archivists	461	0.5	128	333	72.2	337	73.1	97	240	124	31	93
Student and academic affairs and other education services	7,991	9.4	2,288	5,703	71.4	7,253	90.8	1,979	5,274	738	309	429
Management	6,129	7.2	2,452	3,677	60.0	6,031	98.4	2,409	3,622	98	43	55
Business and financial operations	2,867	3.4	800	2,067	72.1	2,770	96.6	775	1,995	97	25	72
Computer, engineering, and science	1,466	1.7	1,114	352	24.0	1,403	95.7	1,067	336	63	47	16
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	2,705	3.2	1,170	1,535	56.7	2,358	87.2	939	1,419	347	231	116
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	117	0.1	44	73	62.4	89	76.1	34	55	28	10	18
Service occupations	1,262	1.5	801	461	36.5	996	78.9	620	376	266	181	85
Sales and related occupations	2,425	2.9	888	1,537	63.4	2,385	98.4	868	1,517	40	20	20
Office and administrative support	5,306	6.3	1,295	4,011	75.6	4,615	87.0	1,121	3,494	691	174	517
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	347	0.4	303	44	12.7	309	89.0	276	33	38	27	11
Production, transportation, and material moving	128	0.2	102	26	20.3	100	78.1	83	17	28	19	9
Private for-profit 2-year	22,432	100.0	7,885	14,547	64.8	14,857	66.2	5,234	9,623	7,575	2,651	4,924
Faculty (instruction/research/public service)	12,216	54.5	4,792	7,424	60.8	5,741	47.0	2,502	3,239	6,475	2,290	4,185
Instruction	12,189	54.3	4,779	7,410	60.8	5,716	46.9	2,491	3,225	6,473	2,288	4,185
Research	16	0.1	7	9	56.3	16	100.0	7	9	0	0	0
Public service	11	#	6	5	45.5	9	81.8	4	5	2	2	0
Graduate assistants	1	#	0	1	100.0	†	†	†	†	1	0	1
Librarians, curators, and archivists	134	0.6	35	99	73.9	87	64.9	24	63	47	11	36
Student and academic affairs and other education services	2,079	9.3	459	1,620	77.9	1,840	88.5	409	1,431	239	50	189
Management	2,550	11.4	952	1,598	62.7	2,510	98.4	938	1,572	40	14	26
Business and financial operations	1,067	4.8	255	812	76.1	1,021	95.7	246	775	46	9	37
Computer, engineering, and science	171	0.8	151	20	11.7	155	90.6	137	18	16	14	2
Community, social service, legal, arts, design,    entertainment, sports, and media	252	1.1	63	189	75.0	236	93.7	61	175	16	2	14
Healthcare practitioners and technicians	27	0.1	14	13	48.1	8	29.6	3	5	19	11	8
Service occupations	377	1.7	247	130	34.5	198	52.5	118	80	179	129	50
Sales and related occupations	1,106	4.9	397	709	64.1	1,057	95.6	383	674	49	14	35
Office and administrative support	2,312	10.3	400	1,912	82.7	1,884	81.5	309	1,575	428	91	337
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	135	0.6	116	19	14.1	117	86.7	102	15	18	14	4
Production, transportation, and material moving	5	#	4	1	20.0	3	60.0	2	1	2	2	0

†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 2022, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section. (This table was prepared March 2023.)