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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Purdue University-Main Campus

A total of 11,786 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Purdue University-Main Campus. By employment type, there are 10,283 full-time and 1,503 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 6,045 female and 5,741 male employees are working at PU.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 2,517, which is 21.36% of total employees. On average, 14 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 588 Librarians, 974 management occupation, 1,259 computer/engineering, and 1,008 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 8,800 white (74.66%), 372 black (3.16%), and 847 asian (7.19%) employees working at PU. A total of 745 non-resident alien employees work at PU.

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 Purdue University-Main Campus
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs11,786 10,283 1,503
Postsecondary Teachers3,470 3,051 419
Instructional staff2,517 2,159 358
Research578 533 45
Public service375 359 16
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support588 576 12
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists40 40 -
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians12 12 -
Librarians28 28 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support548 536 12
Management974 970 4
Business and Financial Operations1,264 1,226 38
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,259 1,214 45
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media588 527 61
Healthcare Practioners and Technical198 184 14
Service Occupations1,008 992 16
Sales and Related Occupations2 2 -
Office and Administrative Support2,078 1,187 891
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance260 257 3
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving97 97 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Purdue University-Main Campus
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs11,786 6,045 5,741
Postsecondary Teachers3,470 1,306 2,164
Instructional staff2,517 914 1,603
Research578 185 393
Public service375 207 168
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support588 398 190
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists40 26 14
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians12 9 3
Librarians28 17 11
Other teaching and Instructional Support548 372 176
Management974 468 506
Business and Financial Operations1,264 837 427
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,259 425 834
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media588 392 196
Healthcare Practioners and Technical198 146 52
Service Occupations1,008 587 421
Sales and Related Occupations2 2 0
Office and Administrative Support2,078 1,466 612
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance260 8 252
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving97 10 87
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Purdue University-Main Campus
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs11,786 17847372 51288,800 146339
Postsecondary Teachers3,470 5541102 15021,943 3692
Instructional staff2,517 448369 12211,565 2973
Research578 0297 110106 58
Public service375 12926 171272 211
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support588 11020 181510 214
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists40 024 0029 02
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians12 000 0010 01
Librarians28 024 0019 01
Other teaching and Instructional Support548 1816 181481 212
Management974 23328 231870 97
Business and Financial Operations1,264 03761 5601,054 2523
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,259 212033 520914 1935
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media588 01328 352483 1113
Healthcare Practioners and Technical198 154 50168 54
Service Occupations1,008 14742 1032763 1132
Sales and Related Occupations2 000 002 00
Office and Administrative Support2,078 54051 6201,760 24111
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance260 013 70240 27
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving97 000 1093 21
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Purdue University-Main Campus
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs745 256 489
Postsecondary Teachers599 197 402
Instructional staff171 67 104
Research412 124 288
Public service16 6 10
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support12 4 8
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists3 1 2
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians1 1 0
Librarians2 0 2
Other teaching and Instructional Support9 3 6
Management1 1 0
Business and Financial Operations8 5 3
Computer, Engineering, and Science84 28 56
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media3 3 0
Healthcare Practioners and Technical6 4 2
Service Occupations7 6 1
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support25 8 17
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance0 0 0
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving0 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.