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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at University of Southern Mississippi

A total of 2,554 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at University of Southern Mississippi. By employment type, there are 2,079 full-time and 475 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 1,460 female and 1,094 male employees are working at Southern Mississippi.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 845, which is 33.09% of total employees. On average, 15 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 82 Librarians, 122 management occupation, 231 computer/engineering, and 187 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 1,974 white (77.29%), 373 black (14.60%), and 109 asian (4.27%) employees working at Southern Mississippi. A total of 12 non-resident alien employees work at Southern Mississippi.

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 Mississippi
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs2,554 2,079 475
Postsecondary Teachers869 695 174
Instructional staff845 672 173
Research24 23 1
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support82 67 15
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists38 27 11
Librarians15 15 -
Library Technicians23 12 11
Other teaching and Instructional Support44 40 4
Management122 120 2
Business and Financial Operations519 316 203
Computer, Engineering, and Science231 203 28
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media215 199 16
Healthcare Practioners and Technical62 41 21
Service Occupations187 185 2
Sales and Related Occupations2 2 -
Office and Administrative Support193 179 14
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance59 59 -
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving13 13 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at University of Southern Mississippi
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs2,554 1,460 1,094
Postsecondary Teachers869 445 424
Instructional staff845 440 405
Research24 5 19
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support82 67 15
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists38 29 9
Librarians15 14 1
Library Technicians23 15 8
Other teaching and Instructional Support44 38 6
Management122 72 50
Business and Financial Operations519 334 185
Computer, Engineering, and Science231 86 145
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media215 140 75
Healthcare Practioners and Technical62 54 8
Service Occupations187 92 95
Sales and Related Occupations2 0 2
Office and Administrative Support193 169 24
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance59 1 58
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving13 0 13
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at University of Southern Mississippi
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs2,554 10109373 4721,974 243
Postsecondary Teachers869 38264 171689 70
Instructional staff845 37664 161673 70
Research24 060 1016 00
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support82 0111 1067 10
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists38 010 0037 00
Librarians15 000 0015 00
Library Technicians23 010 0022 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support44 0011 1030 10
Management122 1011 00108 11
Business and Financial Operations519 2885 110405 42
Computer, Engineering, and Science231 11016 61193 10
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media215 2444 50156 40
Healthcare Practioners and Technical62 018 0051 20
Service Occupations187 1282 4095 30
Sales and Related Occupations2 000 002 00
Office and Administrative Support193 0146 30143 00
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance59 006 0052 10
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving13 000 0013 00
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at University of Southern Mississippi
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs12 4 8
Postsecondary Teachers6 2 4
Instructional staff5 2 3
Research1 0 1
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support1 0 1
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists0 0 0
Librarians0 0 0
Library Technicians0 0 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support1 0 1
Management0 0 0
Business and Financial Operations2 1 1
Computer, Engineering, and Science3 1 2
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media0 0 0
Healthcare Practioners and Technical0 0 0
Service Occupations0 0 0
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support0 0 0
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.