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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Vanderbilt University

A total of 6,654 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Vanderbilt University. By employment type, there are 6,025 full-time and 629 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 3,697 female and 2,957 male employees are working at Vanderbilt.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,628, which is 24.47% of total employees. On average, 8 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 265 Librarians, 864 management occupation, 789 computer/engineering, and 901 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 4,068 white (61.14%), 976 black (14.67%), and 297 asian (4.46%) employees working at Vanderbilt. A total of 203 non-resident alien employees work at Vanderbilt.

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 Vanderbilt University
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs6,654 6,025 629
Postsecondary Teachers1,847 1,558 289
Instructional staff1,628 1,360 268
Research202 181 21
Public service17 17 -
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support265 245 20
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists68 67 1
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians12 11 1
Librarians49 49 -
Library Technicians7 7 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support197 178 19
Management864 857 7
Business and Financial Operations442 435 7
Computer, Engineering, and Science789 757 32
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media624 553 71
Healthcare Practioners and Technical81 55 26
Service Occupations901 786 115
Sales and Related Occupations46 46 -
Office and Administrative Support510 486 24
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance121 121 -
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving164 126 38
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Vanderbilt University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs6,654 3,697 2,957
Postsecondary Teachers1,847 894 953
Instructional staff1,628 817 811
Research202 69 133
Public service17 8 9
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support265 221 44
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists68 50 18
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians12 9 3
Librarians49 36 13
Library Technicians7 5 2
Other teaching and Instructional Support197 171 26
Management864 548 316
Business and Financial Operations442 281 161
Computer, Engineering, and Science789 361 428
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media624 444 180
Healthcare Practioners and Technical81 52 29
Service Occupations901 393 508
Sales and Related Occupations46 29 17
Office and Administrative Support510 409 101
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance121 11 110
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving164 54 110
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Vanderbilt University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs6,654 12297976 275114,068 129683
Postsecondary Teachers1,847 413364 6121,041 18433
Instructional staff1,628 49860 542937 18403
Research202 0331 6098 025
Public service17 023 106 05
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support265 01028 130184 519
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists68 051 3056 11
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians12 000 1011 00
Librarians49 041 2039 11
Library Technicians7 010 006 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support197 0527 100128 418
Management864 02388 411653 2135
Business and Financial Operations442 21151 202321 1017
Computer, Engineering, and Science789 17445 412482 2447
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media624 01476 271451 1629
Healthcare Practioners and Technical81 0413 6049 45
Service Occupations901 49422 301338 2066
Sales and Related Occupations46 0129 1013 11
Office and Administrative Support510 114100 191341 825
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance121 0216 3196 12
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving164 0244 13099 14
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Vanderbilt University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs203 93 110
Postsecondary Teachers91 33 58
Instructional staff52 24 28
Research39 9 30
Public service0 0 0
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support6 6 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 Support5 5 0
Management2 1 1
Business and Financial Operations8 3 5
Computer, Engineering, and Science73 34 39
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media10 8 2
Healthcare Practioners and Technical0 0 0
Service Occupations11 7 4
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support1 1 0
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance0 0 0
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving1 0 1

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.