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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at University of Mississippi

A total of 12,837 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at University of Mississippi. By employment type, there are 11,199 full-time and 1,638 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 8,800 female and 4,037 male employees are working at Ole Miss.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 2,218, which is 17.28% of total employees. On average, 16 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 236 Librarians, 570 management occupation, 757 computer/engineering, and 493 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 7,960 white (62.01%), 3,748 black (29.20%), and 398 asian (3.10%) employees working at Ole Miss. A total of 307 non-resident alien employees work at Ole Miss.

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 Mississippi
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs12,837 11,199 1,638
Postsecondary Teachers2,218 1,832 386
Instructional staff2,218 1,832 386
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support236 172 64
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists55 52 3
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians7 7 -
Librarians27 24 3
Library Technicians21 21 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support181 120 61
Management570 557 13
Business and Financial Operations993 972 21
Computer, Engineering, and Science757 728 29
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media496 476 20
Healthcare Practioners and Technical5,443 4,495 948
Service Occupations493 458 35
Sales and Related Occupations2 2 -
Office and Administrative Support1,312 1,208 104
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance273 266 7
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving44 33 11
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at University of Mississippi
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs12,837 8,800 4,037
Postsecondary Teachers2,218 1,085 1,133
Instructional staff2,218 1,085 1,133
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support236 192 44
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists55 34 21
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians7 3 4
Librarians27 18 9
Library Technicians21 13 8
Other teaching and Instructional Support181 158 23
Management570 381 189
Business and Financial Operations993 760 233
Computer, Engineering, and Science757 359 398
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media496 274 222
Healthcare Practioners and Technical5,443 4,299 1,144
Service Occupations493 245 248
Sales and Related Occupations2 2 0
Office and Administrative Support1,312 1,187 125
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance273 10 263
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving44 6 38
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at University of Mississippi
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs12,837 113983,748 19837,960 14369
Postsecondary Teachers2,218 3179188 5411,591 4122
Instructional staff2,218 3179188 5411,591 4122
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support236 0157 30168 42
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists55 007 1043 21
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians7 000 005 10
Librarians27 001 1023 11
Library Technicians21 006 0015 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support181 0150 20125 21
Management570 02129 80425 32
Business and Financial Operations993 34332 200615 121
Computer, Engineering, and Science757 059161 122409 213
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media496 04105 50368 63
Healthcare Practioners and Technical5,443 51371,578 7203,514 4431
Service Occupations493 02316 80163 21
Sales and Related Occupations2 000 002 00
Office and Administrative Support1,312 08783 160490 94
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance273 0281 00189 10
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving44 0018 0026 00
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at University of Mississippi
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs307 134 173
Postsecondary Teachers139 65 74
Instructional staff139 65 74
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support1 1 0
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists1 1 0
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians1 1 0
Librarians0 0 0
Library Technicians0 0 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support0 0 0
Management1 1 0
Business and Financial Operations6 3 3
Computer, Engineering, and Science90 30 60
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media5 3 2
Healthcare Practioners and Technical62 29 33
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.