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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 4,683 full-time and 1,429 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 3,320 female and 2,792 male employees are working at GMU.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 2,796, which is 45.75% of total employees. On average, 16 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 385 Librarians, 310 management occupation, 402 computer/engineering, and 192 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 3,745 white (61.27%), 616 black (10.08%), and 723 asian (11.83%) employees working at GMU. A total of 216 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 4,683 1,429
Postsecondary Teachers3,077 1,714 1,363
Instructional staff2,796 1,463 1,333
Research281 251 30
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support385 378 7
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists100 100 -
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians11 11 -
Librarians63 63 -
Library Technicians26 26 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support285 278 7
Management310 305 5
Business and Financial Operations649 631 18
Computer, Engineering, and Science402 398 4
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media423 416 7
Healthcare Practioners and Technical47 44 3
Service Occupations192 191 1
Sales and Related Occupations5 5 -
Office and Administrative Support445 424 21
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance160 160 -
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving17 17 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at George Mason University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs6,112 3,320 2,792
Postsecondary Teachers3,077 1,441 1,636
Instructional staff2,796 1,315 1,481
Research281 126 155
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support385 293 92
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists100 74 26
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians11 9 2
Librarians63 47 16
Library Technicians26 18 8
Other teaching and Instructional Support285 219 66
Management310 189 121
Business and Financial Operations649 453 196
Computer, Engineering, and Science402 145 257
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media423 275 148
Healthcare Practioners and Technical47 38 9
Service Occupations192 99 93
Sales and Related Occupations5 2 3
Office and Administrative Support445 376 69
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance160 7 153
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving17 2 15
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at George Mason University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs6,112 15723616 45553,745 160177
Postsecondary Teachers3,077 5417200 13821,991 6393
Instructional staff2,796 5377191 12621,846 5491
Research281 0409 120145 92
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support385 43046 351244 1010
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists100 158 8074 31
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians11 001 108 10
Librarians63 145 6045 11
Library Technicians26 012 1021 10
Other teaching and Instructional Support285 32538 271170 79
Management310 02241 111221 77
Business and Financial Operations649 15497 510400 1920
Computer, Engineering, and Science402 08038 270212 1718
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media423 13165 371263 138
Healthcare Practioners and Technical47 035 3033 20
Service Occupations192 1825 77055 64
Sales and Related Occupations5 002 002 10
Office and Administrative Support445 15861 390253 2011
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance160 21530 37067 16
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving17 056 004 10
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at George Mason University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs216 110 106
Postsecondary Teachers168 80 88
Instructional staff104 53 51
Research64 27 37
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support5 5 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 Support5 5 0
Management0 0 0
Business and Financial Operations7 5 2
Computer, Engineering, and Science10 3 7
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media4 3 1
Healthcare Practioners and Technical1 1 0
Service Occupations16 12 4
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support2 1 1
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance2 0 2
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.