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Staffs Statistics by Occupation

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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Howard University

A total of 3,040 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Howard University. By employment type, there are 2,525 full-time and 515 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 1,772 female and 1,268 male employees are working at HU.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,350, which is 44.41% of total employees. On average, 14 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 110 Librarians, 438 management occupation, 99 computer/engineering, and 123 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 278 white (9.14%), 2,112 black (69.47%), and 223 asian (7.34%) employees working at HU. A total of 2 non-resident alien employees work at HU.

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 Howard University
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs3,040 2,525 515
Postsecondary Teachers1,550 1,151 399
Instructional staff1,350 955 395
Research161 157 4
Public service39 39 -
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support110 108 2
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists42 42 -
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians4 4 -
Librarians18 18 -
Library Technicians20 20 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support68 66 2
Management438 436 2
Business and Financial Operations49 49 -
Computer, Engineering, and Science99 98 1
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media119 115 4
Healthcare Practioners and Technical165 103 62
Service Occupations123 123 -
Office and Administrative Support380 336 44
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance4 4 -
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving3 2 1
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Howard University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs3,040 1,772 1,268
Postsecondary Teachers1,550 798 752
Instructional staff1,350 673 677
Research161 90 71
Public service39 35 4
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support110 74 36
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists42 25 17
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians4 2 2
Librarians18 14 4
Library Technicians20 9 11
Other teaching and Instructional Support68 49 19
Management438 271 167
Business and Financial Operations49 32 17
Computer, Engineering, and Science99 32 67
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media119 72 47
Healthcare Practioners and Technical165 122 43
Service Occupations123 61 62
Office and Administrative Support380 308 72
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance4 1 3
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving3 1 2
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Howard University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs3,040 172232,112 1143278 48243
Postsecondary Teachers1,550 7176978 632221 2774
Instructional staff1,350 6141873 522205 2348
Research161 13478 9015 319
Public service39 0127 201 17
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support110 3382 4013 05
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists42 0133 107 00
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians4 003 001 00
Librarians18 0013 005 00
Library Technicians20 0117 101 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support68 3249 306 05
Management438 011348 10022 1037
Business and Financial Operations49 0436 100 08
Computer, Engineering, and Science99 0761 315 121
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media119 1194 802 013
Healthcare Practioners and Technical165 110107 7011 524
Service Occupations123 21102 200 016
Office and Administrative Support380 39298 1604 545
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance4 013 000 00
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving3 003 000 00
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Howard University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs2 1 1
Postsecondary Teachers2 1 1
Instructional staff0 0 0
Research2 1 1
Public service0 0 0
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support0 0 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 Support0 0 0
Management0 0 0
Business and Financial Operations0 0 0
Computer, Engineering, and Science0 0 0
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media0 0 0
Healthcare Practioners and Technical0 0 0
Service Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support0 0 0
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.