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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Michigan State University

A total of 13,601 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Michigan State University. By employment type, there are 12,782 full-time and 819 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 7,518 female and 6,083 male employees are working at MSU.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 3,583, which is 26.34% of total employees. On average, 17 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 787 Librarians, 1,846 management occupation, 1,310 computer/engineering, and 1,091 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 10,151 white (74.63%), 972 black (7.15%), and 889 asian (6.54%) employees working at MSU. A total of 669 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 CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs13,601 12,782 819
Postsecondary Teachers4,557 3,967 590
Instructional staff3,583 3,013 570
Research543 529 14
Public service431 425 6
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support787 734 53
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists89 88 1
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians12 11 1
Librarians77 77 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support698 646 52
Management1,846 1,818 28
Business and Financial Operations732 720 12
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,310 1,297 13
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media805 777 28
Healthcare Practioners and Technical451 416 35
Service Occupations1,091 1,079 12
Sales and Related Occupations10 10 -
Office and Administrative Support1,419 1,372 47
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance381 381 -
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving212 211 1
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Michigan State University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs13,601 7,518 6,083
Postsecondary Teachers4,557 2,228 2,329
Instructional staff3,583 1,678 1,905
Research543 226 317
Public service431 324 107
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support787 510 277
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists89 59 30
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians12 10 2
Librarians77 49 28
Other teaching and Instructional Support698 451 247
Management1,846 1,087 759
Business and Financial Operations732 561 171
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,310 376 934
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media805 506 299
Healthcare Practioners and Technical451 379 72
Service Occupations1,091 574 517
Sales and Related Occupations10 7 3
Office and Administrative Support1,419 1,227 192
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance381 24 357
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving212 39 173
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Michigan State University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs13,601 67889972 7341210,151 1070
Postsecondary Teachers4,557 26533227 20383,075 270
Instructional staff3,583 20499189 17272,528 240
Research543 22810 150177 10
Public service431 4628 161370 20
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support787 45151 281556 80
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists89 042 5075 10
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians12 000 0012 00
Librarians77 042 5063 10
Other teaching and Instructional Support698 44749 231481 70
Management1,846 657166 7901,501 130
Business and Financial Operations732 72642 361609 60
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,310 910843 4201,029 60
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media805 338111 641569 110
Healthcare Practioners and Technical451 11015 160399 70
Service Occupations1,091 431196 1240718 120
Sales and Related Occupations10 000 0010 00
Office and Administrative Support1,419 533101 10511,156 140
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance381 2114 210341 20
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving212 016 160188 10
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Michigan State University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs669 284 385
Postsecondary Teachers458 181 277
Instructional staff144 63 81
Research310 115 195
Public service4 3 1
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support88 50 38
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists2 0 2
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians0 0 0
Librarians2 0 2
Other teaching and Instructional Support86 50 36
Management24 16 8
Business and Financial Operations5 4 1
Computer, Engineering, and Science73 21 52
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media8 3 5
Healthcare Practioners and Technical3 2 1
Service Occupations6 3 3
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support4 4 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.