New Staffs by Occupation at Northwestern University
At Northwestern University, total 2,007 full-time employees are newly hired in academic year 2023-2024.
By assigned position, 144 instructional staffs, 16 management, and 545 computer, engineering, and science, occupation staffs have been hired newly last year.
Next tables summarize the new-hired headcount of staffs by gender, race/ethnicity, occupation, and faculty status.
| Staff Category | Total | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| All full-time new hires | 2,007 | 1,175 | 832 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 507 | 234 | 273 |
| Instructional staff | 144 | 73 | 71 |
| Research | 363 | 161 | 202 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists and other teaching and Instructional support | 34 | 27 | 7 |
| Management Occupations | 16 | 8 | 8 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 246 | 166 | 80 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 545 | 295 | 250 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 75 | 34 | 41 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 21 | 18 | 3 |
| Service | 41 | 18 | 23 |
| Sales and related | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Office and Administrative Support | 487 | 370 | 117 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 34 | 5 | 29 |
| Occupation | Total | American Indian / Alaska Native | Asian | Black | Hispanic | Nativie Hawaiian | White | Two or More Races | Race Unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All full-time new hires | 2,007 | 2 | 183 | 187 | 207 | 2 | 808 | 54 | 23 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 507 | 1 | 30 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 106 | 7 | 8 |
| Instructional staff | 144 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 6 |
| Research | 363 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 52 | 5 | 2 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists and other teaching and Instructional support | 34 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| Management Occupations | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 246 | 0 | 16 | 34 | 38 | 0 | 128 | 7 | 3 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 545 | 0 | 73 | 38 | 66 | 0 | 197 | 17 | 3 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 75 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 3 | 0 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 21 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Service | 41 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Sales and related | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Office and Administrative Support | 487 | 0 | 59 | 60 | 60 | 2 | 254 | 18 | 6 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 34 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| Staff Category | Total | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| All full-time new hires | 541 | 252 | 289 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 325 | 138 | 187 |
| Instructional staff | 44 | 20 | 24 |
| Research | 281 | 118 | 163 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists and other teaching and Instructional support | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Management Occupations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 20 | 12 | 8 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 151 | 73 | 78 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Service | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Sales and related | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Office and Administrative Support | 28 | 20 | 8 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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.