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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Northwestern University

A total of 11,161 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Northwestern University. By employment type, there are 10,521 full-time and 640 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 6,109 female and 5,052 male employees are working at Northwestern.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 2,797, which is 25.06% of total employees. On average, 6 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 295 Librarians, 251 management occupation, 2,020 computer/engineering, and 150 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 6,345 white (56.85%), 936 black (8.39%), and 1,293 asian (11.58%) employees working at Northwestern. A total of 1,128 non-resident alien employees work at Northwestern.

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 Northwestern University
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs11,161 10,521 640
Postsecondary Teachers4,025 3,575 450
Instructional staff2,797 2,382 415
Research1,228 1,193 35
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support295 284 11
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists180 175 5
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians14 13 1
Librarians84 83 1
Library Technicians82 79 3
Other teaching and Instructional Support115 109 6
Management251 248 3
Business and Financial Operations1,799 1,778 21
Computer, Engineering, and Science2,020 1,969 51
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media366 356 10
Healthcare Practioners and Technical121 116 5
Service Occupations150 148 2
Sales and Related Occupations5 5 -
Office and Administrative Support1,821 1,735 86
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance308 307 1
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Northwestern University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs11,161 6,109 5,052
Postsecondary Teachers4,025 1,693 2,332
Instructional staff2,797 1,189 1,608
Research1,228 504 724
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support295 183 112
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists180 106 74
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians14 8 6
Librarians84 55 29
Library Technicians82 43 39
Other teaching and Instructional Support115 77 38
Management251 132 119
Business and Financial Operations1,799 1,291 508
Computer, Engineering, and Science2,020 1,048 972
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media366 210 156
Healthcare Practioners and Technical121 81 40
Service Occupations150 58 92
Sales and Related Occupations5 2 3
Office and Administrative Support1,821 1,371 450
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance308 40 268
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Northwestern University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs11,161 121,293936 98376,345 224233
Postsecondary Teachers4,025 3543155 19402,215 5080
Instructional staff2,797 2395149 16001,863 4067
Research1,228 11486 340352 1013
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support295 01933 241203 86
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists180 01017 141131 33
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians14 002 0011 10
Librarians84 057 6064 11
Library Technicians82 058 8156 12
Other teaching and Instructional Support115 0916 10072 53
Management251 01229 90192 27
Business and Financial Operations1,799 5145210 16021,168 4326
Computer, Engineering, and Science2,020 2345121 19921,029 4342
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media366 02641 260253 910
Healthcare Practioners and Technical121 01413 21062 34
Service Occupations150 01646 26056 33
Sales and Related Occupations5 000 005 00
Office and Administrative Support1,821 2162250 2592981 5949
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance308 01138 650181 46
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Northwestern University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs1,128 467 661
Postsecondary Teachers785 284 501
Instructional staff121 45 76
Research664 239 425
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support1 0 1
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists1 0 1
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians0 0 0
Librarians0 0 0
Library Technicians1 0 1
Other teaching and Instructional Support0 0 0
Management0 0 0
Business and Financial Operations40 31 9
Computer, Engineering, and Science237 112 125
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media1 1 0
Healthcare Practioners and Technical4 3 1
Service Occupations0 0 0
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support57 35 22
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance3 1 2

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.