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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Cornell University

A total of 12,363 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Cornell University. By employment type, there are 11,775 full-time and 588 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 6,645 female and 5,718 male employees are working at Cornell.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 2,145, which is 17.35% of total employees. On average, 9 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 466 Librarians, 1,126 management occupation, 1,106 computer/engineering, and 1,515 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 9,225 white (74.62%), 491 black (3.97%), and 894 asian (7.23%) employees working at Cornell. A total of 761 non-resident alien employees work at Cornell.

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 Cornell University
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs12,363 11,775 588
Postsecondary Teachers3,545 3,312 233
Instructional staff2,145 1,974 171
Research1,141 1,099 42
Public service259 239 20
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support466 421 45
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists252 229 23
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians24 24 -
Librarians97 93 4
Library Technicians131 112 19
Other teaching and Instructional Support214 192 22
Management1,126 1,098 28
Business and Financial Operations1,289 1,255 34
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,106 1,069 37
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media507 480 27
Healthcare Practioners and Technical598 543 55
Service Occupations1,515 1,491 24
Sales and Related Occupations55 54 1
Office and Administrative Support1,573 1,478 95
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance519 511 8
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving64 63 1
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Cornell University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs12,363 6,645 5,718
Postsecondary Teachers3,545 1,494 2,051
Instructional staff2,145 888 1,257
Research1,141 442 699
Public service259 164 95
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support466 312 154
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists252 175 77
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians24 14 10
Librarians97 68 29
Library Technicians131 93 38
Other teaching and Instructional Support214 137 77
Management1,126 608 518
Business and Financial Operations1,289 993 296
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,106 393 713
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media507 279 228
Healthcare Practioners and Technical598 416 182
Service Occupations1,515 754 761
Sales and Related Occupations55 29 26
Office and Administrative Support1,573 1,312 261
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance519 55 464
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving64 0 64
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Cornell University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs12,363 38894491 61859,225 218113
Postsecondary Teachers3,545 8371112 17012,129 4514
Instructional staff2,145 826881 10611,503 267
Research1,141 09715 450428 146
Public service259 0616 190198 51
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support466 03417 281368 105
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists252 0279 100198 52
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians24 000 0022 11
Librarians97 064 3081 30
Library Technicians131 0215 7095 11
Other teaching and Instructional Support214 078 181170 53
Management1,126 25948 230963 1811
Business and Financial Operations1,289 107478 8001,001 3012
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,106 26823 450920 279
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media507 02517 240425 74
Healthcare Practioners and Technical598 05219 400449 115
Service Occupations1,515 6156101 8311,098 2238
Sales and Related Occupations55 110 2046 32
Office and Administrative Support1,573 54963 11121,291 369
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance519 3510 100481 72
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving64 103 2054 22
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Cornell University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs761 304 457
Postsecondary Teachers695 268 427
Instructional staff145 66 79
Research536 197 339
Public service14 5 9
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support3 2 1
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists1 0 1
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians0 0 0
Librarians0 0 0
Library Technicians1 0 1
Other teaching and Instructional Support2 2 0
Management2 0 2
Business and Financial Operations4 3 1
Computer, Engineering, and Science12 3 9
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media5 0 5
Healthcare Practioners and Technical22 16 6
Service Occupations10 6 4
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support7 6 1
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.