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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Samford University

A total of 1,233 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Samford University. By employment type, there are 951 full-time and 282 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 723 female and 510 male employees are working at Samford.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 527, which is 42.74% of total employees. On average, 14 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 35 Librarians, 76 management occupation, 53 computer/engineering, and 33 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 1,047 white (84.91%), 116 black (9.41%), and 18 asian (1.46%) employees working at Samford. A total of 5 non-resident alien employees work at Samford.

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 Samford University
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs1,233 951 282
Postsecondary Teachers527 362 165
Instructional staff527 362 165
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support35 32 3
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists35 32 3
Librarians19 18 1
Library Technicians16 14 2
Management76 76 -
Business and Financial Operations74 72 2
Computer, Engineering, and Science53 53 -
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media157 147 10
Healthcare Practioners and Technical104 12 92
Service Occupations33 27 6
Office and Administrative Support155 151 4
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance19 19 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Samford University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs1,233 723 510
Postsecondary Teachers527 282 245
Instructional staff527 282 245
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support35 21 14
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists35 21 14
Librarians19 11 8
Library Technicians16 10 6
Management76 32 44
Business and Financial Operations74 50 24
Computer, Engineering, and Science53 14 39
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media157 83 74
Healthcare Practioners and Technical104 93 11
Service Occupations33 9 24
Office and Administrative Support155 139 16
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance19 0 19
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Samford University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs1,233 218116 1511,047 920
Postsecondary Teachers527 11149 70442 48
Instructional staff527 11149 70442 48
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support35 014 1029 00
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists35 014 1029 00
Librarians19 012 0016 00
Library Technicians16 002 1013 00
Management76 005 0068 12
Business and Financial Operations74 015 1065 02
Computer, Engineering, and Science53 101 0051 00
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media157 0217 30131 22
Healthcare Practioners and Technical104 019 2089 12
Service Occupations33 007 0026 00
Office and Administrative Support155 0216 11132 03
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance19 003 0014 11
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Samford University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs5 2 3
Postsecondary Teachers5 2 3
Instructional staff5 2 3
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support0 0 0
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists0 0 0
Librarians0 0 0
Library Technicians0 0 0
Management0 0 0
Business and Financial Operations0 0 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
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.