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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at University of Pennsylvania

A total of 21,132 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at University of Pennsylvania. By employment type, there are 19,558 full-time and 1,574 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 11,853 female and 9,279 male employees are working at UPenn.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 2,526, which is 11.95% of total employees. On average, 8 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 838 Librarians, 2,920 management occupation, 2,835 computer/engineering, and 1,058 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 12,352 white (58.45%), 2,669 black (12.63%), and 2,603 asian (12.32%) employees working at UPenn. A total of 1,447 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 Staffs21,132 19,558 1,574
Postsecondary Teachers7,327 6,596 731
Instructional staff2,526 2,268 258
Research1,625 1,604 21
Public service3,176 2,724 452
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support838 273 565
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists170 164 6
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians45 43 2
Librarians125 121 4
Other teaching and Instructional Support668 109 559
Management2,920 2,888 32
Business and Financial Operations1,872 1,839 33
Computer, Engineering, and Science2,835 2,797 38
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media391 378 13
Healthcare Practioners and Technical2,019 1,954 65
Service Occupations1,058 1,038 20
Sales and Related Occupations6 6 -
Office and Administrative Support1,527 1,456 71
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance302 296 6
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving37 37 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at University of Pennsylvania
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs21,132 11,853 9,279
Postsecondary Teachers7,327 3,396 3,931
Instructional staff2,526 1,023 1,503
Research1,625 736 889
Public service3,176 1,637 1,539
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support838 453 385
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists170 118 52
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians45 28 17
Librarians125 90 35
Other teaching and Instructional Support668 335 333
Management2,920 1,865 1,055
Business and Financial Operations1,872 1,379 493
Computer, Engineering, and Science2,835 1,410 1,425
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media391 218 173
Healthcare Practioners and Technical2,019 1,347 672
Service Occupations1,058 502 556
Sales and Related Occupations6 3 3
Office and Administrative Support1,527 1,242 285
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance302 33 269
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving37 5 32
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at University of Pennsylvania
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs21,132 222,6032,669 1,0781212,352 384565
Postsecondary Teachers7,327 41,199296 29814,262 99263
Instructional staff2,526 1424118 13101,670 4065
Research1,625 016937 521446 17114
Public service3,176 3606141 11502,146 4284
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support838 15175 290525 1050
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists170 0710 90136 12
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians45 001 1039 11
Librarians125 079 8097 01
Other teaching and Instructional Support668 14465 200389 948
Management2,920 7206337 13542,121 5934
Business and Financial Operations1,872 3146332 10501,195 3730
Computer, Engineering, and Science2,835 2573170 13821,480 6754
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media391 01352 171284 1110
Healthcare Practioners and Technical2,019 1295260 14001,176 3772
Service Occupations1,058 241603 762292 1719
Sales and Related Occupations6 000 006 00
Office and Administrative Support1,527 177462 1222783 4527
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance302 1258 150220 24
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving37 0024 308 02
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at University of Pennsylvania
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs1,447 680 767
Postsecondary Teachers905 384 521
Instructional staff77 33 44
Research789 329 460
Public service39 22 17
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support97 51 46
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists5 5 0
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians2 2 0
Librarians3 3 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support92 46 46
Management17 11 6
Business and Financial Operations24 15 9
Computer, Engineering, and Science349 183 166
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media3 1 2
Healthcare Practioners and Technical38 25 13
Service Occupations6 4 2
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support8 6 2
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.