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

A total of 4,952 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 4,375 full-time and 577 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 2,602 female and 2,350 male employees are working at UTHSC.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,819, which is 36.73% of total employees. On average, 7 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 32 Librarians, 225 management occupation, 339 computer/engineering, and 239 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 3,025 white (61.09%), 952 black (19.22%), and 498 asian (10.06%) employees working at UTHSC. A total of 257 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 Staffs4,952 4,375 577
Postsecondary Teachers1,900 1,373 527
Instructional staff1,819 1,292 527
Research81 81 -
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support32 32 -
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists24 24 -
Librarians17 17 -
Library Technicians7 7 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support8 8 -
Management225 223 2
Business and Financial Operations141 136 5
Computer, Engineering, and Science339 326 13
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media43 42 1
Healthcare Practioners and Technical1,460 1,449 11
Service Occupations239 234 5
Office and Administrative Support527 514 13
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance31 31 -
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving15 15 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs4,952 2,602 2,350
Postsecondary Teachers1,900 806 1,094
Instructional staff1,819 775 1,044
Research81 31 50
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support32 25 7
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists24 19 5
Librarians17 12 5
Library Technicians7 7 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support8 6 2
Management225 136 89
Business and Financial Operations141 118 23
Computer, Engineering, and Science339 178 161
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media43 22 21
Healthcare Practioners and Technical1,460 685 775
Service Occupations239 144 95
Office and Administrative Support527 484 43
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance31 2 29
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving15 2 13
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs4,952 7498952 15203,025 4714
Postsecondary Teachers1,900 4247150 5401,282 116
Instructional staff1,819 4246148 5301,273 116
Research81 012 109 00
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support32 017 1023 00
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists24 015 0018 00
Librarians17 011 0015 00
Library Technicians7 004 003 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support8 002 105 00
Management225 0975 60133 20
Business and Financial Operations141 0755 5069 21
Computer, Engineering, and Science339 15766 70169 41
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media43 0015 1025 00
Healthcare Practioners and Technical1,460 1169107 5901,025 225
Service Occupations239 11163 9061 40
Office and Administrative Support527 06288 100219 21
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance31 0015 0016 00
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving15 0111 003 00
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs257 102 155
Postsecondary Teachers146 64 82
Instructional staff78 39 39
Research68 25 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
Management0 0 0
Business and Financial Operations2 1 1
Computer, Engineering, and Science34 14 20
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media2 0 2
Healthcare Practioners and Technical72 22 50
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.