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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at University of Southern Mississippi

A total of 2,560 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at University of Southern Mississippi. By employment type, there are 2,106 full-time and 454 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 1,476 female and 1,084 male employees are working at Southern Mississippi.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 850, which is 33.20% of total employees. On average, 18 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 75 Librarians, 110 management occupation, 132 computer/engineering, and 203 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 1,981 white (77.38%), 372 black (14.53%), and 108 asian (4.22%) employees working at Southern Mississippi. A total of 11 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 Staffs2,560 2,106 454
Postsecondary Teachers980 797 183
Instructional staff850 668 182
Research130 129 1
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support75 64 11
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists40 30 10
Librarians19 19 -
Library Technicians21 11 10
Other teaching and Instructional Support35 34 1
Management110 108 2
Business and Financial Operations510 333 177
Computer, Engineering, and Science132 110 22
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media222 209 13
Healthcare Practioners and Technical64 45 19
Service Occupations203 193 10
Sales and Related Occupations2 2 -
Office and Administrative Support187 172 15
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance62 60 2
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving13 13 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at University of Southern Mississippi
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs2,560 1,476 1,084
Postsecondary Teachers980 495 485
Instructional staff850 441 409
Research130 54 76
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support75 56 19
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists40 28 12
Librarians19 16 3
Library Technicians21 12 9
Other teaching and Instructional Support35 28 7
Management110 65 45
Business and Financial Operations510 349 161
Computer, Engineering, and Science132 41 91
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media222 139 83
Healthcare Practioners and Technical64 59 5
Service Occupations203 106 97
Sales and Related Occupations2 0 2
Office and Administrative Support187 163 24
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance62 3 59
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 Staffs2,560 10108372 4441,981 291
Postsecondary Teachers980 48669 201781 100
Instructional staff850 37366 141677 100
Research130 1133 60104 00
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support75 018 1064 00
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists40 010 0039 00
Librarians19 000 0019 00
Library Technicians21 010 0020 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support35 008 1025 00
Management110 1011 1096 10
Business and Financial Operations510 2786 90401 40
Computer, Engineering, and Science132 059 11115 10
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media222 2642 42162 31
Healthcare Practioners and Technical64 0010 0053 10
Service Occupations203 1387 40103 50
Sales and Related Occupations2 000 002 00
Office and Administrative Support187 0043 20140 20
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance62 006 2052 20
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving13 001 0012 00
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at University of Southern Mississippi
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs11 4 7
Postsecondary Teachers9 3 6
Instructional staff6 2 4
Research3 1 2
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 Operations1 1 0
Computer, Engineering, and Science0 0 0
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.