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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Auburn University

A total of 7,194 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Auburn University. By employment type, there are 5,895 full-time and 1,299 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 3,886 female and 3,308 male employees are working at Auburn.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,726, which is 23.99% of total employees. On average, 21 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 255 Librarians, 649 management occupation, 801 computer/engineering, and 570 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 5,404 white (75.12%), 812 black (11.29%), and 310 asian (4.31%) employees working at Auburn. A total of 261 non-resident alien employees work at Auburn.

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 Auburn University
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs7,194 5,895 1,299
Postsecondary Teachers2,052 1,734 318
Instructional staff1,726 1,466 260
Research118 61 57
Public service208 207 1
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support255 205 50
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists64 64 -
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians13 13 -
Librarians25 25 -
Library Technicians26 26 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support191 141 50
Management649 646 3
Business and Financial Operations750 506 244
Computer, Engineering, and Science801 709 92
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media773 743 30
Healthcare Practioners and Technical38 38 -
Service Occupations570 378 192
Sales and Related Occupations3 1 2
Office and Administrative Support734 514 220
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance510 363 147
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving59 58 1
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Auburn University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs7,194 3,886 3,308
Postsecondary Teachers2,052 927 1,125
Instructional staff1,726 733 993
Research118 50 68
Public service208 144 64
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support255 200 55
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists64 44 20
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians13 6 7
Librarians25 20 5
Library Technicians26 18 8
Other teaching and Instructional Support191 156 35
Management649 329 320
Business and Financial Operations750 481 269
Computer, Engineering, and Science801 375 426
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media773 502 271
Healthcare Practioners and Technical38 24 14
Service Occupations570 285 285
Sales and Related Occupations3 3 0
Office and Administrative Support734 660 74
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance510 92 418
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving59 8 51
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Auburn University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs7,194 25310812 22525,404 9461
Postsecondary Teachers2,052 8206112 7401,458 3013
Instructional staff1,726 719773 6501,261 2513
Research118 093 4037 00
Public service208 1036 50160 50
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support255 0550 50189 04
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists64 0114 2046 00
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians13 010 1011 00
Librarians25 002 1022 00
Library Technicians26 0012 0013 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support191 0436 30143 04
Management649 21755 150550 62
Business and Financial Operations750 32069 190619 86
Computer, Engineering, and Science801 13857 350560 117
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media773 18109 242611 107
Healthcare Practioners and Technical38 010 2033 11
Service Occupations570 31152 130380 1110
Sales and Related Occupations3 001 002 00
Office and Administrative Support734 110140 210543 107
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance510 6461 170407 64
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving59 006 0052 10
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Auburn University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs261 96 165
Postsecondary Teachers151 56 95
Instructional staff85 28 57
Research65 28 37
Public service1 0 1
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support2 1 1
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists1 0 1
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians0 0 0
Librarians0 0 0
Library Technicians1 0 1
Other teaching and Instructional Support1 1 0
Management2 1 1
Business and Financial Operations6 4 2
Computer, Engineering, and Science92 30 62
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media1 1 0
Healthcare Practioners and Technical0 0 0
Service Occupations0 0 0
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support2 2 0
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance5 1 4
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.