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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Portland State University

A total of 3,111 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Portland State University. By employment type, there are 2,247 full-time and 864 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 1,800 female and 1,311 male employees are working at Portland State.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,453, which is 46.71% of total employees. On average, 17 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 126 Librarians, 142 management occupation, 181 computer/engineering, and 56 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 2,096 white (67.37%), 116 black (3.73%), and 275 asian (8.84%) employees working at Portland State. A total of 18 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 Staffs3,111 2,247 864
Postsecondary Teachers1,622 809 813
Instructional staff1,453 709 744
Research111 65 46
Public service58 35 23
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support126 124 2
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists40 39 1
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians1 1 -
Librarians13 13 -
Library Technicians26 25 1
Other teaching and Instructional Support86 85 1
Management142 142 -
Business and Financial Operations490 482 8
Computer, Engineering, and Science181 171 10
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media209 207 2
Healthcare Practioners and Technical18 15 3
Service Occupations56 45 11
Sales and Related Occupations4 2 2
Office and Administrative Support194 181 13
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance69 69 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Portland State University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs3,111 1,800 1,311
Postsecondary Teachers1,622 926 696
Instructional staff1,453 814 639
Research111 69 42
Public service58 43 15
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support126 93 33
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists40 28 12
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians1 0 1
Librarians13 11 2
Library Technicians26 17 9
Other teaching and Instructional Support86 65 21
Management142 71 71
Business and Financial Operations490 350 140
Computer, Engineering, and Science181 52 129
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media209 132 77
Healthcare Practioners and Technical18 9 9
Service Occupations56 18 38
Sales and Related Occupations4 3 1
Office and Administrative Support194 139 55
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance69 7 62
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Portland State University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs3,111 24275116 271112,096 142158
Postsecondary Teachers1,622 1214664 13501,102 5594
Instructional staff1,453 1113361 1120988 4787
Research111 1102 14074 46
Public service58 031 9040 41
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support126 072 16083 89
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists40 030 2027 25
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians1 000 001 00
Librarians13 010 0010 11
Library Technicians26 020 2016 14
Other teaching and Instructional Support86 042 14056 64
Management142 6146 7196 74
Business and Financial Operations490 25023 383331 2319
Computer, Engineering, and Science181 1182 70136 89
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media209 2117 312132 186
Healthcare Practioners and Technical18 021 0114 00
Service Occupations56 077 9024 54
Sales and Related Occupations4 010 102 00
Office and Administrative Support194 1171 194128 177
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance69 023 8048 16
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Portland State University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs18 11 7
Postsecondary Teachers14 9 5
Instructional staff14 9 5
Research0 0 0
Public service0 0 0
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support1 1 0
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists1 1 0
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians0 0 0
Librarians0 0 0
Library Technicians1 1 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support0 0 0
Management1 0 1
Business and Financial Operations1 1 0
Computer, Engineering, and Science0 0 0
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media0 0 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 Maintenance1 0 1

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.