National Center for Education Statistics

Number of instructional staff at Title IV institutions and administrative offices, by level of institution or administrative office, medical school staff status, employment status, control of institution, and type of instructional staff: United States, fall 2015
		All staff				4-year								2-year				Less-than-2-year
Control of institution and type of instructional staff						Staff not in medical schools1				Medical school1 staff
		Total	Full-time	Part-time		Total	Full-time	Part-time		Total	Full-time	Part-time		Total	Full-time	Part-time		Total	Full-time	Part-time
All institutions		1,472,331	733,799	738,532		959,446	506,161	453,285		110,097	90,747	19,350		378,597	124,045	254,552		24,191	12,846	11,345
Instructional staff		1,472,331	733,799	738,532		959,446	506,161	453,285		110,097	90,747	19,350		378,597	124,045	254,552		24,191	12,846	11,345
Primarily Instruction		1,118,975	465,333	653,642		723,454	321,926	401,528		36,469	27,453	9,016		359,052	115,954	243,098		—	—	—
Exclusively credit		1,012,990	428,939	584,051		666,162	296,669	369,493		32,137	23,966	8,171		314,691	108,304	206,387		—	—	—
Exclusively not-for-credit		29,637	4,291	25,346		5,887	922	4,965		1,256	1,255	1		22,494	2,114	20,380		—	—	—
Combined credit/not-for-credit		76,348	32,103	44,245		51,405	24,335	27,070		3,076	2,232	844		21,867	5,536	16,331		—	—	—
Instruction/research/public service		329,165	255,620	73,545		235,992	184,235	51,757		73,628	63,294	10,334		19,545	8,091	11,454		—	—	—
Public
Instructional staff		909,047	472,398	436,649		488,463	305,424	183,039		63,507	52,424	11,083		351,144	111,898	239,246		5,933	2,652	3,281
Primarily Instruction		688,766	296,027	392,739		332,661	174,101	158,560		21,329	17,020	4,309		334,776	104,906	229,870		—	—	—
Exclusively credit		618,157	273,479	344,678		308,257	161,052	147,205		17,575	14,038	3,537		292,325	98,389	193,936		—	—	—
Exclusively not-for-credit		26,761	3,501	23,260		3,591	572	3,019		1,256	1,255	1		21,914	1,674	20,240		—	—	—
Combined credit/not-for-credit		43,848	19,047	24,801		20,813	12,477	8,336		2,498	1,727	771		20,537	4,843	15,694		—	—	—
Instruction/research/public service		214,348	173,719	40,629		155,802	131,323	24,479		42,178	35,404	6,774		16,368	6,992	9,376		—	—	—
Private nonprofit
Instructional staff		434,006	228,902	205,104		381,386	187,250	194,136		46,532	38,297	8,235		5,025	2,748	2,277		1,063	607	456
Primarily Instruction		325,212	147,993	177,219		305,676	135,095	170,581		15,082	10,407	4,675		4,454	2,491	1,963		—	—	—
Exclusively credit		299,828	136,668	163,160		281,396	124,749	156,647		14,504	9,902	4,602		3,928	2,017	1,911		—	—	—
Exclusively not-for-credit		2,605	743	1,862		2,151	330	1,821		0	0	0		454	413	41		—	—	—
Combined credit/not-for-credit		22,779	10,582	12,197		22,129	10,016	12,113		578	505	73		72	61	11		—	—	—
Instruction/research/public service		107,731	80,302	27,429		75,710	52,155	23,555		31,450	27,890	3,560		571	257	314		—	—	—
Private for-profit
Instructional staff		129,278	32,499	96,779		89,597	13,487	76,110		58	26	32		22,428	9,399	13,029		17,195	9,587	7,608
Primarily Instruction		104,997	21,313	83,684		85,117	12,730	72,387		58	26	32		19,822	8,557	11,265		—	—	—
Exclusively credit		95,005	18,792	76,213		76,509	10,868	65,641		58	26	32		18,438	7,898	10,540		—	—	—
Exclusively not-for-credit		271	47	224		145	20	125		0	0	0		126	27	99		—	—	—
Combined credit/not-for-credit		9,721	2,474	7,247		8,463	1,842	6,621		0	0	0		1,258	632	626		—	—	—
Instruction/research/public service		7,086	1,599	5,487		4,480	757	3,723		0	0	0		2,606	842	1,764		—	—	—

— Not available. Data were not collected or not reported

¹ Medical schools are defined as those that grant degrees in Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) and/or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) programs. Also includes health or allied health schools or departments that are affiliated with (housed in or under the

NOTE: Title IV institutions are those with a written agreement with the U.S. Department of Education that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance programs. The four U.S. service academies that

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Spring 2016, Human Resources component (final data).