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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Purdue University-Main Campus

A total of 12,300 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Purdue University-Main Campus. By employment type, there are 10,665 full-time and 1,635 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 6,418 female and 5,882 male employees are working at PU.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 2,464, which is 20.03% of total employees. On average, 14 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 610 Librarians, 1,027 management occupation, 1,337 computer/engineering, and 1,041 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 9,128 white (74.21%), 384 black (3.12%), and 914 asian (7.43%) employees working at PU. A total of 787 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 Staffs12,300 10,665 1,635
Postsecondary Teachers3,499 3,068 431
Instructional staff2,464 2,107 357
Research614 558 56
Public service421 403 18
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support610 598 12
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists40 39 1
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians12 12 -
Librarians28 27 1
Other teaching and Instructional Support570 559 11
Management1,027 1,015 12
Business and Financial Operations1,401 1,363 38
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,337 1,298 39
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media610 555 55
Healthcare Practioners and Technical213 195 18
Service Occupations1,041 1,028 13
Sales and Related Occupations2 2 -
Office and Administrative Support2,189 1,176 1,013
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance280 277 3
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving91 90 1
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Purdue University-Main Campus
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs12,300 6,418 5,882
Postsecondary Teachers3,499 1,333 2,166
Instructional staff2,464 903 1,561
Research614 204 410
Public service421 226 195
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support610 426 184
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists40 22 18
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians12 6 6
Librarians28 16 12
Other teaching and Instructional Support570 404 166
Management1,027 510 517
Business and Financial Operations1,401 952 449
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,337 463 874
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media610 406 204
Healthcare Practioners and Technical213 162 51
Service Occupations1,041 599 442
Sales and Related Occupations2 2 0
Office and Administrative Support2,189 1,544 645
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance280 12 268
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving91 9 82
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Purdue University-Main Campus
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs12,300 19914384 56489,128 154342
Postsecondary Teachers3,499 757199 15521,930 3488
Instructional staff2,464 349664 12011,500 2874
Research614 3419 170113 47
Public service421 13426 181317 27
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support610 11017 190530 314
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists40 024 0029 03
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians12 000 0010 02
Librarians28 024 0019 01
Other teaching and Instructional Support570 1813 190501 311
Management1,027 13532 311911 78
Business and Financial Operations1,401 13574 6011,165 2728
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,337 213138 520955 2042
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media610 01530 342503 914
Healthcare Practioners and Technical213 144 90172 72
Service Occupations1,041 15142 1082791 1429
Sales and Related Occupations2 000 002 00
Office and Administrative Support2,189 56146 8701,824 28108
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance280 012 70260 37
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving91 000 2085 22
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Purdue University-Main Campus
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs787 276 511
Postsecondary Teachers613 202 411
Instructional staff178 69 109
Research420 128 292
Public service15 5 10
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support16 8 8
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists2 0 2
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians0 0 0
Librarians2 0 2
Other teaching and Instructional Support14 8 6
Management1 1 0
Business and Financial Operations10 7 3
Computer, Engineering, and Science97 30 67
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media3 2 1
Healthcare Practioners and Technical14 10 4
Service Occupations3 2 1
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support30 14 16
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.