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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Tufts University

A total of 5,494 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Tufts University. By employment type, there are 4,668 full-time and 826 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 3,340 female and 2,154 male employees are working at Tufts.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,584, which is 28.83% of total employees. On average, 10 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 138 Librarians, 647 management occupation, 330 computer/engineering, and 582 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 3,429 white (62.41%), 338 black (6.15%), and 552 asian (10.05%) employees working at Tufts. A total of 209 non-resident alien employees work at Tufts.

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 Tufts University
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs5,494 4,668 826
Postsecondary Teachers2,022 1,412 610
Instructional staff1,584 1,030 554
Research438 382 56
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support138 132 6
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists55 53 2
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians9 8 1
Librarians40 39 1
Library Technicians6 6 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support83 79 4
Management647 625 22
Business and Financial Operations527 506 21
Computer, Engineering, and Science330 320 10
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media250 227 23
Healthcare Practioners and Technical280 253 27
Service Occupations582 537 45
Sales and Related Occupations1 1 -
Office and Administrative Support623 562 61
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance90 89 1
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving4 4 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Tufts University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs5,494 3,340 2,154
Postsecondary Teachers2,022 1,041 981
Instructional staff1,584 810 774
Research438 231 207
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support138 106 32
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists55 38 17
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians9 6 3
Librarians40 27 13
Library Technicians6 5 1
Other teaching and Instructional Support83 68 15
Management647 408 239
Business and Financial Operations527 391 136
Computer, Engineering, and Science330 144 186
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media250 161 89
Healthcare Practioners and Technical280 206 74
Service Occupations582 360 222
Sales and Related Occupations1 0 1
Office and Administrative Support623 521 102
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance90 2 88
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving4 0 4
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Tufts University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs5,494 7552338 36213,429 94502
Postsecondary Teachers2,022 128063 11701,229 36113
Instructional staff1,584 121050 9201,035 2990
Research438 07013 250194 723
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support138 0611 12097 47
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists55 021 5044 03
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians9 000 106 02
Librarians40 011 4033 01
Library Technicians6 010 005 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support83 0410 7053 44
Management647 24230 351481 1240
Business and Financial Operations527 03636 310359 755
Computer, Engineering, and Science330 14214 190199 943
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media250 01414 150177 425
Healthcare Practioners and Technical280 0247 250171 537
Service Occupations582 34676 480292 7109
Sales and Related Occupations1 010 000 00
Office and Administrative Support623 05979 540365 1054
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance90 028 5056 019
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving4 000 103 00
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Tufts University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs209 101 108
Postsecondary Teachers183 87 96
Instructional staff77 36 41
Research106 51 55
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support1 1 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 Support1 1 0
Management4 0 4
Business and Financial Operations3 1 2
Computer, Engineering, and Science3 2 1
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media1 1 0
Healthcare Practioners and Technical11 7 4
Service Occupations1 0 1
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support2 2 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.