Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Shepherd University
A total of 464 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Shepherd University. By employment type, there are 348 full-time and 116 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 260 female and 204 male employees are working at Shepherd.
The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 235, which is 50.65% of total employees. On average, 17 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 25 Librarians, 52 management occupation, 12 computer/engineering, and 33 service occupations.
By race/ethnicity, there are 400 white (86.21%), 23 black (4.96%), and 10 asian (2.16%) employees working at Shepherd. A total of 3 non-resident alien employees work at Shepherd.
Next tables summarize the number of staffs by gender, race/ethnicity, occupation, and faculty status.
| Staff Category | Total | Full-time | Part-time |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Staffs | 464 | 348 | 116 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 236 | 125 | 111 |
| Instructional staff | 235 | 124 | 111 |
| Public service | 1 | 1 | - |
| Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support | 25 | 20 | 5 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists | 7 | 7 | - |
| Librarians | 7 | 7 | - |
| Other teaching and Instructional Support | 18 | 13 | 5 |
| Management | 52 | 52 | - |
| Business and Financial Operations | 24 | 24 | - |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 12 | 12 | - |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 37 | 37 | - |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 1 | 1 | - |
| Service Occupations | 33 | 33 | - |
| Office and Administrative Support | 36 | 36 | - |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 8 | 8 | - |
| Staff Category | Total | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Staffs | 464 | 260 | 204 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 236 | 117 | 119 |
| Instructional staff | 235 | 116 | 119 |
| Public service | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support | 25 | 21 | 4 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Librarians | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Other teaching and Instructional Support | 18 | 15 | 3 |
| Management | 52 | 32 | 20 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 24 | 21 | 3 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 37 | 18 | 19 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Service Occupations | 33 | 14 | 19 |
| Office and Administrative Support | 36 | 28 | 8 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| Occupation | Total | American Indian / Alaska Native | Asian | Black | Hispanic | Nativie Hawaiian | White | Two or More Races | Race Unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Staffs | 464 | 0 | 10 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 400 | 5 | 13 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 236 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 200 | 1 | 13 |
| Instructional staff | 235 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 199 | 1 | 13 |
| Public service | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support | 25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Librarians | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Other teaching and Instructional Support | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Management | 52 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 0 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 0 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Service Occupations | 33 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| Office and Administrative Support | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Staff Category | Total | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Staffs | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Instructional staff | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Public service | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Librarians | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other teaching and Instructional Support | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Management | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Service Occupations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Office and Administrative Support | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 0 | 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.