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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Harvard University

A total of 20,667 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Harvard University. By employment type, there are 18,590 full-time and 2,077 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 11,667 female and 9,000 male employees are working at Harvard.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 2,448, which is 11.84% of total employees. On average, 7 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 1,889 Librarians, 2,071 management occupation, 2,953 computer/engineering, and 1,612 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 12,946 white (62.64%), 1,431 black (6.92%), and 2,092 asian (10.12%) employees working at Harvard. A total of 1,725 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 Staffs20,667 18,590 2,077
Postsecondary Teachers4,820 4,347 473
Instructional staff2,448 2,117 331
Research2,372 2,230 142
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support1,889 1,390 499
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists796 719 77
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians222 197 25
Librarians375 348 27
Library Technicians199 174 25
Other teaching and Instructional Support1,093 671 422
Management2,071 2,025 46
Business and Financial Operations3,558 3,397 161
Computer, Engineering, and Science2,953 2,819 134
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media959 872 87
Healthcare Practioners and Technical224 118 106
Service Occupations1,612 1,286 326
Office and Administrative Support2,364 2,125 239
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance159 159 -
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving58 52 6
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Harvard University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs20,667 11,667 9,000
Postsecondary Teachers4,820 1,948 2,872
Instructional staff2,448 928 1,520
Research2,372 1,020 1,352
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support1,889 1,273 616
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists796 566 230
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians222 159 63
Librarians375 276 99
Library Technicians199 131 68
Other teaching and Instructional Support1,093 707 386
Management2,071 1,276 795
Business and Financial Operations3,558 2,754 804
Computer, Engineering, and Science2,953 1,327 1,626
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media959 586 373
Healthcare Practioners and Technical224 180 44
Service Occupations1,612 596 1,016
Office and Administrative Support2,364 1,717 647
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance159 6 153
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving58 4 54
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Harvard University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs20,667 192,0921,431 1,9571312,946 44242
Postsecondary Teachers4,820 6594167 21302,461 7510
Instructional staff2,448 4311129 11101,675 434
Research2,372 228338 1020786 326
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support1,889 4184116 11801,314 401
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists796 28231 390625 130
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians222 2203 180169 60
Librarians375 03711 140308 50
Library Technicians199 02517 70148 20
Other teaching and Instructional Support1,093 210285 790689 271
Management2,071 3156104 7701,683 410
Business and Financial Operations3,558 1327307 33732,444 963
Computer, Engineering, and Science2,953 0454184 26711,819 658
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media959 05438 640752 339
Healthcare Practioners and Technical224 02530 340130 40
Service Occupations1,612 1100262 5098649 91
Office and Administrative Support2,364 3197194 30701,544 769
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance159 1010 200125 21
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving58 0119 11125 10
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Harvard University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs1,725 785 940
Postsecondary Teachers1,294 525 769
Instructional staff171 84 87
Research1,123 441 682
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support112 60 52
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists4 3 1
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians4 3 1
Librarians0 0 0
Library Technicians0 0 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support108 57 51
Management7 5 2
Business and Financial Operations40 32 8
Computer, Engineering, and Science155 94 61
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media9 5 4
Healthcare Practioners and Technical1 1 0
Service Occupations73 36 37
Office and Administrative Support34 27 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.