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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at University of Massachusetts-Amherst

A total of 6,668 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at University of Massachusetts-Amherst. By employment type, there are 6,135 full-time and 533 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 3,416 female and 3,252 male employees are working at UMass Amherst.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,781, which is 26.71% of total employees. On average, 17 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 499 Librarians, 275 management occupation, 563 computer/engineering, and 1,258 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 4,592 white (68.87%), 328 black (4.92%), and 810 asian (12.15%) employees working at UMass Amherst. A total of 247 non-resident alien employees work at UMass Amherst.

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 University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs6,668 6,135 533
Postsecondary Teachers2,163 1,775 388
Instructional staff1,781 1,458 323
Research360 295 65
Public service22 22 -
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support499 456 43
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists80 79 1
Librarians48 47 1
Library Technicians32 32 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support419 377 42
Management275 269 6
Business and Financial Operations455 443 12
Computer, Engineering, and Science563 550 13
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media349 341 8
Healthcare Practioners and Technical100 90 10
Service Occupations1,258 1,242 16
Sales and Related Occupations4 4 -
Office and Administrative Support657 622 35
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance252 251 1
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving93 92 1
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs6,668 3,416 3,252
Postsecondary Teachers2,163 1,014 1,149
Instructional staff1,781 865 916
Research360 143 217
Public service22 6 16
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support499 355 144
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists80 54 26
Librarians48 36 12
Library Technicians32 18 14
Other teaching and Instructional Support419 301 118
Management275 152 123
Business and Financial Operations455 330 125
Computer, Engineering, and Science563 188 375
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media349 209 140
Healthcare Practioners and Technical100 68 32
Service Occupations1,258 545 713
Sales and Related Occupations4 4 0
Office and Administrative Support657 515 142
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance252 23 229
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving93 13 80
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at University of Massachusetts-Amherst
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs6,668 23810328 39844,592 85181
Postsecondary Teachers2,163 526390 8601,447 3061
Instructional staff1,781 422981 7601,245 2757
Research360 1327 90186 33
Public service22 022 1016 01
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support499 21726 231394 819
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists80 012 2070 13
Librarians48 002 2043 00
Library Technicians32 010 0027 13
Other teaching and Instructional Support419 21624 211324 716
Management275 11423 100222 14
Business and Financial Operations455 12216 160375 1112
Computer, Engineering, and Science563 43016 201455 720
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media349 1633 200262 815
Healthcare Practioners and Technical100 042 1092 01
Service Occupations1,258 442990 1672497 923
Sales and Related Occupations4 000 004 00
Office and Administrative Support657 12025 360544 1019
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance252 335 150218 16
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving93 122 4082 01
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs247 107 140
Postsecondary Teachers181 68 113
Instructional staff62 27 35
Research119 41 78
Public service0 0 0
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support9 4 5
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists1 1 0
Librarians1 1 0
Library Technicians0 0 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support8 3 5
Management0 0 0
Business and Financial Operations2 0 2
Computer, Engineering, and Science10 6 4
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media4 2 2
Healthcare Practioners and Technical0 0 0
Service Occupations37 25 12
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support2 1 1
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance1 0 1
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving1 1 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.