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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Iowa State University

A total of 6,670 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Iowa State University. By employment type, there are 6,184 full-time and 486 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 3,495 female and 3,175 male employees are working at ISU.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,701, which is 25.50% of total employees. On average, 18 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 163 Librarians, 286 management occupation, 525 computer/engineering, and 534 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 5,439 white (81.54%), 128 black (1.92%), and 486 asian (7.29%) employees working at ISU. A total of 321 non-resident alien employees work at ISU.

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 Iowa State University
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs6,670 6,184 486
Postsecondary Teachers2,503 2,178 325
Instructional staff1,701 1,444 257
Research580 534 46
Public service222 200 22
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support163 157 6
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists73 68 5
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians5 5 -
Librarians40 40 -
Library Technicians28 23 5
Other teaching and Instructional Support90 89 1
Management286 282 4
Business and Financial Operations936 905 31
Computer, Engineering, and Science525 506 19
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media558 538 20
Healthcare Practioners and Technical335 305 30
Service Occupations534 526 8
Sales and Related Occupations27 25 2
Office and Administrative Support392 354 38
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance340 338 2
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving71 70 1
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Iowa State University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs6,670 3,495 3,175
Postsecondary Teachers2,503 1,051 1,452
Instructional staff1,701 685 1,016
Research580 214 366
Public service222 152 70
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support163 103 60
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists73 49 24
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians5 4 1
Librarians40 27 13
Library Technicians28 18 10
Other teaching and Instructional Support90 54 36
Management286 153 133
Business and Financial Operations936 702 234
Computer, Engineering, and Science525 137 388
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media558 391 167
Healthcare Practioners and Technical335 281 54
Service Occupations534 269 265
Sales and Related Occupations27 5 22
Office and Administrative Support392 351 41
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance340 37 303
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving71 15 56
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Iowa State University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs6,670 17486128 19125,439 7412
Postsecondary Teachers2,503 534445 8511,721 211
Instructional staff1,701 427337 6211,245 160
Research580 0694 150273 21
Public service222 124 80203 30
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support163 051 50147 30
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists73 031 3064 20
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians5 000 005 00
Librarians40 031 2033 10
Library Technicians28 000 1026 10
Other teaching and Instructional Support90 020 2083 10
Management286 0413 41263 10
Business and Financial Operations936 32614 210854 83
Computer, Engineering, and Science525 24710 70436 72
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media558 11215 170497 101
Healthcare Practioners and Technical335 0122 100300 41
Service Occupations534 42119 280444 121
Sales and Related Occupations27 000 0027 00
Office and Administrative Support392 0114 60364 61
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance340 143 50322 12
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving71 102 3064 10
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Iowa State University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs321 105 216
Postsecondary Teachers280 82 198
Instructional staff63 24 39
Research216 57 159
Public service1 1 0
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support2 2 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 Support2 2 0
Management0 0 0
Business and Financial Operations7 5 2
Computer, Engineering, and Science14 4 10
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media5 4 1
Healthcare Practioners and Technical6 4 2
Service Occupations5 3 2
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support0 0 0
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance2 1 1
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.