univstats

Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Mercer University

A total of 1,935 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Mercer University. By employment type, there are 1,591 full-time and 344 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 1,095 female and 840 male employees are working at Mercer.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 757, which is 39.12% of total employees. On average, 13 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 119 Librarians, 155 management occupation, 239 computer/engineering, and 75 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 1,290 white (66.67%), 414 black (21.40%), and 87 asian (4.50%) employees working at Mercer. A total of 34 non-resident alien employees work at Mercer.

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 Mercer University
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs1,935 1,591 344
Postsecondary Teachers829 528 301
Instructional staff757 464 293
Research19 18 1
Public service53 46 7
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support119 116 3
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists48 46 2
Librarians31 31 -
Library Technicians17 15 2
Other teaching and Instructional Support71 70 1
Management155 155 -
Business and Financial Operations58 54 4
Computer, Engineering, and Science239 228 11
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media185 181 4
Healthcare Practioners and Technical66 61 5
Service Occupations75 66 9
Office and Administrative Support209 202 7
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Mercer University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs1,935 1,095 840
Postsecondary Teachers829 435 394
Instructional staff757 405 352
Research19 8 11
Public service53 22 31
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support119 91 28
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists48 38 10
Librarians31 26 5
Library Technicians17 12 5
Other teaching and Instructional Support71 53 18
Management155 93 62
Business and Financial Operations58 38 20
Computer, Engineering, and Science239 60 179
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media185 103 82
Healthcare Practioners and Technical66 57 9
Service Occupations75 26 49
Office and Administrative Support209 192 17
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Mercer University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs1,935 387414 7141,290 248
Postsecondary Teachers829 063137 360554 68
Instructional staff757 055133 310500 68
Research19 050 2011 00
Public service53 034 3043 00
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support119 0544 2068 00
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists48 0210 2034 00
Librarians31 023 2024 00
Library Technicians17 007 0010 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support71 0334 0034 00
Management155 0119 20132 10
Business and Financial Operations58 0011 2045 00
Computer, Engineering, and Science239 1730 112179 50
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media185 0244 61123 70
Healthcare Practioners and Technical66 0324 3133 10
Service Occupations75 0129 1043 10
Office and Administrative Support209 2576 80113 30
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Mercer University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs34 14 20
Postsecondary Teachers25 10 15
Instructional staff24 10 14
Research1 0 1
Public service0 0 0
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support0 0 0
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists0 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 Science4 0 4
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media2 1 1
Healthcare Practioners and Technical1 1 0
Service Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support2 2 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.