Faculty & Staffs by Occupation at Penn State

Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus

A total of 17,378 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus. By employment type, there are 16,298 full-time and 1,080 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 8,698 female and 8,680 male employees are working at Penn State.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 4,838, which is 27.84% of total employees. On average, 16 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 883 Librarians, 1,607 management occupation, 2,330 computer/engineering, and 1,294 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 13,243 white (76.21%), 453 black (2.61%), and 1,038 asian (5.97%) employees working at Penn State. A total of 727 non-resident alien employees work at Penn State.

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 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Staff Category	Total	Full-time	Part-time
All Staffs	17,378	16,298	1,080
Postsecondary Teachers	5,922	5,249	673
Instructional staff	4,838	4,174	664
Research	1,072	1,063	9
Public service	12	12	-
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	883	795	88
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	124	106	18
Librarians	124	106	18
Other teaching and Instructional Support	759	689	70
Management	1,607	1,607	-
Business and Financial Operations	1,754	1,733	21
Computer, Engineering, and Science	2,330	2,214	116
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	947	926	21
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	318	299	19
Service Occupations	1,294	1,233	61
Sales and Related Occupations	27	23	4
Office and Administrative Support	1,510	1,441	69
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance	567	563	4
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving	219	215	4

Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Staff Category	Total	Female	Male
All Staffs	17,378	8,698	8,680
Postsecondary Teachers	5,922	2,532	3,390
Instructional staff	4,838	2,115	2,723
Research	1,072	408	664
Public service	12	9	3
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	883	646	237
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	124	65	59
Librarians	124	65	59
Other teaching and Instructional Support	759	581	178
Management	1,607	871	736
Business and Financial Operations	1,754	1,273	481
Computer, Engineering, and Science	2,330	679	1,651
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	947	552	395
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	318	229	89
Service Occupations	1,294	507	787
Sales and Related Occupations	27	18	9
Office and Administrative Support	1,510	1,325	185
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance	567	42	525
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving	219	24	195

Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Occupation	Total	American Indian / Alaska Native	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Nativie Hawaiian	White	Two or More Races	Race Unknown
All Staffs	17,378	40	1,038	453	489	12	13,243	199	1,177
Postsecondary Teachers	5,922	15	733	175	230	3	3,653	68	360
Instructional staff	4,838	13	631	152	188	2	3,184	65	306
Research	1,072	1	102	22	41	1	460	3	54
Public service	12	1	0	1	1	0	9	0	0
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	883	3	18	20	21	0	751	10	56
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	124	0	4	3	2	0	104	2	9
Librarians	124	0	4	3	2	0	104	2	9
Other teaching and Instructional Support	759	3	14	17	19	0	647	8	47
Management	1,607	3	48	68	53	2	1,310	17	102
Business and Financial Operations	1,754	2	40	36	29	1	1,517	18	105
Computer, Engineering, and Science	2,330	2	118	34	51	1	1,891	27	192
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	947	4	18	60	33	2	741	18	67
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	318	0	13	7	16	0	262	3	13
Service Occupations	1,294	3	21	23	22	1	1,088	13	122
Sales and Related Occupations	27	0	1	1	1	0	22	0	2
Office and Administrative Support	1,510	3	28	27	29	2	1,302	20	94
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance	567	5	0	1	1	0	511	5	44
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving	219	0	0	1	3	0	195	0	20

Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Staff Category	Total	Female	Male
All Staffs	727	287	440
Postsecondary Teachers	685	258	427
Instructional staff	297	131	166
Research	388	127	261
Public service	0	0	0
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	4	4	0
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	0	0	0
Librarians	0	0	0
Other teaching and Instructional Support	4	4	0
Management	4	3	1
Business and Financial Operations	6	5	1
Computer, Engineering, and Science	14	6	8
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	4	4	0
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	4	3	1
Service Occupations	1	1	0
Sales and Related Occupations	0	0	0
Office and Administrative Support	5	3	2
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.