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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at University of Pennsylvania

A total of 20,176 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at University of Pennsylvania. By employment type, there are 18,629 full-time and 1,547 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 11,267 female and 8,909 male employees are working at UPenn.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 2,483, which is 12.31% of total employees. On average, 8 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 810 Librarians, 2,677 management occupation, 2,724 computer/engineering, and 1,045 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 12,117 white (60.06%), 2,524 black (12.51%), and 2,638 asian (13.07%) employees working at UPenn. A total of 1,014 non-resident alien employees work at UPenn.

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 Pennsylvania
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs20,176 18,629 1,547
Postsecondary Teachers7,056 6,289 767
Instructional staff2,483 2,221 262
Research1,560 1,541 19
Public service3,013 2,527 486
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support810 263 547
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists165 160 5
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians47 45 2
Librarians118 115 3
Other teaching and Instructional Support645 103 542
Management2,677 2,646 31
Business and Financial Operations1,754 1,722 32
Computer, Engineering, and Science2,724 2,693 31
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media385 371 14
Healthcare Practioners and Technical1,942 1,886 56
Service Occupations1,045 1,028 17
Sales and Related Occupations6 6 -
Office and Administrative Support1,461 1,410 51
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance287 286 1
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving29 29 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at University of Pennsylvania
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs20,176 11,267 8,909
Postsecondary Teachers7,056 3,192 3,864
Instructional staff2,483 995 1,488
Research1,560 682 878
Public service3,013 1,515 1,498
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support810 441 369
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists165 114 51
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians47 31 16
Librarians118 83 35
Other teaching and Instructional Support645 327 318
Management2,677 1,692 985
Business and Financial Operations1,754 1,325 429
Computer, Engineering, and Science2,724 1,358 1,366
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media385 213 172
Healthcare Practioners and Technical1,942 1,301 641
Service Occupations1,045 507 538
Sales and Related Occupations6 3 3
Office and Administrative Support1,461 1,201 260
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance287 29 258
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving29 5 24
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at University of Pennsylvania
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs20,176 232,6382,524 1,0251012,117 338487
Postsecondary Teachers7,056 41,246271 29104,238 90235
Instructional staff2,483 1415110 12501,695 3347
Research1,560 025136 570494 17113
Public service3,013 3580125 10902,049 4075
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support810 05077 361540 1438
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists165 0512 90136 02
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians47 013 1041 01
Librarians118 049 8095 01
Other teaching and Instructional Support645 04565 271404 1436
Management2,677 7194300 12741,955 4529
Business and Financial Operations1,754 3135307 9201,146 3419
Computer, Engineering, and Science2,724 2617178 13511,474 5252
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media385 01243 171288 1110
Healthcare Practioners and Technical1,942 3269255 13401,166 3658
Service Occupations1,045 239582 761311 1316
Sales and Related Occupations6 000 006 00
Office and Administrative Support1,461 175437 1022773 4127
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance287 1154 130214 22
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving29 0020 206 01
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at University of Pennsylvania
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs1,014 462 552
Postsecondary Teachers681 277 404
Instructional staff57 24 33
Research592 234 358
Public service32 19 13
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support54 26 28
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists1 1 0
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians0 0 0
Librarians1 1 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support53 25 28
Management16 11 5
Business and Financial Operations18 10 8
Computer, Engineering, and Science213 116 97
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media3 0 3
Healthcare Practioners and Technical21 16 5
Service Occupations5 3 2
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support3 3 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.