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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at University of South Carolina-Columbia

A total of 7,939 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at University of South Carolina-Columbia. By employment type, there are 5,742 full-time and 2,197 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 4,431 female and 3,508 male employees are working at South Carolina.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 2,432, which is 30.63% of total employees. On average, 19 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 396 Librarians, 1,167 management occupation, 432 computer/engineering, and 640 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 5,241 white (66.02%), 1,602 black (20.18%), and 369 asian (4.65%) employees working at South Carolina. A total of 181 non-resident alien employees work at South Carolina.

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 South Carolina-Columbia
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs7,939 5,742 2,197
Postsecondary Teachers2,830 2,043 787
Instructional staff2,432 1,753 679
Research357 255 102
Public service41 35 6
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support396 361 35
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists140 118 22
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians12 8 4
Librarians79 76 3
Library Technicians49 34 15
Other teaching and Instructional Support256 243 13
Management1,167 1,073 94
Business and Financial Operations190 179 11
Computer, Engineering, and Science432 298 134
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media593 515 78
Healthcare Practioners and Technical164 103 61
Service Occupations640 210 430
Office and Administrative Support1,083 741 342
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance429 210 219
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving15 9 6
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at University of South Carolina-Columbia
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs7,939 4,431 3,508
Postsecondary Teachers2,830 1,439 1,391
Instructional staff2,432 1,233 1,199
Research357 171 186
Public service41 35 6
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support396 271 125
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists140 89 51
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians12 8 4
Librarians79 50 29
Library Technicians49 31 18
Other teaching and Instructional Support256 182 74
Management1,167 673 494
Business and Financial Operations190 154 36
Computer, Engineering, and Science432 181 251
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media593 382 211
Healthcare Practioners and Technical164 125 39
Service Occupations640 251 389
Office and Administrative Support1,083 877 206
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance429 72 357
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving15 6 9
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at University of South Carolina-Columbia
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs7,939 343691,602 23495,241 154115
Postsecondary Teachers2,830 9263244 9422,001 2822
Instructional staff2,432 9238213 8221,785 2321
Research357 02225 80189 51
Public service41 036 4027 00
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support396 2872 71289 151
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists140 1416 10113 40
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians12 002 109 00
Librarians79 132 0070 20
Library Technicians49 0112 0034 20
Other teaching and Instructional Support256 1456 61176 111
Management1,167 321256 290827 1515
Business and Financial Operations190 0465 40113 40
Computer, Engineering, and Science432 93071 191281 122
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media593 116141 281380 214
Healthcare Practioners and Technical164 11038 30106 51
Service Occupations640 61276 170294 1135
Office and Administrative Support1,083 114334 242658 2819
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance429 21105 81282 1415
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving15 010 1110 11
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at University of South Carolina-Columbia
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs181 71 110
Postsecondary Teachers167 65 102
Instructional staff59 25 34
Research107 39 68
Public service1 1 0
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support1 1 0
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists1 1 0
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians0 0 0
Librarians1 1 0
Library Technicians0 0 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support0 0 0
Management1 1 0
Business and Financial Operations0 0 0
Computer, Engineering, and Science7 3 4
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media1 0 1
Healthcare Practioners and Technical0 0 0
Service Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support3 1 2
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance1 0 1
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.