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Staffs Statistics by Occupation

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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Howard University

A total of 3,376 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Howard University. By employment type, there are 2,778 full-time and 598 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 1,976 female and 1,400 male employees are working at HU.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,460, which is 43.25% of total employees. On average, 13 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 111 Librarians, 549 management occupation, 103 computer/engineering, and 84 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 296 white (8.77%), 2,360 black (69.91%), and 270 asian (8.00%) employees working at HU. A total of 1 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 Staffs3,376 2,778 598
Postsecondary Teachers1,707 1,257 450
Instructional staff1,460 1,022 438
Research211 201 10
Public service36 34 2
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support111 104 7
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists43 43 -
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians7 7 -
Librarians17 17 -
Library Technicians19 19 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support68 61 7
Management549 544 5
Business and Financial Operations49 49 -
Computer, Engineering, and Science103 102 1
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media150 142 8
Healthcare Practioners and Technical222 141 81
Service Occupations84 84 -
Office and Administrative Support394 348 46
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance5 5 -
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving2 2 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Howard University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs3,376 1,976 1,400
Postsecondary Teachers1,707 888 819
Instructional staff1,460 737 723
Research211 121 90
Public service36 30 6
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support111 67 44
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists43 26 17
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians7 4 3
Librarians17 13 4
Library Technicians19 9 10
Other teaching and Instructional Support68 41 27
Management549 345 204
Business and Financial Operations49 32 17
Computer, Engineering, and Science103 29 74
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media150 95 55
Healthcare Practioners and Technical222 171 51
Service Occupations84 28 56
Office and Administrative Support394 320 74
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance5 1 4
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving2 0 2
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Howard University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs3,376 152702,360 1466296 47235
Postsecondary Teachers1,707 52111,077 744222 2489
Instructional staff1,460 5157945 544206 2068
Research211 053108 18016 313
Public service36 0124 200 18
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support111 0284 6012 16
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists43 0136 004 02
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians7 006 000 01
Librarians17 0012 004 01
Library Technicians19 0118 000 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support68 0148 608 14
Management549 116431 19028 945
Business and Financial Operations49 0338 100 07
Computer, Engineering, and Science103 0870 316 114
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media150 13115 906 115
Healthcare Practioners and Technical222 212146 19110 626
Service Occupations84 2373 100 05
Office and Administrative Support394 411320 14012 528
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance5 014 000 00
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving2 002 000 00
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Howard University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs1 0 1
Postsecondary Teachers1 0 1
Instructional staff1 0 1
Research0 0 0
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.