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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Mississippi State University

A total of 5,451 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Mississippi State University. By employment type, there are 4,925 full-time and 526 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 3,046 female and 2,405 male employees are working at Mississippi State.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,259, which is 23.10% of total employees. On average, 16 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 670 Librarians, 191 management occupation, 676 computer/engineering, and 381 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 3,961 white (72.67%), 943 black (17.30%), and 214 asian (3.93%) employees working at Mississippi State. A total of 159 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 CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs5,451 4,925 526
Postsecondary Teachers1,490 1,248 242
Instructional staff1,259 1,035 224
Research81 74 7
Public service150 139 11
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support670 596 74
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists29 29 -
Librarians28 28 -
Library Technicians1 1 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support641 567 74
Management191 187 4
Business and Financial Operations630 570 60
Computer, Engineering, and Science676 657 19
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media310 302 8
Healthcare Practioners and Technical170 151 19
Service Occupations381 365 16
Sales and Related Occupations10 10 -
Office and Administrative Support643 574 69
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance192 185 7
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving88 80 8
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Mississippi State University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs5,451 3,046 2,405
Postsecondary Teachers1,490 691 799
Instructional staff1,259 578 681
Research81 34 47
Public service150 79 71
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support670 477 193
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists29 23 6
Librarians28 22 6
Library Technicians1 1 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support641 454 187
Management191 75 116
Business and Financial Operations630 440 190
Computer, Engineering, and Science676 236 440
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media310 150 160
Healthcare Practioners and Technical170 138 32
Service Occupations381 214 167
Sales and Related Occupations10 8 2
Office and Administrative Support643 583 60
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance192 11 181
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving88 23 65
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Mississippi State University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs5,451 13214943 8323,961 679
Postsecondary Teachers1,490 515098 3201,107 132
Instructional staff1,259 413288 260930 112
Research81 0164 2044 20
Public service150 126 40133 00
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support670 26146 100489 101
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists29 022 0023 01
Librarians28 021 0023 01
Library Technicians1 001 000 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support641 24144 100466 100
Management191 0320 10165 02
Business and Financial Operations630 1674 90534 40
Computer, Engineering, and Science676 04136 121505 153
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media310 0043 40252 90
Healthcare Practioners and Technical170 0224 40137 21
Service Occupations381 12266 40102 30
Sales and Related Occupations10 001 009 00
Office and Administrative Support643 44159 51462 80
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance192 0033 00157 20
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving88 0043 2042 10
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Mississippi State University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs159 64 95
Postsecondary Teachers83 33 50
Instructional staff66 29 37
Research13 2 11
Public service4 2 2
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support6 3 3
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists1 0 1
Librarians1 0 1
Library Technicians0 0 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support5 3 2
Management0 0 0
Business and Financial Operations2 2 0
Computer, Engineering, and Science63 23 40
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media2 1 1
Healthcare Practioners and Technical0 0 0
Service Occupations3 2 1
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support0 0 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.