Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Northern Illinois University
A total of 3,062 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Northern Illinois University. By employment type, there are 2,760 full-time and 302 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 1,691 female and 1,371 male employees are working at Northern Illinois.
The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,096, which is 35.79% of total employees. On average, 15 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 246 Librarians, 204 management occupation, 218 computer/engineering, and 374 service occupations.
By race/ethnicity, there are 2,306 white (75.31%), 232 black (7.58%), and 190 asian (6.21%) employees working at Northern Illinois. A total of 86 non-resident alien employees work at Northern Illinois.
Next tables summarize the number of staffs by gender, race/ethnicity, occupation, and faculty status.
| Staff Category | Total | Full-time | Part-time |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Staffs | 3,062 | 2,760 | 302 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 1,108 | 832 | 276 |
| Instructional staff | 1,096 | 820 | 276 |
| Research | 5 | 5 | - |
| Public service | 7 | 7 | - |
| Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support | 246 | 242 | 4 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists | 41 | 41 | - |
| Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians | 2 | 2 | - |
| Librarians | 38 | 38 | - |
| Library Technicians | 1 | 1 | - |
| Other teaching and Instructional Support | 205 | 201 | 4 |
| Management | 204 | 202 | 2 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 277 | 274 | 3 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 218 | 212 | 6 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 159 | 158 | 1 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 8 | 8 | - |
| Service Occupations | 374 | 374 | - |
| Office and Administrative Support | 378 | 368 | 10 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 8 | 8 | - |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 82 | 82 | - |
| Staff Category | Total | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Staffs | 3,062 | 1,691 | 1,371 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 1,108 | 593 | 515 |
| Instructional staff | 1,096 | 584 | 512 |
| Research | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Public service | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support | 246 | 185 | 61 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists | 41 | 24 | 17 |
| Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Librarians | 38 | 22 | 16 |
| Library Technicians | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Other teaching and Instructional Support | 205 | 161 | 44 |
| Management | 204 | 103 | 101 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 277 | 189 | 88 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 218 | 84 | 134 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 159 | 72 | 87 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| Service Occupations | 374 | 151 | 223 |
| Office and Administrative Support | 378 | 308 | 70 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 82 | 1 | 81 |
| Occupation | Total | American Indian / Alaska Native | Asian | Black | Hispanic | Nativie Hawaiian | White | Two or More Races | Race Unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Staffs | 3,062 | 8 | 190 | 232 | 185 | 4 | 2,306 | 39 | 12 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 1,108 | 2 | 127 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 832 | 8 | 1 |
| Instructional staff | 1,096 | 2 | 127 | 44 | 43 | 0 | 824 | 8 | 1 |
| Research | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Public service | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support | 246 | 0 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 0 | 170 | 6 | 0 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists | 41 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Librarians | 38 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Library Technicians | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Other teaching and Instructional Support | 205 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 23 | 0 | 140 | 6 | 0 |
| Management | 204 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 154 | 1 | 0 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 277 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 212 | 8 | 3 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 218 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 142 | 2 | 2 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 159 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 115 | 3 | 2 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Service Occupations | 374 | 3 | 10 | 36 | 27 | 1 | 284 | 9 | 3 |
| Office and Administrative Support | 378 | 0 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 0 | 306 | 1 | 1 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 82 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 76 | 0 | 0 |
| Staff Category | Total | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Staffs | 86 | 52 | 34 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 48 | 29 | 19 |
| Instructional staff | 47 | 28 | 19 |
| Research | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Public service | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Librarians | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Library Technicians | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other teaching and Instructional Support | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Management | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 25 | 11 | 14 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Service Occupations | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Office and Administrative Support | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 0 | 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.