Faculty & Staffs by Occupation at Boston University

Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Boston University

A total of 10,674 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Boston University. By employment type, there are 9,204 full-time and 1,470 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 5,778 female and 4,896 male employees are working at BU.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 4,150, which is 38.88% of total employees. On average, 11 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 173 Librarians, 1,040 management occupation, 1,088 computer/engineering, and 814 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 7,022 white (65.79%), 709 black (6.64%), and 931 asian (8.72%) employees working at BU. A total of 652 non-resident alien employees work at BU.

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 Boston University
Staff Category	Total	Full-time	Part-time
All Staffs	10,674	9,204	1,470
Postsecondary Teachers	4,812	3,719	1,093
Instructional staff	4,150	3,112	1,038
Research	662	607	55
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	173	146	27
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	60	60	-
Librarians	37	37	-
Library Technicians	23	23	-
Other teaching and Instructional Support	113	86	27
Management	1,040	1,031	9
Business and Financial Operations	907	889	18
Computer, Engineering, and Science	1,088	1,010	78
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	1,011	880	131
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	157	136	21
Service Occupations	814	755	59
Sales and Related Occupations	9	9	-
Office and Administrative Support	535	502	33
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance	114	114	-
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving	14	13	1

Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Boston University
Staff Category	Total	Female	Male
All Staffs	10,674	5,778	4,896
Postsecondary Teachers	4,812	2,377	2,435
Instructional staff	4,150	2,024	2,126
Research	662	353	309
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	173	115	58
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	60	41	19
Librarians	37	30	7
Library Technicians	23	11	12
Other teaching and Instructional Support	113	74	39
Management	1,040	577	463
Business and Financial Operations	907	666	241
Computer, Engineering, and Science	1,088	556	532
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	1,011	687	324
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	157	114	43
Service Occupations	814	274	540
Sales and Related Occupations	9	4	5
Office and Administrative Support	535	408	127
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance	114	0	114
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving	14	0	14

Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Boston University
Occupation	Total	American Indian / Alaska Native	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Nativie Hawaiian	White	Two or More Races	Race Unknown
All Staffs	10,674	10	931	709	687	5	7,022	175	483
Postsecondary Teachers	4,812	3	494	189	203	3	3,073	61	273
Instructional staff	4,150	3	431	178	181	3	2,811	55	247
Research	662	0	63	11	22	0	262	6	26
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	173	0	6	8	9	0	130	4	10
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	60	0	3	0	1	0	54	2	0
Librarians	37	0	1	0	0	0	35	1	0
Library Technicians	23	0	2	0	1	0	19	1	0
Other teaching and Instructional Support	113	0	3	8	8	0	76	2	10
Management	1,040	1	47	66	60	1	828	17	18
Business and Financial Operations	907	1	111	68	56	0	622	15	21
Computer, Engineering, and Science	1,088	0	146	63	64	1	668	25	30
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	1,011	1	61	67	70	0	726	24	51
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	157	0	8	15	21	0	99	3	11
Service Occupations	814	2	30	154	148	0	418	14	35
Sales and Related Occupations	9	0	0	1	1	0	6	0	1
Office and Administrative Support	535	1	28	69	52	0	341	11	30
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance	114	1	0	8	2	0	100	1	2
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving	14	0	0	1	1	0	11	0	1

Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Boston University
Staff Category	Total	Female	Male
All Staffs	652	315	337
Postsecondary Teachers	513	230	283
Instructional staff	241	110	131
Research	272	120	152
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	6	4	2
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	0	0	0
Librarians	0	0	0
Library Technicians	0	0	0
Other teaching and Instructional Support	6	4	2
Management	2	1	1
Business and Financial Operations	13	11	2
Computer, Engineering, and Science	91	54	37
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	11	7	4
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	0	0	0
Service Occupations	13	6	7
Sales and Related Occupations	0	0	0
Office and Administrative Support	3	2	1
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance	0	0	0
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving	0	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.