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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at The University of Alabama

A total of 7,472 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at The University of Alabama. By employment type, there are 6,385 full-time and 1,087 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 4,243 female and 3,229 male employees are working at The University of Alabama.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 2,117, which is 28.33% of total employees. On average, 19 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 313 Librarians, 602 management occupation, 532 computer/engineering, and 756 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 5,452 white (72.97%), 1,308 black (17.51%), and 286 asian (3.83%) employees working at The University of Alabama. A total of 171 non-resident alien employees work at The University of Alabama.

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 The University of Alabama
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs7,472 6,385 1,087
Postsecondary Teachers2,199 1,725 474
Instructional staff2,117 1,647 470
Research82 78 4
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support313 193 120
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists49 46 3
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians28 25 3
Librarians4 4 -
Library Technicians17 17 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support264 147 117
Management602 601 1
Business and Financial Operations676 654 22
Computer, Engineering, and Science532 500 32
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media661 631 30
Healthcare Practioners and Technical283 243 40
Service Occupations756 683 73
Sales and Related Occupations34 30 4
Office and Administrative Support1,049 771 278
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance234 234 -
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving133 120 13
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at The University of Alabama
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs7,472 4,243 3,229
Postsecondary Teachers2,199 1,129 1,070
Instructional staff2,117 1,094 1,023
Research82 35 47
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support313 230 83
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists49 23 26
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians28 11 17
Librarians4 1 3
Library Technicians17 11 6
Other teaching and Instructional Support264 207 57
Management602 280 322
Business and Financial Operations676 507 169
Computer, Engineering, and Science532 173 359
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media661 425 236
Healthcare Practioners and Technical283 222 61
Service Occupations756 437 319
Sales and Related Occupations34 22 12
Office and Administrative Support1,049 783 266
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance234 3 231
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving133 32 101
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at The University of Alabama
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs7,472 92861,308 17345,452 5514
Postsecondary Teachers2,199 4197186 6041,632 169
Instructional staff2,117 4186179 6041,584 159
Research82 0117 0048 10
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support313 0644 70253 30
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists49 004 1043 10
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians28 002 1024 10
Librarians4 000 004 00
Library Technicians17 002 0015 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support264 0640 60210 20
Management602 01272 60510 10
Business and Financial Operations676 01288 180541 100
Computer, Engineering, and Science532 03063 140363 80
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media661 05126 140503 120
Healthcare Practioners and Technical283 0843 30216 10
Service Occupations756 16405 230316 32
Sales and Related Occupations34 003 2029 00
Office and Administrative Support1,049 37214 220798 12
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance234 1218 30208 01
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving133 0146 1083 00
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at The University of Alabama
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs171 62 109
Postsecondary Teachers91 34 57
Instructional staff76 30 46
Research15 4 11
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support0 0 0
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists0 0 0
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians0 0 0
Librarians0 0 0
Library Technicians0 0 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support0 0 0
Management1 0 1
Business and Financial Operations7 2 5
Computer, Engineering, and Science54 16 38
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media1 0 1
Healthcare Practioners and Technical12 7 5
Service Occupations0 0 0
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support2 2 0
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance1 0 1
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving2 1 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.