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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

A total of 4,917 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center. By employment type, there are 4,320 full-time and 597 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 2,575 female and 2,342 male employees are working at UTHSC.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,788, which is 36.36% of total employees. On average, 7 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 29 Librarians, 225 management occupation, 335 computer/engineering, and 255 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 3,007 white (61.16%), 943 black (19.18%), and 484 asian (9.84%) employees working at UTHSC. A total of 259 non-resident alien employees work at UTHSC.

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 Tennessee Health Science Center
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs4,917 4,320 597
Postsecondary Teachers1,873 1,362 511
Instructional staff1,788 1,277 511
Research85 85 -
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support29 29 -
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists23 23 -
Librarians16 16 -
Library Technicians7 7 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support6 6 -
Management225 221 4
Business and Financial Operations140 137 3
Computer, Engineering, and Science335 318 17
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media47 41 6
Healthcare Practioners and Technical1,450 1,438 12
Service Occupations255 244 11
Office and Administrative Support513 480 33
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance34 34 -
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving16 16 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs4,917 2,575 2,342
Postsecondary Teachers1,873 781 1,092
Instructional staff1,788 747 1,041
Research85 34 51
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support29 22 7
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists23 18 5
Librarians16 11 5
Library Technicians7 7 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support6 4 2
Management225 137 88
Business and Financial Operations140 119 21
Computer, Engineering, and Science335 178 157
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media47 25 22
Healthcare Practioners and Technical1,450 675 775
Service Occupations255 152 103
Office and Administrative Support513 483 30
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance34 1 33
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving16 2 14
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs4,917 5484943 15523,007 4121
Postsecondary Teachers1,873 2242150 5811,257 106
Instructional staff1,788 2238147 5611,250 106
Research85 043 207 00
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support29 027 0020 00
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists23 016 0016 00
Librarians16 011 0014 00
Library Technicians7 005 002 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support6 011 004 00
Management225 0769 80137 20
Business and Financial Operations140 0757 5066 10
Computer, Engineering, and Science335 16355 90172 22
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media47 0017 2025 01
Healthcare Practioners and Technical1,450 1154106 5301,038 179
Service Occupations255 12173 9064 42
Office and Administrative Support513 06283 101206 51
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance34 0015 1018 00
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving16 0111 004 00
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs259 105 154
Postsecondary Teachers147 61 86
Instructional staff78 35 43
Research69 26 43
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support0 0 0
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists0 0 0
Librarians0 0 0
Library Technicians0 0 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support0 0 0
Management2 0 2
Business and Financial Operations4 3 1
Computer, Engineering, and Science31 14 17
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media2 0 2
Healthcare Practioners and Technical72 26 46
Service Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support1 1 0
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.