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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Portland State University

A total of 3,071 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Portland State University. By employment type, there are 2,255 full-time and 816 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 1,783 female and 1,288 male employees are working at Portland State.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,415, which is 46.08% of total employees. On average, 17 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 117 Librarians, 141 management occupation, 179 computer/engineering, and 61 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 2,020 white (65.78%), 107 black (3.48%), and 279 asian (9.08%) employees working at Portland State. A total of 23 non-resident alien employees work at Portland 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 Portland State University
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs3,071 2,255 816
Postsecondary Teachers1,582 815 767
Instructional staff1,415 716 699
Research141 80 61
Public service26 19 7
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support117 114 3
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists39 38 1
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians1 1 -
Librarians14 14 -
Library Technicians24 23 1
Other teaching and Instructional Support78 76 2
Management141 141 -
Business and Financial Operations516 510 6
Computer, Engineering, and Science179 172 7
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media203 201 2
Healthcare Practioners and Technical18 15 3
Service Occupations61 47 14
Sales and Related Occupations4 2 2
Office and Administrative Support185 173 12
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance65 65 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Portland State University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs3,071 1,783 1,288
Postsecondary Teachers1,582 909 673
Instructional staff1,415 806 609
Research141 85 56
Public service26 18 8
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support117 87 30
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists39 28 11
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians1 0 1
Librarians14 12 2
Library Technicians24 16 8
Other teaching and Instructional Support78 59 19
Management141 71 70
Business and Financial Operations516 367 149
Computer, Engineering, and Science179 55 124
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media203 124 79
Healthcare Practioners and Technical18 10 8
Service Occupations61 24 37
Sales and Related Occupations4 3 1
Office and Administrative Support185 125 60
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance65 8 57
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Portland State University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs3,071 24279107 269142,020 174161
Postsecondary Teachers1,582 1115260 12821,030 8399
Instructional staff1,415 1014056 1151921 6991
Research141 1102 13096 87
Public service26 022 0113 61
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support117 082 16077 68
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists39 050 2026 15
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians1 000 001 00
Librarians14 020 0011 01
Library Technicians24 030 2014 14
Other teaching and Instructional Support78 032 14051 53
Management141 5105 6199 114
Business and Financial Operations516 44916 464347 2520
Computer, Engineering, and Science179 1184 70134 69
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media203 2127 312125 194
Healthcare Practioners and Technical18 021 1112 10
Service Occupations61 086 10025 66
Sales and Related Occupations4 010 102 00
Office and Administrative Support185 1173 164124 155
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance65 023 7045 26
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Portland State University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs23 11 12
Postsecondary Teachers17 9 8
Instructional staff12 9 3
Research4 0 4
Public service1 0 1
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support0 0 0
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists0 0 0
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians0 0 0
Librarians0 0 0
Library Technicians0 0 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support0 0 0
Management0 0 0
Business and Financial Operations5 1 4
Computer, Engineering, and Science0 0 0
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media1 1 0
Healthcare Practioners and Technical0 0 0
Service Occupations0 0 0
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support0 0 0
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance0 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.