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Staffs Statistics by Occupation

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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at American University

A total of 3,728 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at American University. By employment type, there are 2,706 full-time and 1,022 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 2,043 female and 1,685 male employees are working at American.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,662, which is 44.58% of total employees. On average, 10 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 113 Librarians, 482 management occupation, 190 computer/engineering, and 88 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 2,309 white (61.94%), 657 black (17.62%), and 305 asian (8.18%) employees working at American. A total of 65 non-resident alien employees work at American.

Next tables summarize the number of staffs by gender, race/ethnicity, occupation, and faculty status.

Occupation Gender Race/Ethnicity Non-resident Alien
Faculty & Staffs by Occupation and Working Status at American University
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs3,728 2,706 1,022
Postsecondary Teachers1,707 891 816
Instructional staff1,662 846 816
Research45 45 -
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support113 111 2
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists55 54 1
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians7 6 1
Librarians25 25 -
Library Technicians23 23 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support58 57 1
Management482 482 -
Business and Financial Operations275 275 -
Computer, Engineering, and Science190 189 1
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media344 321 23
Healthcare Practioners and Technical17 17 -
Service Occupations88 87 1
Office and Administrative Support404 225 179
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance64 64 -
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving44 44 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at American University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs3,728 2,043 1,685
Postsecondary Teachers1,707 844 863
Instructional staff1,662 823 839
Research45 21 24
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support113 77 36
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists55 40 15
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians7 5 2
Librarians25 19 6
Library Technicians23 16 7
Other teaching and Instructional Support58 37 21
Management482 301 181
Business and Financial Operations275 194 81
Computer, Engineering, and Science190 65 125
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media344 226 118
Healthcare Practioners and Technical17 13 4
Service Occupations88 30 58
Office and Administrative Support404 286 118
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance64 4 60
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving44 3 41
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at American University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs3,728 14305657 16742,309 21186
Postsecondary Teachers1,707 4133191 5011,141 8138
Instructional staff1,662 4128188 4911,117 8136
Research45 053 1024 02
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support113 0913 8080 01
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists55 055 2043 00
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians7 000 007 00
Librarians25 043 1017 00
Library Technicians23 012 1019 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support58 048 6037 01
Management482 245103 240301 12
Business and Financial Operations275 12268 81166 61
Computer, Engineering, and Science190 13135 101103 12
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media344 21567 151229 114
Healthcare Practioners and Technical17 011 0015 00
Service Occupations88 0528 15039 01
Office and Administrative Support404 324106 190212 327
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance64 11219 14018 00
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving44 0826 405 10
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at American University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs65 40 25
Postsecondary Teachers41 23 18
Instructional staff31 20 11
Research10 3 7
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support2 2 0
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists0 0 0
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians0 0 0
Librarians0 0 0
Library Technicians0 0 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support2 2 0
Management4 3 1
Business and Financial Operations2 1 1
Computer, Engineering, and Science6 5 1
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media0 0 0
Healthcare Practioners and Technical0 0 0
Service Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support10 6 4
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance0 0 0
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving0 0 0

Employment Status

According to the IPEDS, Full-time staff and Part-time staff is determined by the institution. The type of appointment at the snapshot date determines whether an employee is full time or part time. The employee\s term of contract is not considered in making the determination of full or part time. Casual employees (hired on an ad-hoc basis or occasional basis to meet short-term needs) and students in the College Work-Study Program (CWS) are not considered part-time staff.