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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at University of Nevada-Las Vegas

A total of 5,904 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at University of Nevada-Las Vegas. By employment type, there are 4,274 full-time and 1,630 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 3,164 female and 2,740 male employees are working at UNLV.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 2,568, which is 43.50% of total employees. On average, 19 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 239 Librarians, 275 management occupation, 309 computer/engineering, and 316 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 3,264 white (55.28%), 528 black (8.94%), and 778 asian (13.18%) employees working at UNLV. A total of 185 non-resident alien employees work at UNLV.

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 Nevada-Las Vegas
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs5,904 4,274 1,630
Postsecondary Teachers2,773 1,375 1,398
Instructional staff2,568 1,234 1,334
Research205 141 64
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support239 206 33
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists77 77 -
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians3 3 -
Librarians52 52 -
Library Technicians22 22 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support162 129 33
Management275 272 3
Business and Financial Operations573 544 29
Computer, Engineering, and Science309 297 12
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media496 374 122
Healthcare Practioners and Technical344 323 21
Service Occupations316 315 1
Sales and Related Occupations1 1 -
Office and Administrative Support419 408 11
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance124 124 -
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving35 35 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs5,904 3,164 2,740
Postsecondary Teachers2,773 1,404 1,369
Instructional staff2,568 1,286 1,282
Research205 118 87
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support239 167 72
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists77 54 23
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians3 1 2
Librarians52 37 15
Library Technicians22 16 6
Other teaching and Instructional Support162 113 49
Management275 145 130
Business and Financial Operations573 420 153
Computer, Engineering, and Science309 91 218
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media496 271 225
Healthcare Practioners and Technical344 155 189
Service Occupations316 153 163
Sales and Related Occupations1 1 0
Office and Administrative Support419 349 70
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance124 2 122
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving35 6 29
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at University of Nevada-Las Vegas
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs5,904 20778528 820443,264 20956
Postsecondary Teachers2,773 8367170 25171,736 7925
Instructional staff2,568 6343160 22561,639 7622
Research205 22410 26197 33
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support239 22824 463123 74
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists77 1145 6247 20
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians3 000 003 00
Librarians52 174 4034 20
Library Technicians22 071 2210 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support162 11419 40176 54
Management275 02424 133196 113
Business and Financial Operations573 16862 9410293 3010
Computer, Engineering, and Science309 05819 383163 153
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media496 33556 877266 265
Healthcare Practioners and Technical344 111016 312158 111
Service Occupations316 12968 110686 92
Sales and Related Occupations1 000 001 00
Office and Administrative Support419 35256 1071175 162
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance124 1322 36156 41
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving35 0411 7111 10
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs185 90 95
Postsecondary Teachers130 57 73
Instructional staff91 41 50
Research39 16 23
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support2 2 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 Support2 2 0
Management1 0 1
Business and Financial Operations5 4 1
Computer, Engineering, and Science10 2 8
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media11 9 2
Healthcare Practioners and Technical14 7 7
Service Occupations5 3 2
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support7 6 1
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.