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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville

A total of 10,294 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville. By employment type, there are 7,719 full-time and 2,575 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 5,272 female and 5,022 male employees are working at UTK.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 2,207, which is 21.44% of total employees. On average, 18 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 686 Librarians, 868 management occupation, 981 computer/engineering, and 2,238 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 8,427 white (81.86%), 689 black (6.69%), and 323 asian (3.14%) employees working at UTK. A total of 312 non-resident alien employees work at UTK.

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-Knoxville
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs10,294 7,719 2,575
Postsecondary Teachers2,370 1,977 393
Instructional staff2,207 1,834 373
Research115 97 18
Public service48 46 2
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support686 597 89
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists89 88 1
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians5 5 -
Librarians56 56 -
Library Technicians28 27 1
Other teaching and Instructional Support597 509 88
Management868 859 9
Business and Financial Operations725 694 31
Computer, Engineering, and Science981 859 122
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media579 522 57
Healthcare Practioners and Technical151 142 9
Service Occupations2,238 597 1,641
Sales and Related Occupations12 10 2
Office and Administrative Support1,130 988 142
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance420 405 15
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving134 69 65
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs10,294 5,272 5,022
Postsecondary Teachers2,370 1,116 1,254
Instructional staff2,207 1,065 1,142
Research115 31 84
Public service48 20 28
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support686 471 215
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists89 66 23
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians5 4 1
Librarians56 42 14
Library Technicians28 20 8
Other teaching and Instructional Support597 405 192
Management868 475 393
Business and Financial Operations725 501 224
Computer, Engineering, and Science981 321 660
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media579 345 234
Healthcare Practioners and Technical151 112 39
Service Occupations2,238 890 1,348
Sales and Related Occupations12 5 7
Office and Administrative Support1,130 952 178
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance420 40 380
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving134 44 90
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs10,294 28323689 304108,427 13566
Postsecondary Teachers2,370 5206118 10701,783 2531
Instructional staff2,207 4188116 10101,669 2428
Research115 1171 4075 13
Public service48 011 2039 00
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support686 1740 192605 63
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists89 145 3074 20
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians5 000 005 00
Librarians56 035 3044 10
Library Technicians28 110 0025 10
Other teaching and Instructional Support597 0335 162531 43
Management868 5765 141755 123
Business and Financial Operations725 01159 302607 95
Computer, Engineering, and Science981 04526 240697 124
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media579 0948 262473 131
Healthcare Practioners and Technical151 042 90135 10
Service Occupations2,238 917218 4421,884 419
Sales and Related Occupations12 101 109 00
Office and Administrative Support1,130 51588 270968 116
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance420 1221 21384 43
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving134 103 10127 11
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs312 101 211
Postsecondary Teachers95 31 64
Instructional staff77 29 48
Research13 0 13
Public service5 2 3
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support3 2 1
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists0 0 0
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians0 0 0
Librarians0 0 0
Library Technicians0 0 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support3 2 1
Management6 1 5
Business and Financial Operations2 0 2
Computer, Engineering, and Science173 50 123
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media7 6 1
Healthcare Practioners and Technical0 0 0
Service Occupations14 4 10
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support10 6 4
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance2 1 1
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.