Faculty & Staffs by Occupation at Penn State

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

A total of 17,695 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 16,585 full-time and 1,110 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 8,894 female and 8,801 male employees are working at Penn State.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 4,890, which is 27.63% of total employees. On average, 15 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 897 Librarians, 1,655 management occupation, 2,352 computer/engineering, and 1,321 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 13,558 white (76.62%), 451 black (2.55%), and 1,037 asian (5.86%) employees working at Penn State. A total of 646 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	17,695	16,585	1,110
Postsecondary Teachers	5,976	5,281	695
Instructional staff	4,890	4,207	683
Research	1,076	1,065	11
Public service	10	9	1
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	897	801	96
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	138	122	16
Librarians	138	122	16
Other teaching and Instructional Support	759	679	80
Management	1,655	1,655	-
Business and Financial Operations	1,799	1,765	34
Computer, Engineering, and Science	2,352	2,247	105
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	950	930	20
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	313	299	14
Service Occupations	1,321	1,262	59
Sales and Related Occupations	31	26	5
Office and Administrative Support	1,598	1,524	74
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance	583	579	4
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving	220	216	4

Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Staff Category	Total	Female	Male
All Staffs	17,695	8,894	8,801
Postsecondary Teachers	5,976	2,544	3,432
Instructional staff	4,890	2,131	2,759
Research	1,076	405	671
Public service	10	8	2
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	897	661	236
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	138	75	63
Librarians	138	75	63
Other teaching and Instructional Support	759	586	173
Management	1,655	881	774
Business and Financial Operations	1,799	1,297	502
Computer, Engineering, and Science	2,352	714	1,638
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	950	534	416
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	313	231	82
Service Occupations	1,321	525	796
Sales and Related Occupations	31	19	12
Office and Administrative Support	1,598	1,420	178
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance	583	40	543
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving	220	28	192

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	17,695	42	1,037	451	465	10	13,558	169	1,317
Postsecondary Teachers	5,976	15	750	189	222	1	3,744	43	399
Instructional staff	4,890	13	632	157	187	1	3,251	38	339
Research	1,076	1	118	31	34	0	487	5	59
Public service	10	1	0	1	1	0	6	0	1
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	897	2	17	25	15	0	758	12	65
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	138	0	5	4	1	0	113	3	12
Librarians	138	0	5	4	1	0	113	3	12
Other teaching and Instructional Support	759	2	12	21	14	0	645	9	53
Management	1,655	3	41	62	47	1	1,367	19	111
Business and Financial Operations	1,799	3	40	30	26	2	1,562	19	110
Computer, Engineering, and Science	2,352	2	107	38	47	1	1,910	20	216
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	950	4	19	53	37	2	742	17	73
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	313	1	17	6	10	0	256	3	19
Service Occupations	1,321	5	19	21	27	1	1,092	13	143
Sales and Related Occupations	31	0	1	1	0	0	26	0	3
Office and Administrative Support	1,598	3	26	24	31	2	1,375	18	116
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance	583	4	0	1	1	0	529	5	42
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving	220	0	0	1	2	0	197	0	20

Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Staff Category	Total	Female	Male
All Staffs	646	244	402
Postsecondary Teachers	613	221	392
Instructional staff	272	117	155
Research	341	104	237
Public service	0	0	0
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	3	3	0
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	0	0	0
Librarians	0	0	0
Other teaching and Instructional Support	3	3	0
Management	4	4	0
Business and Financial Operations	7	6	1
Computer, Engineering, and Science	11	5	6
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	3	2	1
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	1	0	1
Service Occupations	0	0	0
Sales and Related Occupations	0	0	0
Office and Administrative Support	3	2	1
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance	1	1	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.