Faculty & Staffs by Occupation at Michigan State University

Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Michigan State University

A total of 12,864 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Michigan State University. By employment type, there are 12,046 full-time and 818 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 7,006 female and 5,858 male employees are working at MSU.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 3,476, which is 27.02% of total employees. On average, 17 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 745 Librarians, 1,686 management occupation, 1,183 computer/engineering, and 1,013 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 9,718 white (75.54%), 890 black (6.92%), and 818 asian (6.36%) employees working at MSU. A total of 576 non-resident alien employees work at MSU.

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 Michigan State University
Staff Category	Total	Full-time	Part-time
All Staffs	12,864	12,046	818
Postsecondary Teachers	4,400	3,830	570
Instructional staff	3,476	2,926	550
Research	506	494	12
Public service	418	410	8
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	745	682	63
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	90	88	2
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians	12	11	1
Librarians	78	77	1
Other teaching and Instructional Support	655	594	61
Management	1,686	1,656	30
Business and Financial Operations	682	670	12
Computer, Engineering, and Science	1,183	1,165	18
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	719	694	25
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	427	393	34
Service Occupations	1,013	1,007	6
Sales and Related Occupations	8	8	-
Office and Administrative Support	1,406	1,347	59
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance	379	379	-
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving	216	215	1

Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Michigan State University
Staff Category	Total	Female	Male
All Staffs	12,864	7,006	5,858
Postsecondary Teachers	4,400	2,080	2,320
Instructional staff	3,476	1,579	1,897
Research	506	195	311
Public service	418	306	112
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	745	472	273
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	90	61	29
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians	12	9	3
Librarians	78	52	26
Other teaching and Instructional Support	655	411	244
Management	1,686	1,001	685
Business and Financial Operations	682	519	163
Computer, Engineering, and Science	1,183	314	869
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	719	451	268
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	427	353	74
Service Occupations	1,013	529	484
Sales and Related Occupations	8	7	1
Office and Administrative Support	1,406	1,210	196
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance	379	26	353
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving	216	44	172

Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Michigan State University
Occupation	Total	American Indian / Alaska Native	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Nativie Hawaiian	White	Two or More Races	Race Unknown
All Staffs	12,864	60	818	890	690	12	9,718	97	3
Postsecondary Teachers	4,400	20	503	216	195	8	3,034	20	0
Instructional staff	3,476	17	469	181	168	7	2,500	18	0
Research	506	0	30	8	13	0	171	0	0
Public service	418	3	4	27	14	1	363	2	0
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	745	3	50	53	31	2	520	9	0
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	90	0	6	2	5	0	76	1	0
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians	12	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0
Librarians	78	0	6	2	5	0	64	1	0
Other teaching and Instructional Support	655	3	44	51	26	2	444	8	0
Management	1,686	7	55	137	72	0	1,380	12	0
Business and Financial Operations	682	7	23	34	35	1	575	3	0
Computer, Engineering, and Science	1,183	8	91	35	40	0	947	6	1
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	719	5	32	103	55	1	504	13	0
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	427	1	11	16	17	0	379	2	0
Service Occupations	1,013	2	24	177	116	0	674	14	1
Sales and Related Occupations	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
Office and Administrative Support	1,406	4	27	99	95	0	1,164	15	1
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance	379	2	1	14	20	0	340	2	0
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving	216	1	1	6	14	0	193	1	0

Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Michigan State University
Staff Category	Total	Female	Male
All Staffs	576	235	341
Postsecondary Teachers	404	155	249
Instructional staff	116	52	64
Research	284	101	183
Public service	4	2	2
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	77	38	39
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	0	0	0
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians	0	0	0
Librarians	0	0	0
Other teaching and Instructional Support	77	38	39
Management	23	15	8
Business and Financial Operations	4	2	2
Computer, Engineering, and Science	55	19	36
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	6	1	5
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	1	1	0
Service Occupations	5	3	2
Sales and Related Occupations	0	0	0
Office and Administrative Support	1	1	0
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance	0	0	0
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving	0	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.