National Center for Education Statistics

Number of full-time staff at Title IV degree-granting institutions and administrative offices, by race/ethnicity, gender, and primary function/occupational activity: United States, fall 2009
Gender and primary function/ occupational activity	Total	African American or Black	American Indian or Alaska Native	Asian/ Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander	Hispanic	White	Two or more races1	Race/ ethnicity unknown	Nonresident alien
Total	2,381,702	264,497	14,869	144,450	155,613	1,690,443	5,419	49,639	56,772
Professional staff	1,619,517	130,231	8,680	113,303	76,578	1,201,637	3,703	33,634	51,751
Staff whose primary responsibility is instruction, research, and/or public service	728,977	39,715	3,457	59,691	28,040	551,271	1,164	14,894	30,745
Executive/administrative/managerial	222,282	21,397	1,230	7,525	11,225	175,482	485	3,992	946
Other professional (support/service)	668,258	69,119	3,993	46,087	37,313	474,884	2,054	14,748	20,060
Nonprofessional staff	762,185	134,266	6,189	31,147	79,035	488,806	1,716	16,005	5,021
Technical and paraprofessionals	159,254	22,286	1,262	10,689	14,577	103,877	460	3,813	2,290
Clerical and secretarial	347,902	56,562	2,638	12,512	32,320	234,500	931	7,273	1,166
Skilled crafts	59,968	6,181	557	1,194	5,061	45,772	86	966	151
Service/maintenance	195,061	49,237	1,732	6,752	27,077	104,657	239	3,953	1,414
Men	1,079,099	97,435	6,198	71,985	65,098	778,133	2,148	23,436	34,666
Professional staff	788,204	48,564	3,752	59,591	33,229	592,356	1,582	16,640	32,490
Staff whose primary responsibility is instruction, research, and/or public service	415,821	18,026	1,737	37,261	14,865	314,712	604	8,369	20,247
Executive/administrative/managerial	103,781	8,239	527	3,512	4,595	84,214	222	1,963	509
Other professional (support/ service)	268,602	22,299	1,488	18,818	13,769	193,430	756	6,308	11,734
Nonprofessional staff	290,895	48,871	2,446	12,394	31,869	185,777	566	6,796	2,176
Technical and paraprofessionals	66,915	7,243	504	4,610	5,850	45,841	182	1,705	980
Clerical and secretarial	42,370	7,094	353	2,496	4,893	25,544	147	1,563	280
Skilled crafts	56,623	5,598	510	1,106	4,763	43,497	84	923	142
Service/maintenance	124,987	28,936	1,079	4,182	16,363	70,895	153	2,605	774
Women	1,302,603	167,062	8,671	72,465	90,515	912,310	3,271	26,203	22,106
Professional staff	831,313	81,667	4,928	53,712	43,349	609,281	2,121	16,994	19,261
Staff whose primary responsibility is instruction, research, and/or public service	313,156	21,689	1,720	22,430	13,175	236,559	560	6,525	10,498
Executive/administrative/managerial	118,501	13,158	703	4,013	6,630	91,268	263	2,029	437
Other professional (support/ service)	399,656	46,820	2,505	27,269	23,544	281,454	1,298	8,440	8,326
Nonprofessional staff	471,290	85,395	3,743	18,753	47,166	303,029	1,150	9,209	2,845
Technical and paraprofessionals	92,339	15,043	758	6,079	8,727	58,036	278	2,108	1,310
Clerical and secretarial	305,532	49,468	2,285	10,016	27,427	208,956	784	5,710	886
Skilled crafts	3,345	583	47	88	298	2,275	2	43	9
Service/maintenance	70,074	20,301	653	2,570	10,714	33,762	86	1,348	640

¹ Two or more races was an optional reporting category in IPEDS 2009-10, and 842 degree-granting institutions reported staff using this option. The figures reported here should not be considered representative of all staff who could be classified into two or more races.

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 2009-10, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section.