Headcounts and Directory Information
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (Penn State) is a public, four-years institute located in University Park, PA. It has a total enrollment of 50,737 including undergraduate and graduate schools and students to faculty ratio is 16 to 1. It is a Research University (very high research activity) by Carnegie Classification and its highest degree is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice.
A total of 4,838 faculty (instructional staffs), including both full-time and part-time faculty, are working at Penn State. The average faculty salary is $119,122 for the academic year 2023-2024. You can check salary information in detail at faculty salary by academic rank.
For non-instructional staffs, a total of 17,378 employees work at Penn State. The average non-instructional staff salary is $82,180. The detailed staff salary information is available at salary by occupation page.
| Directory Information | |
|---|---|
| Address | 201 Old Main, University Park, PA |
| Phone Number | 814-865-4700 |
| Web | https://www.psu.edu/ |
| Faculty & Staffs Overview | |
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 16 to 1 |
| Number of Faculty | 4,174 Full-time / 664 Part-time |
| Number of Staffs | 16,298 Full-time / 1,080 Part-time |
| Faculty Average Salary | $119,122 |
| Staff Average Salary | $82,180 |
| Student Population | 50,737 |
Faculty and Staffs by Occupation
At Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, there are 17,378 employees including both full-time and part-time, instructional and non-instructional staffs. By employment types, 16,298 full-time and 1,080 part-time staffs work at Penn State. By gender there are 8,680 male and 8,698 female employees.
Among them, 4,838 staffs are teaching (instructional) faculty - 5,249 full-time and 673 part-time faculty. By gender there are 3,390 male and 2,532 female faculty teaching at Penn State.
The following table summarizes the number of faculty and staffs. You can check detailed staff statistics by gender, race, occupation, and faculty status.
| Staff Category | Total | Full-time | Part-time | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
| Grand Total | 17,378 | 8,680 | 8,698 | 16,298 | 8,201 | 8,097 | 1,080 | 479 | 601 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 5,922 | 3,390 | 2,532 | 5,249 | 3,058 | 2,191 | 673 | 332 | 341 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists and other teaching and Instructional support | 883 | 237 | 646 | 795 | 211 | 584 | 88 | 26 | 62 |
| Management | 1,607 | 736 | 871 | 1,607 | 736 | 871 | - | - | - |
| Business and Financial Operations | 1,754 | 481 | 1,273 | 1,733 | 472 | 1,261 | 21 | 9 | 12 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 2,330 | 1,651 | 679 | 2,214 | 1,609 | 605 | 116 | 42 | 74 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 947 | 395 | 552 | 926 | 387 | 539 | 21 | 8 | 13 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 318 | 89 | 229 | 299 | 84 | 215 | 19 | 5 | 14 |
| Service | 1,294 | 787 | 507 | 1,233 | 750 | 483 | 61 | 37 | 24 |
| Sales and related | 27 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Office and Administrative Support | 1,510 | 185 | 1,325 | 1,441 | 171 | 1,270 | 69 | 14 | 55 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 567 | 525 | 42 | 563 | 523 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 219 | 195 | 24 | 215 | 191 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 |