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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Northeastern University

A total of 6,874 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Northeastern University. By employment type, there are 6,121 full-time and 753 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 3,729 female and 3,145 male employees are working at Northeastern.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 2,489, which is 36.21% of total employees. On average, 16 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 488 Librarians, 831 management occupation, 312 computer/engineering, and 208 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 3,695 white (53.75%), 410 black (5.96%), and 536 asian (7.80%) employees working at Northeastern. A total of 1,000 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 Staffs6,874 6,121 753
Postsecondary Teachers2,985 2,254 731
Instructional staff2,489 1,766 723
Research496 488 8
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support488 482 6
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists32 32 -
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians5 5 -
Librarians27 27 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support456 450 6
Management831 831 -
Business and Financial Operations960 959 1
Computer, Engineering, and Science312 312 -
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media554 553 1
Healthcare Practioners and Technical50 50 -
Service Occupations208 206 2
Sales and Related Occupations69 69 -
Office and Administrative Support320 308 12
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance75 75 -
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving22 22 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Northeastern University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs6,874 3,729 3,145
Postsecondary Teachers2,985 1,358 1,627
Instructional staff2,489 1,174 1,315
Research496 184 312
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support488 338 150
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists32 23 9
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians5 4 1
Librarians27 19 8
Other teaching and Instructional Support456 315 141
Management831 505 326
Business and Financial Operations960 687 273
Computer, Engineering, and Science312 96 216
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media554 366 188
Healthcare Practioners and Technical50 41 9
Service Occupations208 44 164
Sales and Related Occupations69 52 17
Office and Administrative Support320 236 84
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance75 5 70
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving22 1 21
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Northeastern University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs6,874 7536410 38953,695 124708
Postsecondary Teachers2,985 527098 10811,496 41354
Instructional staff2,489 518987 9111,360 36256
Research496 08111 170136 598
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support488 13731 341281 852
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists32 031 1020 05
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians5 001 003 01
Librarians27 030 1017 04
Other teaching and Instructional Support456 13430 331261 847
Management831 04561 381579 1155
Business and Financial Operations960 08374 691489 29115
Computer, Engineering, and Science312 04826 220135 623
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media554 02043 451325 1235
Healthcare Practioners and Technical50 052 1031 33
Service Occupations208 0926 33095 127
Sales and Related Occupations69 043 2048 45
Office and Administrative Support320 01439 310152 829
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance75 115 1054 07
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving22 002 5010 13
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Northeastern University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs1,000 454 546
Postsecondary Teachers612 228 384
Instructional staff464 182 282
Research148 46 102
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support43 26 17
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists2 1 1
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians0 0 0
Librarians2 1 1
Other teaching and Instructional Support41 25 16
Management41 25 16
Business and Financial Operations100 70 30
Computer, Engineering, and Science52 15 37
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media73 49 24
Healthcare Practioners and Technical5 5 0
Service Occupations17 5 12
Sales and Related Occupations3 1 2
Office and Administrative Support47 30 17
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance6 0 6
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.