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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Carnegie Mellon University

A total of 6,271 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Carnegie Mellon University. By employment type, there are 5,538 full-time and 733 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 2,915 female and 3,356 male employees are working at CMU.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,748, which is 27.87% of total employees. On average, 5 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 119 Librarians, 481 management occupation, 1,446 computer/engineering, and 133 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 4,467 white (71.23%), 302 black (4.82%), and 428 asian (6.83%) employees working at CMU. A total of 479 non-resident alien employees work at CMU.

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 Carnegie Mellon University
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs6,271 5,538 733
Postsecondary Teachers1,877 1,508 369
Instructional staff1,748 1,387 361
Research129 121 8
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support119 111 8
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists50 50 -
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians2 2 -
Librarians27 27 -
Library Technicians21 21 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support69 61 8
Management481 473 8
Business and Financial Operations1,019 934 85
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,446 1,306 140
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media417 396 21
Healthcare Practioners and Technical48 40 8
Service Occupations133 133 -
Sales and Related Occupations9 7 2
Office and Administrative Support588 496 92
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance107 107 -
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving27 27 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Carnegie Mellon University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs6,271 2,915 3,356
Postsecondary Teachers1,877 643 1,234
Instructional staff1,748 605 1,143
Research129 38 91
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support119 97 22
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists50 33 17
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians2 2 0
Librarians27 17 10
Library Technicians21 14 7
Other teaching and Instructional Support69 64 5
Management481 281 200
Business and Financial Operations1,019 713 306
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,446 382 1,064
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media417 257 160
Healthcare Practioners and Technical48 35 13
Service Occupations133 20 113
Sales and Related Occupations9 5 4
Office and Administrative Support588 475 113
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance107 1 106
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving27 6 21
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Carnegie Mellon University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs6,271 4428302 21824,467 125246
Postsecondary Teachers1,877 124255 6211,106 3997
Instructional staff1,748 122655 5611,024 3890
Research129 0160 6082 17
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support119 052 50103 12
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists50 020 1045 01
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians2 000 001 01
Librarians27 020 1023 00
Library Technicians21 000 0021 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support69 032 4058 11
Management481 11518 130411 713
Business and Financial Operations1,019 03759 301838 1822
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,446 19250 600976 3676
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media417 11119 130350 610
Healthcare Practioners and Technical48 041 4037 01
Service Occupations133 0315 50103 33
Sales and Related Occupations9 001 007 01
Office and Administrative Support588 01966 260423 1417
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance107 007 0097 03
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving27 009 0016 11
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Carnegie Mellon University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs479 161 318
Postsecondary Teachers274 95 179
Instructional staff257 91 166
Research17 4 13
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support1 0 1
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists1 0 1
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians0 0 0
Librarians1 0 1
Library Technicians0 0 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support0 0 0
Management3 0 3
Business and Financial Operations14 10 4
Computer, Engineering, and Science155 40 115
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media7 5 2
Healthcare Practioners and Technical1 0 1
Service Occupations1 0 1
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support23 11 12
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.