univstats
  1. Home
  2. Faculty and Staff
  3. University Of South Carolina Columbia
  4. Occupation

Staffs Statistics by Occupation

Academic Home Faculty/Staff Salary South Carolina Salary Salary Comparison

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

A total of 7,599 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 5,550 full-time and 2,049 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 4,181 female and 3,418 male employees are working at South Carolina.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 2,355, which is 30.99% of total employees. On average, 18 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 168 Librarians, 1,213 management occupation, 430 computer/engineering, and 556 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 5,092 white (67.01%), 1,493 black (19.65%), and 349 asian (4.59%) employees working at South Carolina. A total of 150 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 Staffs7,599 5,550 2,049
Postsecondary Teachers2,753 2,027 726
Instructional staff2,355 1,737 618
Research320 235 85
Public service78 55 23
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support168 139 29
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists145 126 19
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians16 12 4
Librarians81 78 3
Library Technicians48 36 12
Other teaching and Instructional Support23 13 10
Management1,213 1,101 112
Business and Financial Operations162 149 13
Computer, Engineering, and Science430 307 123
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media570 484 86
Healthcare Practioners and Technical196 111 85
Service Occupations556 216 340
Office and Administrative Support1,124 804 320
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance411 200 211
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving16 12 4
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at University of South Carolina-Columbia
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs7,599 4,181 3,418
Postsecondary Teachers2,753 1,371 1,382
Instructional staff2,355 1,162 1,193
Research320 158 162
Public service78 51 27
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support168 107 61
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists145 89 56
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians16 11 5
Librarians81 51 30
Library Technicians48 27 21
Other teaching and Instructional Support23 18 5
Management1,213 700 513
Business and Financial Operations162 132 30
Computer, Engineering, and Science430 176 254
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media570 359 211
Healthcare Practioners and Technical196 146 50
Service Occupations556 214 342
Office and Administrative Support1,124 900 224
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance411 71 340
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving16 5 11
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at University of South Carolina-Columbia
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs7,599 373491,493 205115,092 120142
Postsecondary Teachers2,753 8263221 8441,986 2231
Instructional staff2,355 8227197 7341,753 1826
Research320 02716 70181 35
Public service78 098 4052 10
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support168 2322 20130 61
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists145 2314 20119 40
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians16 001 1014 00
Librarians81 122 1073 10
Library Technicians48 1111 0032 30
Other teaching and Instructional Support23 008 0011 21
Management1,213 317255 221884 1714
Business and Financial Operations162 0360 2093 31
Computer, Engineering, and Science430 102761 151299 84
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media570 29131 292370 187
Healthcare Practioners and Technical196 1944 40123 103
Service Occupations556 50240 140249 839
Office and Administrative Support1,124 214364 263673 1622
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance411 4294 60274 1219
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving16 021 1011 01
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at University of South Carolina-Columbia
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs150 67 83
Postsecondary Teachers134 56 78
Instructional staff49 24 25
Research81 31 50
Public service4 1 3
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support2 2 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 Support1 1 0
Management0 0 0
Business and Financial Operations0 0 0
Computer, Engineering, and Science5 4 1
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media2 0 2
Healthcare Practioners and Technical2 2 0
Service Occupations1 1 0
Office and Administrative Support4 2 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.