Faculty & Staffs by Occupation at Mississippi State University

Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Mississippi State University

A total of 5,316 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Mississippi State University. By employment type, there are 4,793 full-time and 523 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 2,923 female and 2,393 male employees are working at Mississippi State.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,252, which is 23.55% of total employees. On average, 16 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 641 Librarians, 182 management occupation, 663 computer/engineering, and 365 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 3,881 white (73.01%), 883 black (16.61%), and 210 asian (3.95%) employees working at Mississippi State. A total of 171 non-resident alien employees work at Mississippi State.

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 Mississippi State University
Staff Category	Total	Full-time	Part-time
All Staffs	5,316	4,793	523
Postsecondary Teachers	1,496	1,255	241
Instructional staff	1,252	1,034	218
Research	89	78	11
Public service	155	143	12
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	641	572	69
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	26	26	-
Librarians	26	26	-
Other teaching and Instructional Support	615	546	69
Management	182	178	4
Business and Financial Operations	585	535	50
Computer, Engineering, and Science	663	639	24
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	264	253	11
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	171	146	25
Service Occupations	365	347	18
Sales and Related Occupations	9	9	-
Office and Administrative Support	653	585	68
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance	201	195	6
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving	86	79	7

Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Mississippi State University
Staff Category	Total	Female	Male
All Staffs	5,316	2,923	2,393
Postsecondary Teachers	1,496	670	826
Instructional staff	1,252	560	692
Research	89	31	58
Public service	155	79	76
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	641	443	198
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	26	20	6
Librarians	26	20	6
Other teaching and Instructional Support	615	423	192
Management	182	66	116
Business and Financial Operations	585	400	185
Computer, Engineering, and Science	663	221	442
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	264	130	134
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	171	138	33
Service Occupations	365	217	148
Sales and Related Occupations	9	5	4
Office and Administrative Support	653	595	58
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance	201	14	187
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving	86	24	62

Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Mississippi State University
Occupation	Total	American Indian / Alaska Native	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Nativie Hawaiian	White	Two or More Races	Race Unknown
All Staffs	5,316	15	210	883	85	2	3,881	68	1
Postsecondary Teachers	1,496	5	150	91	38	0	1,107	16	0
Instructional staff	1,252	4	132	79	28	0	924	14	0
Research	89	0	16	4	3	0	50	2	0
Public service	155	1	2	8	7	0	133	0	0
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	641	4	7	139	8	0	466	11	0
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	26	0	2	1	0	0	22	0	0
Librarians	26	0	2	1	0	0	22	0	0
Other teaching and Instructional Support	615	4	5	138	8	0	444	11	0
Management	182	1	2	17	1	0	160	0	0
Business and Financial Operations	585	0	6	64	5	0	506	2	0
Computer, Engineering, and Science	663	0	40	35	15	1	488	14	1
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	264	1	1	31	3	0	218	7	0
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	171	0	1	20	3	0	145	2	0
Service Occupations	365	1	0	256	6	0	96	5	0
Sales and Related Occupations	9	0	0	2	0	0	7	0	0
Office and Administrative Support	653	3	3	151	5	1	482	8	0
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance	201	0	0	35	0	0	163	3	0
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving	86	0	0	42	1	0	43	0	0

Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Mississippi State University
Staff Category	Total	Female	Male
All Staffs	171	55	116
Postsecondary Teachers	89	31	58
Instructional staff	71	27	44
Research	14	2	12
Public service	4	2	2
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	6	4	2
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	1	0	1
Librarians	1	0	1
Other teaching and Instructional Support	5	4	1
Management	1	0	1
Business and Financial Operations	2	2	0
Computer, Engineering, and Science	69	16	53
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	3	1	2
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	0	0	0
Service Occupations	1	1	0
Sales and Related Occupations	0	0	0
Office and Administrative Support	0	0	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.