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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Northern Arizona University

A total of 3,658 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Northern Arizona University. By employment type, there are 3,041 full-time and 617 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 2,118 female and 1,540 male employees are working at NAU.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,585, which is 43.33% of total employees. On average, 20 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 121 Librarians, 142 management occupation, 400 computer/engineering, and 191 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 2,605 white (71.21%), 75 black (2.05%), and 135 asian (3.69%) employees working at NAU. A total of 60 non-resident alien employees work at NAU.

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 Northern Arizona University
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs3,658 3,041 617
Postsecondary Teachers1,608 1,054 554
Instructional staff1,585 1,031 554
Research23 23 -
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support121 114 7
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists37 35 2
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians6 6 -
Librarians30 28 2
Library Technicians1 1 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support84 79 5
Management142 142 -
Business and Financial Operations613 594 19
Computer, Engineering, and Science400 385 15
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media290 286 4
Healthcare Practioners and Technical32 24 8
Service Occupations191 190 1
Office and Administrative Support169 165 4
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance55 55 -
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving37 32 5
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Northern Arizona University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs3,658 2,118 1,540
Postsecondary Teachers1,608 917 691
Instructional staff1,585 907 678
Research23 10 13
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support121 77 44
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists37 21 16
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians6 3 3
Librarians30 17 13
Library Technicians1 1 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support84 56 28
Management142 85 57
Business and Financial Operations613 429 184
Computer, Engineering, and Science400 158 242
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media290 186 104
Healthcare Practioners and Technical32 25 7
Service Occupations191 107 84
Office and Administrative Support169 128 41
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance55 2 53
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving37 4 33
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Northern Arizona University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs3,658 19413575 36492,605 79137
Postsecondary Teachers1,608 348330 13041,212 2357
Instructional staff1,585 348330 12941,191 2356
Research23 000 1021 01
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support121 814 14083 65
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists37 210 1032 01
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians6 000 006 00
Librarians30 110 1026 01
Library Technicians1 100 000 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support84 604 13051 64
Management142 282 60111 210
Business and Financial Operations613 4389 841431 1816
Computer, Engineering, and Science400 22165 241295 1110
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media290 16913 301204 88
Healthcare Practioners and Technical32 000 1026 32
Service Occupations191 4647 35176 217
Office and Administrative Support169 1142 241114 48
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance55 520 12033 12
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving37 703 4020 12
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Northern Arizona University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs60 22 38
Postsecondary Teachers35 13 22
Instructional staff35 13 22
Research0 0 0
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
Management1 1 0
Business and Financial Operations3 2 1
Computer, Engineering, and Science16 3 13
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media1 0 1
Healthcare Practioners and Technical0 0 0
Service Occupations3 2 1
Office and Administrative Support1 1 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.