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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Auburn University

A total of 6,805 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Auburn University. By employment type, there are 5,547 full-time and 1,258 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 3,710 female and 3,095 male employees are working at Auburn.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,695, which is 24.91% of total employees. On average, 20 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 242 Librarians, 594 management occupation, 729 computer/engineering, and 521 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 5,154 white (75.74%), 783 black (11.51%), and 287 asian (4.22%) employees working at Auburn. A total of 216 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 Staffs6,805 5,547 1,258
Postsecondary Teachers1,998 1,693 305
Instructional staff1,695 1,435 260
Research94 50 44
Public service209 208 1
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support242 194 48
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists63 63 -
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians12 12 -
Librarians26 26 -
Library Technicians25 25 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support179 131 48
Management594 591 3
Business and Financial Operations647 449 198
Computer, Engineering, and Science729 643 86
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media714 688 26
Healthcare Practioners and Technical38 38 -
Service Occupations521 329 192
Sales and Related Occupations3 1 2
Office and Administrative Support769 524 245
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance492 346 146
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving58 51 7
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Auburn University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs6,805 3,710 3,095
Postsecondary Teachers1,998 890 1,108
Instructional staff1,695 716 979
Research94 40 54
Public service209 134 75
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support242 186 56
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists63 43 20
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians12 4 8
Librarians26 21 5
Library Technicians25 18 7
Other teaching and Instructional Support179 143 36
Management594 296 298
Business and Financial Operations647 443 204
Computer, Engineering, and Science729 343 386
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media714 474 240
Healthcare Practioners and Technical38 25 13
Service Occupations521 272 249
Sales and Related Occupations3 3 0
Office and Administrative Support769 677 92
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance492 96 396
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving58 5 53
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Auburn University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs6,805 29287783 19135,154 8260
Postsecondary Teachers1,998 11199117 6911,427 3111
Instructional staff1,695 919278 6101,233 2610
Research94 073 4132 11
Public service209 2036 40162 40
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support242 0547 50181 03
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists63 0213 2045 00
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians12 020 109 00
Librarians26 002 1023 00
Library Technicians25 0011 0013 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support179 0334 30136 03
Management594 21649 131504 44
Business and Financial Operations647 21257 150540 107
Computer, Engineering, and Science729 13155 250538 87
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media714 17105 211558 127
Healthcare Practioners and Technical38 000 2034 11
Service Occupations521 41151 90342 410
Sales and Related Occupations3 001 002 00
Office and Administrative Support769 28144 180578 77
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance492 6850 140400 43
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving58 007 0050 10
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Auburn University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs216 87 129
Postsecondary Teachers132 56 76
Instructional staff86 33 53
Research45 23 22
Public service1 0 1
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support1 0 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 Support0 0 0
Management1 1 0
Business and Financial Operations4 2 2
Computer, Engineering, and Science64 22 42
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media2 0 2
Healthcare Practioners and Technical0 0 0
Service Occupations0 0 0
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support5 1 4
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance7 5 2
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.