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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Iowa State University

A total of 6,849 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Iowa State University. By employment type, there are 6,342 full-time and 507 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 3,606 female and 3,243 male employees are working at ISU.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,693, which is 24.72% of total employees. On average, 18 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 164 Librarians, 287 management occupation, 549 computer/engineering, and 565 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 5,541 white (80.90%), 130 black (1.90%), and 516 asian (7.53%) employees working at ISU. A total of 338 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 Staffs6,849 6,342 507
Postsecondary Teachers2,511 2,185 326
Instructional staff1,693 1,432 261
Research585 546 39
Public service233 207 26
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support164 157 7
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists72 68 4
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians5 5 -
Librarians43 43 -
Library Technicians24 20 4
Other teaching and Instructional Support92 89 3
Management287 284 3
Business and Financial Operations959 931 28
Computer, Engineering, and Science549 530 19
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media612 588 24
Healthcare Practioners and Technical351 313 38
Service Occupations565 553 12
Sales and Related Occupations26 24 2
Office and Administrative Support405 361 44
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance348 345 3
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving72 71 1
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Iowa State University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs6,849 3,606 3,243
Postsecondary Teachers2,511 1,070 1,441
Instructional staff1,693 690 1,003
Research585 220 365
Public service233 160 73
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support164 105 59
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists72 49 23
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians5 4 1
Librarians43 29 14
Library Technicians24 16 8
Other teaching and Instructional Support92 56 36
Management287 151 136
Business and Financial Operations959 708 251
Computer, Engineering, and Science549 141 408
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media612 435 177
Healthcare Practioners and Technical351 292 59
Service Occupations565 278 287
Sales and Related Occupations26 4 22
Office and Administrative Support405 359 46
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance348 45 303
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving72 18 54
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Iowa State University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs6,849 12516130 23725,541 721
Postsecondary Teachers2,511 436743 9221,687 230
Instructional staff1,693 428734 6421,218 150
Research585 0775 160262 40
Public service233 034 120207 40
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support164 082 40143 30
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists72 061 1061 20
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians5 000 005 00
Librarians43 051 1034 10
Library Technicians24 010 0022 10
Other teaching and Instructional Support92 021 3082 10
Management287 0412 50265 10
Business and Financial Operations959 12710 280875 90
Computer, Engineering, and Science549 24712 80457 61
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media612 01216 250545 110
Healthcare Practioners and Technical351 0112 160311 30
Service Occupations565 32526 370463 70
Sales and Related Occupations26 000 0025 10
Office and Administrative Support405 0114 140371 50
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance348 141 40335 20
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving72 102 4064 10
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Iowa State University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs338 121 217
Postsecondary Teachers293 98 195
Instructional staff69 21 48
Research221 75 146
Public service3 2 1
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support4 3 1
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists1 1 0
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians0 0 0
Librarians1 1 0
Library Technicians0 0 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support3 2 1
Management0 0 0
Business and Financial Operations9 7 2
Computer, Engineering, and Science16 4 12
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media3 2 1
Healthcare Practioners and Technical8 4 4
Service Occupations4 3 1
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support0 0 0
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance1 0 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.