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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Northwestern University

A total of 11,742 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Northwestern University. By employment type, there are 11,103 full-time and 639 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 6,528 female and 5,214 male employees are working at Northwestern.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 2,859, which is 24.35% of total employees. On average, 6 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 322 Librarians, 254 management occupation, 2,189 computer/engineering, and 157 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 6,490 white (55.27%), 998 black (8.50%), and 1,340 asian (11.41%) employees working at Northwestern. A total of 1,364 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 Staffs11,742 11,103 639
Postsecondary Teachers4,139 3,694 445
Instructional staff2,859 2,442 417
Research1,280 1,252 28
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support322 314 8
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists183 181 2
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians13 12 1
Librarians91 91 -
Library Technicians79 78 1
Other teaching and Instructional Support139 133 6
Management254 247 7
Business and Financial Operations1,920 1,898 22
Computer, Engineering, and Science2,189 2,131 58
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media391 382 9
Healthcare Practioners and Technical106 105 1
Service Occupations157 156 1
Sales and Related Occupations6 6 -
Office and Administrative Support1,940 1,853 87
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance318 317 1
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Northwestern University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs11,742 6,528 5,214
Postsecondary Teachers4,139 1,798 2,341
Instructional staff2,859 1,246 1,613
Research1,280 552 728
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support322 201 121
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists183 109 74
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians13 7 6
Librarians91 60 31
Library Technicians79 42 37
Other teaching and Instructional Support139 92 47
Management254 130 124
Business and Financial Operations1,920 1,378 542
Computer, Engineering, and Science2,189 1,151 1,038
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media391 224 167
Healthcare Practioners and Technical106 75 31
Service Occupations157 59 98
Sales and Related Occupations6 2 4
Office and Administrative Support1,940 1,469 471
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance318 41 277
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Northwestern University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs11,742 131,340998 1,06096,490 248220
Postsecondary Teachers4,139 4555166 20502,181 5779
Instructional staff2,859 3409156 16801,859 4664
Research1,280 114610 370322 1115
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support322 01731 252230 95
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists183 0915 142136 41
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians13 002 009 20
Librarians91 056 6170 11
Library Technicians79 047 8157 10
Other teaching and Instructional Support139 0816 11094 54
Management254 11327 70194 39
Business and Financial Operations1,920 4149214 18911,224 4930
Computer, Engineering, and Science2,189 2364142 21621,062 4733
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media391 02245 270275 125
Healthcare Practioners and Technical106 01014 15055 34
Service Occupations157 01647 31055 12
Sales and Related Occupations6 000 006 00
Office and Administrative Support1,940 2184270 27741,026 6248
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance318 01042 680182 55
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Northwestern University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs1,364 616 748
Postsecondary Teachers892 357 535
Instructional staff154 65 89
Research738 292 446
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support3 2 1
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists2 1 1
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians0 0 0
Librarians1 1 0
Library Technicians1 0 1
Other teaching and Instructional Support1 1 0
Management0 0 0
Business and Financial Operations60 43 17
Computer, Engineering, and Science321 161 160
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media5 2 3
Healthcare Practioners and Technical5 5 0
Service Occupations5 3 2
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support67 42 25
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance6 1 5

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.