Faculty & Staffs by Occupation at Boston University

Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Boston University

A total of 11,414 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Boston University. By employment type, there are 9,857 full-time and 1,557 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 6,249 female and 5,165 male employees are working at BU.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 4,328, which is 37.92% of total employees. On average, 10 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 238 Librarians, 1,220 management occupation, 1,142 computer/engineering, and 823 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 7,248 white (63.50%), 751 black (6.58%), and 1,038 asian (9.09%) employees working at BU. A total of 723 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	11,414	9,857	1,557
Postsecondary Teachers	5,109	3,947	1,162
Instructional staff	4,328	3,236	1,092
Research	781	711	70
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	238	155	83
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	64	64	-
Librarians	44	44	-
Library Technicians	20	20	-
Other teaching and Instructional Support	174	91	83
Management	1,220	1,206	14
Business and Financial Operations	1,009	984	25
Computer, Engineering, and Science	1,142	1,050	92
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	1,001	931	70
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	165	143	22
Service Occupations	823	769	54
Sales and Related Occupations	8	8	-
Office and Administrative Support	533	499	34
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance	147	147	-
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving	19	18	1

Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Boston University
Staff Category	Total	Female	Male
All Staffs	11,414	6,249	5,165
Postsecondary Teachers	5,109	2,554	2,555
Instructional staff	4,328	2,143	2,185
Research	781	411	370
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	238	174	64
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	64	43	21
Librarians	44	32	12
Library Technicians	20	11	9
Other teaching and Instructional Support	174	131	43
Management	1,220	716	504
Business and Financial Operations	1,009	735	274
Computer, Engineering, and Science	1,142	592	550
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	1,001	668	333
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	165	118	47
Service Occupations	823	301	522
Sales and Related Occupations	8	3	5
Office and Administrative Support	533	386	147
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance	147	2	145
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving	19	0	19

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	11,414	9	1,038	751	754	5	7,248	186	700
Postsecondary Teachers	5,109	3	567	209	241	2	3,099	70	365
Instructional staff	4,328	3	482	195	208	2	2,830	60	324
Research	781	0	85	14	33	0	269	10	41
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	238	0	8	12	17	0	172	11	14
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	64	0	4	1	0	0	56	3	0
Librarians	44	0	2	1	0	0	39	2	0
Library Technicians	20	0	2	0	0	0	17	1	0
Other teaching and Instructional Support	174	0	4	11	17	0	116	8	14
Management	1,220	1	62	83	71	1	941	20	33
Business and Financial Operations	1,009	1	97	71	61	0	702	18	41
Computer, Engineering, and Science	1,142	1	159	56	66	2	699	21	49
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	1,001	0	67	69	64	0	697	19	63
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	165	0	13	15	18	0	97	4	15
Service Occupations	823	1	32	168	147	0	381	15	60
Sales and Related Occupations	8	0	0	1	1	0	4	0	2
Office and Administrative Support	533	1	33	58	60	0	317	7	50
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance	147	1	0	9	7	0	125	1	4
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving	19	0	0	0	1	0	14	0	4

Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Boston University
Staff Category	Total	Female	Male
All Staffs	723	361	362
Postsecondary Teachers	553	248	305
Instructional staff	224	104	120
Research	329	144	185
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	4	4	0
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	0	0	0
Librarians	0	0	0
Library Technicians	0	0	0
Other teaching and Instructional Support	4	4	0
Management	8	6	2
Business and Financial Operations	18	16	2
Computer, Engineering, and Science	89	55	34
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	22	14	8
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	3	3	0
Service Occupations	19	10	9
Sales and Related Occupations	0	0	0
Office and Administrative Support	7	5	2
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.