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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Harvard University

A total of 19,639 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Harvard University. By employment type, there are 17,645 full-time and 1,994 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 11,001 female and 8,638 male employees are working at Harvard.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 2,452, which is 12.49% of total employees. On average, 7 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 1,774 Librarians, 1,925 management occupation, 2,700 computer/engineering, and 1,560 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 12,488 white (63.59%), 1,337 black (6.81%), and 1,982 asian (10.09%) employees working at Harvard. A total of 1,516 non-resident alien employees work at Harvard.

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 Harvard University
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs19,639 17,645 1,994
Postsecondary Teachers4,723 4,271 452
Instructional staff2,452 2,131 321
Research2,271 2,140 131
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support1,774 1,337 437
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists771 699 72
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians216 197 19
Librarians363 336 27
Library Technicians192 166 26
Other teaching and Instructional Support1,003 638 365
Management1,925 1,887 38
Business and Financial Operations3,290 3,131 159
Computer, Engineering, and Science2,700 2,578 122
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media891 800 91
Healthcare Practioners and Technical218 115 103
Service Occupations1,560 1,225 335
Office and Administrative Support2,356 2,107 249
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance141 141 -
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving61 53 8
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Harvard University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs19,639 11,001 8,638
Postsecondary Teachers4,723 1,889 2,834
Instructional staff2,452 937 1,515
Research2,271 952 1,319
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support1,774 1,214 560
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists771 546 225
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians216 151 65
Librarians363 268 95
Library Technicians192 127 65
Other teaching and Instructional Support1,003 668 335
Management1,925 1,156 769
Business and Financial Operations3,290 2,546 744
Computer, Engineering, and Science2,700 1,196 1,504
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media891 537 354
Healthcare Practioners and Technical218 182 36
Service Occupations1,560 576 984
Office and Administrative Support2,356 1,695 661
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance141 6 135
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving61 4 57
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Harvard University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs19,639 191,9821,337 1,8711112,488 38827
Postsecondary Teachers4,723 5601165 20502,457 717
Instructional staff2,452 2310131 10901,714 403
Research2,271 329134 960743 314
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support1,774 3169108 11901,246 440
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists771 27828 390600 160
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians216 2152 160164 90
Librarians363 03810 140296 50
Library Technicians192 02516 90140 20
Other teaching and Instructional Support1,003 19180 800646 280
Management1,925 215197 7701,558 330
Business and Financial Operations3,290 3300280 28632,310 861
Computer, Engineering, and Science2,700 0402161 24511,716 486
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media891 04637 650713 222
Healthcare Practioners and Technical218 02529 330127 30
Service Occupations1,560 188242 5306644 90
Office and Administrative Support2,356 3199188 28701,576 7010
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance141 2010 150112 11
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving61 0120 9129 10
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Harvard University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs1,516 660 856
Postsecondary Teachers1,212 484 728
Instructional staff143 69 74
Research1,069 415 654
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support85 52 33
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists8 6 2
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians8 6 2
Librarians0 0 0
Library Technicians0 0 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support77 46 31
Management7 4 3
Business and Financial Operations21 17 4
Computer, Engineering, and Science121 64 57
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media6 2 4
Healthcare Practioners and Technical1 1 0
Service Occupations40 20 20
Office and Administrative Support23 16 7
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.