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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Montana State University

A total of 3,550 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Montana State University. By employment type, there are 2,651 full-time and 899 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 1,973 female and 1,577 male employees are working at MSU.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,179, which is 33.21% of total employees. On average, 18 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 111 Librarians, 272 management occupation, 195 computer/engineering, and 344 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 3,006 white (84.68%), 20 black (0.56%), and 89 asian (2.51%) employees working at MSU. A total of 67 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 Montana State University
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs3,550 2,651 899
Postsecondary Teachers1,684 1,033 651
Instructional staff1,179 629 550
Research327 250 77
Public service178 154 24
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support111 97 14
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists21 20 1
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians10 9 1
Librarians1 1 -
Library Technicians10 10 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support90 77 13
Management272 250 22
Business and Financial Operations333 292 41
Computer, Engineering, and Science195 180 15
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media237 164 73
Healthcare Practioners and Technical48 28 20
Service Occupations344 320 24
Sales and Related Occupations4 3 1
Office and Administrative Support229 196 33
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance80 76 4
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving13 12 1
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Montana State University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs3,550 1,973 1,577
Postsecondary Teachers1,684 914 770
Instructional staff1,179 648 531
Research327 147 180
Public service178 119 59
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support111 77 34
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists21 12 9
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians10 3 7
Librarians1 1 0
Library Technicians10 8 2
Other teaching and Instructional Support90 65 25
Management272 154 118
Business and Financial Operations333 259 74
Computer, Engineering, and Science195 65 130
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media237 137 100
Healthcare Practioners and Technical48 32 16
Service Occupations344 128 216
Sales and Related Occupations4 3 1
Office and Administrative Support229 196 33
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance80 2 78
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving13 6 7
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Montana State University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs3,550 448920 10223,006 90130
Postsecondary Teachers1,684 20525 3521,422 3556
Instructional staff1,179 11345 2011,007 2742
Research327 5180 130253 411
Public service178 400 21162 43
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support111 220 3093 83
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists21 000 0016 41
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians10 000 009 10
Librarians1 000 001 00
Library Technicians10 000 006 31
Other teaching and Instructional Support90 220 3077 42
Management272 551 70242 46
Business and Financial Operations333 481 120285 1011
Computer, Engineering, and Science195 052 50172 64
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media237 517 40207 210
Healthcare Practioners and Technical48 100 0042 22
Service Occupations344 3123 230266 1025
Sales and Related Occupations4 000 004 00
Office and Administrative Support229 331 100198 86
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance80 100 2067 46
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving13 010 108 11
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Montana State University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs67 33 34
Postsecondary Teachers57 29 28
Instructional staff32 20 12
Research23 9 14
Public service2 0 2
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support0 0 0
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists0 0 0
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians0 0 0
Librarians0 0 0
Library Technicians0 0 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support0 0 0
Management2 1 1
Business and Financial Operations2 0 2
Computer, Engineering, and Science1 1 0
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media1 0 1
Healthcare Practioners and Technical1 1 0
Service Occupations2 1 1
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support0 0 0
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance0 0 0
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving1 0 1

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.