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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at University of Southern California

A total of 17,428 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at University of Southern California. By employment type, there are 14,965 full-time and 2,463 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 9,481 female and 7,947 male employees are working at USC.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 3,985, which is 22.87% of total employees. On average, 9 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 207 Librarians, 2,172 management occupation, 1,465 computer/engineering, and 1,193 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 6,734 white (38.64%), 1,417 black (8.13%), and 3,318 asian (19.04%) employees working at USC. A total of 390 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 Staffs17,428 14,965 2,463
Postsecondary Teachers6,704 4,623 2,081
Instructional staff3,985 2,442 1,543
Research298 253 45
Public service2,421 1,928 493
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support207 180 27
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists117 113 4
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians22 21 1
Librarians71 68 3
Library Technicians24 24 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support90 67 23
Management2,172 2,124 48
Business and Financial Operations2,231 2,145 86
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,465 1,395 70
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media873 846 27
Healthcare Practioners and Technical463 433 30
Service Occupations1,193 1,169 24
Sales and Related Occupations89 89 -
Office and Administrative Support1,730 1,663 67
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance199 199 -
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving102 99 3
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at University of Southern California
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs17,428 9,481 7,947
Postsecondary Teachers6,704 3,160 3,544
Instructional staff3,985 1,659 2,326
Research298 109 189
Public service2,421 1,392 1,029
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support207 144 63
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists117 78 39
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians22 13 9
Librarians71 50 21
Library Technicians24 15 9
Other teaching and Instructional Support90 66 24
Management2,172 1,312 860
Business and Financial Operations2,231 1,674 557
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,465 532 933
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media873 512 361
Healthcare Practioners and Technical463 258 205
Service Occupations1,193 459 734
Sales and Related Occupations89 71 18
Office and Administrative Support1,730 1,325 405
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance199 8 191
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving102 26 76
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at University of Southern California
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs17,428 413,3181,417 4,308246,734 600596
Postsecondary Teachers6,704 221,376388 46333,656 246406
Instructional staff3,985 13560281 29612,332 116299
Research298 1908 100154 108
Public service2,421 872699 15721,170 12099
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support207 13016 55094 37
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists117 1195 23062 24
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians22 011 2017 01
Librarians71 1122 11041 03
Library Technicians24 062 1004 20
Other teaching and Instructional Support90 01111 32032 13
Management2,172 4391196 4992949 7635
Business and Financial Operations2,231 3425232 7412649 9451
Computer, Engineering, and Science1,465 145754 2613449 5127
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media873 014690 2534318 3617
Healthcare Practioners and Technical463 113820 1050173 167
Service Occupations1,193 547168 871371 916
Sales and Related Occupations89 039 7004 12
Office and Administrative Support1,730 4283214 8087312 6325
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance199 01211 133038 41
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving102 01019 49021 12
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at University of Southern California
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs390 177 213
Postsecondary Teachers144 63 81
Instructional staff87 40 47
Research17 3 14
Public service40 20 20
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
Management20 11 9
Business and Financial Operations34 26 8
Computer, Engineering, and Science162 62 100
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media9 6 3
Healthcare Practioners and Technical3 0 3
Service Occupations3 1 2
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support14 7 7
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.