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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at University of Southern California

A total of 16,923 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at University of Southern California. By employment type, there are 14,424 full-time and 2,499 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 9,103 female and 7,820 male employees are working at USC.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 3,985, which is 23.55% of total employees. On average, 9 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 210 Librarians, 2,083 management occupation, 1,381 computer/engineering, and 1,217 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 6,679 white (39.47%), 1,368 black (8.08%), and 3,119 asian (18.43%) employees working at USC. A total of 384 non-resident alien employees work at USC.

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 Southern California
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs16,923 14,424 2,499
Postsecondary Teachers6,642 4,544 2,098
Instructional staff3,985 2,430 1,555
Research294 249 45
Public service2,363 1,865 498
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support210 177 33
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists116 112 4
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians21 20 1
Librarians72 69 3
Library Technicians23 23 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support94 65 29
Management2,083 2,045 38
Business and Financial Operations2,062 1,971 91
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,381 1,307 74
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media805 769 36
Healthcare Practioners and Technical444 410 34
Service Occupations1,217 1,192 25
Sales and Related Occupations82 81 1
Office and Administrative Support1,691 1,625 66
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance209 209 -
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving97 94 3
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at University of Southern California
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs16,923 9,103 7,820
Postsecondary Teachers6,642 3,099 3,543
Instructional staff3,985 1,669 2,316
Research294 103 191
Public service2,363 1,327 1,036
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support210 144 66
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists116 77 39
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians21 12 9
Librarians72 51 21
Library Technicians23 14 9
Other teaching and Instructional Support94 67 27
Management2,083 1,252 831
Business and Financial Operations2,062 1,520 542
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,381 489 892
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media805 481 324
Healthcare Practioners and Technical444 252 192
Service Occupations1,217 456 761
Sales and Related Occupations82 65 17
Office and Administrative Support1,691 1,311 380
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance209 8 201
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving97 26 71
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at University of Southern California
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs16,923 353,1191,368 4,147226,679 541628
Postsecondary Teachers6,642 161,319370 46433,663 237427
Instructional staff3,985 10534272 30322,351 109315
Research294 1826 140155 116
Public service2,363 570392 14711,157 117106
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support210 12714 540102 47
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists116 1185 22062 34
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians21 011 1016 11
Librarians72 1112 12042 03
Library Technicians23 062 904 20
Other teaching and Instructional Support94 099 32040 13
Management2,083 4366178 4752943 6731
Business and Financial Operations2,062 3393221 6642621 7848
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,381 041550 2433437 4727
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media805 012779 2324305 2321
Healthcare Practioners and Technical444 012522 1010166 1410
Service Occupations1,217 650171 893365 1117
Sales and Related Occupations82 0212 6014 02
Office and Administrative Support1,691 5270220 7854307 5535
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance209 01510 134044 42
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving97 01021 42022 11
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at University of Southern California
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs384 169 215
Postsecondary Teachers143 58 85
Instructional staff89 37 52
Research19 3 16
Public service35 18 17
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
Management17 7 10
Business and Financial Operations32 25 7
Computer, Engineering, and Science159 58 101
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media14 11 3
Healthcare Practioners and Technical6 0 6
Service Occupations1 1 0
Sales and Related Occupations1 1 0
Office and Administrative Support10 7 3
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.