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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at George Mason University

A total of 6,112 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at George Mason University. By employment type, there are 4,606 full-time and 1,506 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 3,276 female and 2,836 male employees are working at GMU.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 2,875, which is 47.04% of total employees. On average, 16 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 371 Librarians, 310 management occupation, 393 computer/engineering, and 175 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 3,796 white (62.11%), 604 black (9.88%), and 705 asian (11.53%) employees working at GMU. A total of 224 non-resident alien employees work at GMU.

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 George Mason University
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs6,112 4,606 1,506
Postsecondary Teachers3,151 1,716 1,435
Instructional staff2,875 1,468 1,407
Research276 248 28
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support371 362 9
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists87 87 -
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians8 8 -
Librarians56 56 -
Library Technicians23 23 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support284 275 9
Management310 303 7
Business and Financial Operations615 597 18
Computer, Engineering, and Science393 389 4
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media404 400 4
Healthcare Practioners and Technical54 51 3
Service Occupations175 174 1
Sales and Related Occupations5 4 1
Office and Administrative Support448 424 24
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance168 168 -
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving18 18 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at George Mason University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs6,112 3,276 2,836
Postsecondary Teachers3,151 1,471 1,680
Instructional staff2,875 1,353 1,522
Research276 118 158
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support371 281 90
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists87 61 26
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians8 6 2
Librarians56 40 16
Library Technicians23 15 8
Other teaching and Instructional Support284 220 64
Management310 183 127
Business and Financial Operations615 424 191
Computer, Engineering, and Science393 140 253
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media404 261 143
Healthcare Practioners and Technical54 44 10
Service Occupations175 82 93
Sales and Related Occupations5 2 3
Office and Administrative Support448 377 71
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance168 9 159
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving18 2 16
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at George Mason University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs6,112 15705604 45653,796 144163
Postsecondary Teachers3,151 6399210 15222,057 5686
Instructional staff2,875 6360202 13921,920 4981
Research276 0398 130137 75
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support371 43146 351235 810
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists87 158 9061 21
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians8 000 107 00
Librarians56 146 5038 11
Library Technicians23 012 3016 10
Other teaching and Instructional Support284 32638 261174 69
Management310 02136 141224 67
Business and Financial Operations615 05985 460387 1617
Computer, Engineering, and Science393 07938 300206 1416
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media404 12658 331256 167
Healthcare Practioners and Technical54 037 4039 10
Service Occupations175 1923 67054 64
Sales and Related Occupations5 011 002 10
Office and Administrative Support448 15761 390260 1710
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance168 21533 35072 26
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving18 056 104 10
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at George Mason University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs224 108 116
Postsecondary Teachers183 86 97
Instructional staff116 58 58
Research67 28 39
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support1 1 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 Support1 1 0
Management1 0 1
Business and Financial Operations5 3 2
Computer, Engineering, and Science10 3 7
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media6 4 2
Healthcare Practioners and Technical0 0 0
Service Occupations11 8 3
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support3 3 0
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance3 0 3
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving1 0 1

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.