National Center for Education Statistics

Full-time staff at Title IV degree-granting institutions and administrative offices, by race/ethnicity, gender, and primary function/occupational activity: United States, fall 2007
Gender and primary function/ occupational activity	Total	White, non- Hispanic	Black, non- Hispanic	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Race/ ethnicity unknown	Nonresident alien
Total	2,281,223	1,637,653	258,723	142,177	131,394	14,255	40,312	56,709
Professional staff	1,526,823	1,148,334	121,801	67,185	101,874	8,106	27,812	51,711
Faculty1	703,463	540,460	37,930	24,975	53,661	3,340	11,875	31,222
Executive/administrative/ managerial	210,257	167,877	20,578	9,841	6,301	1,177	3,563	920
Other professional (support/service)	613,103	439,997	63,293	32,369	41,912	3,589	12,374	19,569
Nonprofessional staff	754,400	489,319	136,922	74,992	29,520	6,149	12,500	4,998
Technical and paraprofessionals	152,654	101,611	22,253	12,945	9,360	1,309	2,927	2,249
Clerical and secretarial	349,275	237,339	58,127	31,585	12,383	2,562	6,020	1,259
Skilled crafts	59,345	45,989	6,175	4,615	1,139	567	694	166
Service/maintenance	193,126	104,380	50,367	25,847	6,638	1,711	2,859	1,324
Men	1,042,024	760,845	95,313	59,953	66,069	5,937	18,832	35,075
Professional staff	757,208	576,805	45,996	29,762	54,358	3,505	13,815	32,967
Faculty1	409,115	314,375	17,782	13,468	34,178	1,719	6,660	20,933
Executive/administrative/ managerial	99,587	81,705	8,088	4,148	2,950	492	1,655	549
Other professional (support/ service)	248,506	180,725	20,126	12,146	17,230	1,294	5,500	11,485
Nonprofessional staff	284,816	184,040	49,317	30,191	11,711	2,432	5,017	2,108
Technical and paraprofessionals	64,086	44,864	7,084	5,307	4,158	498	1,253	922
Clerical and secretarial	41,249	24,967	7,261	4,744	2,405	334	1,228	310
Skilled crafts	56,311	43,785	5,702	4,423	1,059	522	659	161
Service/maintenance	123,170	70,424	29,270	15,717	4,089	1,078	1,877	715
Women	1,239,199	876,808	163,410	82,224	65,325	8,318	21,480	21,634
Professional staff	769,615	571,529	75,805	37,423	47,516	4,601	13,997	18,744
Faculty1	294,348	226,085	20,148	11,507	19,483	1,621	5,215	10,289
Executive/administrative/ managerial	110,670	86,172	12,490	5,693	3,351	685	1,908	371
Other professional (support/ service)	364,597	259,272	43,167	20,223	24,682	2,295	6,874	8,084
Nonprofessional staff	469,584	305,279	87,605	44,801	17,809	3,717	7,483	2,890
Technical and paraprofessionals	88,568	56,747	15,169	7,638	5,202	811	1,674	1,327
Clerical and secretarial	308,026	212,372	50,866	26,841	9,978	2,228	4,792	949
Skilled crafts	3,034	2,204	473	192	80	45	35	5
Service/maintenance	69,956	33,956	21,097	10,130	2,549	633	982	609

¹ Staff whose primary responsibility is instruction, research, and/or public service.

NOTE: Race/ethnicity (including race/ethnicity unknown) applies to U.S. citizens, resident aliens, and other eligible noncitizens. Nonresident aliens are not designated by race or ethnicity. Data are for all degree-granting institutions and administrative offices.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2007-08, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section.