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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Montana State University

A total of 3,340 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Montana State University. By employment type, there are 2,507 full-time and 833 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 1,860 female and 1,480 male employees are working at MSU.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,119, which is 33.50% of total employees. On average, 18 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 100 Librarians, 250 management occupation, 196 computer/engineering, and 283 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 2,861 white (85.66%), 13 black (0.39%), and 71 asian (2.13%) employees working at MSU. A total of 69 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 Staffs3,340 2,507 833
Postsecondary Teachers1,621 1,002 619
Instructional staff1,119 608 511
Research323 243 80
Public service179 151 28
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support100 86 14
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists18 17 1
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians8 7 1
Librarians1 1 -
Library Technicians9 9 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support82 69 13
Management250 231 19
Business and Financial Operations304 278 26
Computer, Engineering, and Science196 180 16
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media228 171 57
Healthcare Practioners and Technical48 27 21
Service Occupations283 266 17
Sales and Related Occupations3 2 1
Office and Administrative Support219 183 36
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance74 68 6
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving14 13 1
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Montana State University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs3,340 1,860 1,480
Postsecondary Teachers1,621 881 740
Instructional staff1,119 610 509
Research323 150 173
Public service179 121 58
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support100 65 35
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists18 9 9
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians8 2 6
Librarians1 1 0
Library Technicians9 6 3
Other teaching and Instructional Support82 56 26
Management250 138 112
Business and Financial Operations304 237 67
Computer, Engineering, and Science196 64 132
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media228 139 89
Healthcare Practioners and Technical48 33 15
Service Occupations283 100 183
Sales and Related Occupations3 2 1
Office and Administrative Support219 192 27
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance74 2 72
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving14 7 7
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Montana State University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs3,340 377113 10122,861 70116
Postsecondary Teachers1,621 15442 4121,374 2753
Instructional staff1,119 7312 271974 2035
Research323 4130 110239 314
Public service179 400 31161 44
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support100 230 2083 73
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists18 000 0013 41
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians8 000 007 10
Librarians1 000 001 00
Library Technicians9 000 005 31
Other teaching and Instructional Support82 230 2070 32
Management250 550 50224 36
Business and Financial Operations304 460 90270 68
Computer, Engineering, and Science196 011 40179 56
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media228 306 50202 37
Healthcare Practioners and Technical48 100 0044 21
Service Occupations283 273 250220 719
Sales and Related Occupations3 000 003 00
Office and Administrative Support219 441 80189 76
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance74 110 2062 26
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving14 000 0011 11
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Montana State University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs69 32 37
Postsecondary Teachers63 31 32
Instructional staff22 12 10
Research39 18 21
Public service2 1 1
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 Operations1 0 1
Computer, Engineering, and Science0 0 0
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media2 0 2
Healthcare Practioners and Technical0 0 0
Service Occupations0 0 0
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.