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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Cornell University

A total of 11,763 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Cornell University. By employment type, there are 11,122 full-time and 641 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 6,279 female and 5,484 male employees are working at Cornell.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 2,104, which is 17.89% of total employees. On average, 9 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 455 Librarians, 1,062 management occupation, 1,018 computer/engineering, and 1,405 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 8,938 white (75.98%), 447 black (3.80%), and 820 asian (6.97%) employees working at Cornell. A total of 699 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 Staffs11,763 11,122 641
Postsecondary Teachers3,392 3,137 255
Instructional staff2,104 1,918 186
Research1,052 1,002 50
Public service236 217 19
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support455 401 54
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists253 221 32
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians26 25 1
Librarians95 91 4
Library Technicians132 105 27
Other teaching and Instructional Support202 180 22
Management1,062 1,030 32
Business and Financial Operations1,175 1,140 35
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,018 970 48
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media486 454 32
Healthcare Practioners and Technical600 543 57
Service Occupations1,405 1,377 28
Sales and Related Occupations57 56 1
Office and Administrative Support1,517 1,427 90
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance528 520 8
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving68 67 1
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Cornell University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs11,763 6,279 5,484
Postsecondary Teachers3,392 1,415 1,977
Instructional staff2,104 860 1,244
Research1,052 407 645
Public service236 148 88
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support455 307 148
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists253 173 80
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians26 15 11
Librarians95 64 31
Library Technicians132 94 38
Other teaching and Instructional Support202 134 68
Management1,062 577 485
Business and Financial Operations1,175 905 270
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,018 348 670
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media486 255 231
Healthcare Practioners and Technical600 415 185
Service Occupations1,405 690 715
Sales and Related Occupations57 31 26
Office and Administrative Support1,517 1,270 247
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance528 56 472
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving68 10 58
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Cornell University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs11,763 33820447 54258,938 19683
Postsecondary Teachers3,392 9341104 15322,087 427
Instructional staff2,104 725476 10201,499 244
Research1,052 28217 382396 133
Public service236 0511 130192 50
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support455 03421 281356 96
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists253 02810 120195 53
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians26 000 0024 11
Librarians95 064 3080 20
Library Technicians132 0226 9091 22
Other teaching and Instructional Support202 0611 161161 43
Management1,062 15151 250905 1710
Business and Financial Operations1,175 77057 640939 279
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,018 26119 310875 205
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media486 02412 190417 35
Healthcare Practioners and Technical600 14917 370464 93
Service Occupations1,405 614392 7301,032 2425
Sales and Related Occupations57 011 2048 32
Office and Administrative Support1,517 24060 9821,267 338
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance528 4511 90490 81
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving68 112 3058 12
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Cornell University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs699 285 414
Postsecondary Teachers647 258 389
Instructional staff138 71 67
Research499 181 318
Public service10 6 4
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
Management2 0 2
Business and Financial Operations2 1 1
Computer, Engineering, and Science5 1 4
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media6 1 5
Healthcare Practioners and Technical20 13 7
Service Occupations10 5 5
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support7 6 1
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.