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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Northeastern University

A total of 6,685 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Northeastern University. By employment type, there are 5,344 full-time and 1,341 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 3,677 female and 3,008 male employees are working at Northeastern.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 2,945, which is 44.05% of total employees. On average, 16 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 408 Librarians, 257 management occupation, 612 computer/engineering, and 204 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 3,119 white (46.66%), 343 black (5.13%), and 329 asian (4.92%) employees working at Northeastern. A total of 787 non-resident alien employees work at Northeastern.

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 Northeastern University
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs6,685 5,344 1,341
Postsecondary Teachers3,285 1,944 1,341
Instructional staff2,945 1,606 1,339
Research340 338 2
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support408 408 -
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists55 55 -
Librarians55 55 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support353 353 -
Management257 257 -
Business and Financial Operations640 640 -
Computer, Engineering, and Science612 612 -
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media392 392 -
Healthcare Practioners and Technical66 66 -
Service Occupations204 204 -
Sales and Related Occupations331 331 -
Office and Administrative Support350 350 -
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance126 126 -
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving14 14 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Northeastern University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs6,685 3,677 3,008
Postsecondary Teachers3,285 1,601 1,684
Instructional staff2,945 1,469 1,476
Research340 132 208
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support408 300 108
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists55 42 13
Librarians55 42 13
Other teaching and Instructional Support353 258 95
Management257 155 102
Business and Financial Operations640 468 172
Computer, Engineering, and Science612 277 335
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media392 259 133
Healthcare Practioners and Technical66 57 9
Service Occupations204 43 161
Sales and Related Occupations331 239 92
Office and Administrative Support350 256 94
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance126 22 104
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving14 0 14
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Northeastern University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs6,685 7329343 27333,119 931,731
Postsecondary Teachers3,285 5166116 8911,473 35839
Instructional staff2,945 5144107 8711,414 35718
Research340 0229 2059 0121
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support408 02131 251203 4105
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists55 062 1034 09
Librarians55 062 1034 09
Other teaching and Instructional Support353 01529 241169 496
Management257 01115 60149 454
Business and Financial Operations640 04934 320254 14213
Computer, Engineering, and Science612 04330 290284 5151
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media392 01125 150204 8104
Healthcare Practioners and Technical66 036 1032 218
Service Occupations204 0422 270101 538
Sales and Related Occupations331 1813 160178 697
Office and Administrative Support350 0942 271147 894
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance126 149 4084 118
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving14 000 2010 10
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Northeastern University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs787 334 453
Postsecondary Teachers561 201 360
Instructional staff434 161 273
Research127 40 87
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support18 11 7
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists3 1 2
Librarians3 1 2
Other teaching and Instructional Support15 10 5
Management18 13 5
Business and Financial Operations44 33 11
Computer, Engineering, and Science70 29 41
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media25 16 9
Healthcare Practioners and Technical4 4 0
Service Occupations7 2 5
Sales and Related Occupations12 7 5
Office and Administrative Support22 16 6
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance5 2 3
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.