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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Brown University

A total of 5,496 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Brown University. By employment type, there are 5,143 full-time and 353 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 3,077 female and 2,419 male employees are working at Brown.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,165, which is 21.20% of total employees. On average, 6 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 366 Librarians, 721 management occupation, 689 computer/engineering, and 519 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 3,419 white (62.21%), 470 black (8.55%), and 383 asian (6.97%) employees working at Brown. A total of 294 non-resident alien employees work at Brown.

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 Brown University
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs5,496 5,143 353
Postsecondary Teachers1,691 1,500 191
Instructional staff1,165 1,005 160
Research526 495 31
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support366 354 12
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists136 131 5
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians29 28 1
Librarians43 43 -
Library Technicians64 60 4
Other teaching and Instructional Support230 223 7
Management721 708 13
Business and Financial Operations481 472 9
Computer, Engineering, and Science689 638 51
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media186 171 15
Healthcare Practioners and Technical144 120 24
Service Occupations519 506 13
Sales and Related Occupations16 14 2
Office and Administrative Support555 532 23
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance109 109 -
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving19 19 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Brown University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs5,496 3,077 2,419
Postsecondary Teachers1,691 758 933
Instructional staff1,165 500 665
Research526 258 268
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support366 262 104
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists136 93 43
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians29 18 11
Librarians43 33 10
Library Technicians64 42 22
Other teaching and Instructional Support230 169 61
Management721 475 246
Business and Financial Operations481 362 119
Computer, Engineering, and Science689 335 354
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media186 93 93
Healthcare Practioners and Technical144 103 41
Service Occupations519 212 307
Sales and Related Occupations16 10 6
Office and Administrative Support555 463 92
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance109 4 105
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving19 0 19
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Brown University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs5,496 18383470 425113,419 142334
Postsecondary Teachers1,691 617386 880929 3789
Instructional staff1,165 413070 660730 2966
Research526 24316 220199 823
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support366 12134 361251 814
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists136 0910 9198 36
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians29 022 3022 00
Librarians43 055 2030 10
Library Technicians64 023 4146 26
Other teaching and Instructional Support230 11224 270153 58
Management721 23162 472523 2133
Business and Financial Operations481 12322 330365 1126
Computer, Engineering, and Science689 29220 620443 2337
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media186 0721 120132 58
Healthcare Practioners and Technical144 0810 120100 410
Service Occupations519 45154 624189 1784
Sales and Related Occupations16 004 107 04
Office and Administrative Support555 11941 653396 1515
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance109 149 4177 112
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving19 007 307 02
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Brown University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs294 125 169
Postsecondary Teachers283 117 166
Instructional staff70 33 37
Research213 84 129
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support0 0 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 Support0 0 0
Management0 0 0
Business and Financial Operations0 0 0
Computer, Engineering, and Science10 7 3
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 Support0 0 0
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.