Headcounts and Directory Information
Harvard University (Harvard) is a private (not-for-profit), four-years institute located in Cambridge, MA. It has a total enrollment of 30,259 including undergraduate and graduate schools and students to faculty ratio is 7 to 1. It is a Research University (very high research activity) by Carnegie Classification and its highest degree is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice.
A total of 2,448 faculty (instructional staffs), including both full-time and part-time faculty, are working at Harvard. The average faculty salary is $223,353 for the academic year 2023-2024. You can check salary information in detail at faculty salary by academic rank.
For non-instructional staffs, a total of 20,667 employees work at Harvard. The average non-instructional staff salary is $105,232. The detailed staff salary information is available at salary by occupation page.
| Directory Information | |
|---|---|
| Address | Massachusetts Hall, Cambridge, MA |
| Phone Number | 617-495-1000 |
| Web | www.harvard.edu/ |
| Faculty & Staffs Overview | |
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 7 to 1 |
| Number of Faculty | 2,117 Full-time / 331 Part-time |
| Number of Staffs | 18,590 Full-time / 2,077 Part-time |
| Faculty Average Salary | $223,353 |
| Staff Average Salary | $105,232 |
| Student Population | 30,259 |
Faculty and Staffs by Occupation
At Harvard University, there are 20,667 employees including both full-time and part-time, instructional and non-instructional staffs. By employment types, 18,590 full-time and 2,077 part-time staffs work at Harvard. By gender there are 9,000 male and 11,667 female employees.
Among them, 2,448 staffs are teaching (instructional) faculty - 4,347 full-time and 473 part-time faculty. By gender there are 2,872 male and 1,948 female faculty teaching at Harvard.
The following table summarizes the number of faculty and staffs. You can check detailed staff statistics by gender, race, occupation, and faculty status.
| Staff Category | Total | Full-time | Part-time | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
| Grand Total | 20,667 | 9,000 | 11,667 | 18,590 | 8,189 | 10,401 | 2,077 | 811 | 1,266 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 4,820 | 2,872 | 1,948 | 4,347 | 2,607 | 1,740 | 473 | 265 | 208 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists and other teaching and Instructional support | 1,889 | 616 | 1,273 | 1,390 | 408 | 982 | 499 | 208 | 291 |
| Management | 2,071 | 795 | 1,276 | 2,025 | 774 | 1,251 | 46 | 21 | 25 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 3,558 | 804 | 2,754 | 3,397 | 786 | 2,611 | 161 | 18 | 143 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 2,953 | 1,626 | 1,327 | 2,819 | 1,593 | 1,226 | 134 | 33 | 101 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 959 | 373 | 586 | 872 | 329 | 543 | 87 | 44 | 43 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 224 | 44 | 180 | 118 | 21 | 97 | 106 | 23 | 83 |
| Service | 1,612 | 1,016 | 596 | 1,286 | 866 | 420 | 326 | 150 | 176 |
| Office and Administrative Support | 2,364 | 647 | 1,717 | 2,125 | 602 | 1,523 | 239 | 45 | 194 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 159 | 153 | 6 | 159 | 153 | 6 | - | - | - |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 58 | 54 | 4 | 52 | 50 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 |