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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Columbia University in the City of New York

A total of 22,285 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Columbia University in the City of New York. By employment type, there are 19,076 full-time and 3,209 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 12,313 female and 9,972 male employees are working at Columbia University.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 7,071, which is 31.73% of total employees. On average, 6 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 398 Librarians, 3,603 management occupation, 1,471 computer/engineering, and 1,368 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 9,478 white (42.53%), 2,337 black (10.49%), and 3,088 asian (13.86%) employees working at Columbia University. A total of 1,710 non-resident alien employees work at Columbia University.

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 Columbia University in the City of New York
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs22,285 19,076 3,209
Postsecondary Teachers9,706 7,141 2,565
Instructional staff7,071 4,604 2,467
Research2,635 2,537 98
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support398 381 17
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists259 255 4
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians39 38 1
Librarians98 98 -
Library Technicians122 119 3
Other teaching and Instructional Support139 126 13
Management3,603 3,563 40
Business and Financial Operations624 617 7
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,471 1,401 70
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media267 255 12
Healthcare Practioners and Technical997 945 52
Service Occupations1,368 1,356 12
Sales and Related Occupations20 20 -
Office and Administrative Support3,562 3,128 434
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance205 205 -
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving64 64 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Columbia University in the City of New York
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs22,285 12,313 9,972
Postsecondary Teachers9,706 4,580 5,126
Instructional staff7,071 3,373 3,698
Research2,635 1,207 1,428
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support398 252 146
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists259 147 112
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians39 28 11
Librarians98 57 41
Library Technicians122 62 60
Other teaching and Instructional Support139 105 34
Management3,603 2,392 1,211
Business and Financial Operations624 439 185
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,471 692 779
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media267 123 144
Healthcare Practioners and Technical997 800 197
Service Occupations1,368 314 1,054
Sales and Related Occupations20 14 6
Office and Administrative Support3,562 2,698 864
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance205 5 200
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving64 4 60
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Columbia University in the City of New York
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs22,285 323,0882,337 4,027279,478 3681,218
Postsecondary Teachers9,706 81,533483 56574,958 137538
Instructional staff7,071 81,127415 41944,160 110483
Research2,635 040668 1463798 2755
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support398 05243 630214 711
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists259 03818 310153 48
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians39 021 2029 12
Librarians98 0100 7073 23
Library Technicians122 02617 22051 13
Other teaching and Instructional Support139 01425 32061 33
Management3,603 4414419 66751,755 68247
Business and Financial Operations624 110295 1773196 734
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,471 1322148 3133501 3962
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media267 01823 300165 524
Healthcare Practioners and Technical997 2174105 2382404 2130
Service Occupations1,368 444370 6812147 1194
Sales and Related Occupations20 006 1002 02
Office and Administrative Support3,562 9413586 1,18941,059 71160
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance205 2950 70158 113
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving64 179 24019 13
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Columbia University in the City of New York
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs1,710 783 927
Postsecondary Teachers1,477 631 846
Instructional staff345 170 175
Research1,132 461 671
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support8 6 2
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists7 5 2
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians2 2 0
Librarians3 2 1
Library Technicians2 1 1
Other teaching and Instructional Support1 1 0
Management24 13 11
Business and Financial Operations9 8 1
Computer, Engineering, and Science82 50 32
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media2 1 1
Healthcare Practioners and Technical21 15 6
Service Occupations15 5 10
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support71 54 17
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance1 0 1
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.