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

A total of 23,178 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 19,717 full-time and 3,461 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 12,896 female and 10,282 male employees are working at Columbia University.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 7,286, which is 31.43% of total employees. On average, 6 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 390 Librarians, 3,843 management occupation, 1,550 computer/engineering, and 1,401 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 9,654 white (41.65%), 2,398 black (10.35%), and 3,244 asian (14.00%) employees working at Columbia University. A total of 1,885 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 Staffs23,178 19,717 3,461
Postsecondary Teachers10,004 7,289 2,715
Instructional staff7,286 4,683 2,603
Research2,718 2,606 112
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support390 371 19
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists262 259 3
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians39 38 1
Librarians100 100 -
Library Technicians123 121 2
Other teaching and Instructional Support128 112 16
Management3,843 3,803 40
Business and Financial Operations640 631 9
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,550 1,476 74
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media271 255 16
Healthcare Practioners and Technical1,078 1,008 70
Service Occupations1,401 1,390 11
Sales and Related Occupations19 19 -
Office and Administrative Support3,713 3,206 507
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance200 200 -
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving69 69 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Columbia University in the City of New York
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs23,178 12,896 10,282
Postsecondary Teachers10,004 4,726 5,278
Instructional staff7,286 3,481 3,805
Research2,718 1,245 1,473
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support390 254 136
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists262 153 109
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians39 28 11
Librarians100 62 38
Library Technicians123 63 60
Other teaching and Instructional Support128 101 27
Management3,843 2,575 1,268
Business and Financial Operations640 448 192
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,550 729 821
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media271 121 150
Healthcare Practioners and Technical1,078 873 205
Service Occupations1,401 326 1,075
Sales and Related Occupations19 13 6
Office and Administrative Support3,713 2,814 899
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance200 5 195
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving69 12 57
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 Staffs23,178 373,2442,398 4,309229,654 4881,141
Postsecondary Teachers10,004 101,592485 61564,976 185506
Instructional staff7,286 91,189421 46354,201 147454
Research2,718 140364 1521775 3852
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support390 05138 650208 912
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists262 03616 340155 78
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians39 010 2030 32
Librarians100 0112 7072 23
Library Technicians123 02414 25053 23
Other teaching and Instructional Support128 01522 31053 24
Management3,843 4440452 73841,855 92225
Business and Financial Operations640 211497 1943184 731
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,550 1340144 3522514 5258
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media271 02121 251168 924
Healthcare Practioners and Technical1,078 2183117 2552442 1830
Service Occupations1,401 544374 7092142 1595
Sales and Related Occupations19 006 902 02
Office and Administrative Support3,713 11442601 1,25221,089 99143
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance200 2853 71053 210
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving69 0910 24021 05
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Columbia University in the City of New York
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs1,885 881 1,004
Postsecondary Teachers1,629 718 911
Instructional staff397 197 200
Research1,232 521 711
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support7 5 2
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists6 4 2
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians1 1 0
Librarians3 2 1
Library Technicians2 1 1
Other teaching and Instructional Support1 1 0
Management33 13 20
Business and Financial Operations8 7 1
Computer, Engineering, and Science87 57 30
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media2 2 0
Healthcare Practioners and Technical29 21 8
Service Occupations15 7 8
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support74 51 23
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.