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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Vanderbilt University

A total of 6,355 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Vanderbilt University. By employment type, there are 5,709 full-time and 646 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 3,507 female and 2,848 male employees are working at Vanderbilt.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,638, which is 25.77% of total employees. On average, 7 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 292 Librarians, 669 management occupation, 612 computer/engineering, and 786 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 3,956 white (62.25%), 961 black (15.12%), and 277 asian (4.36%) employees working at Vanderbilt. A total of 152 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 Staffs6,355 5,709 646
Postsecondary Teachers1,964 1,638 326
Instructional staff1,638 1,334 304
Research311 289 22
Public service15 15 -
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support292 284 8
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists82 79 3
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians9 9 -
Librarians69 66 3
Library Technicians4 4 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support210 205 5
Management669 662 7
Business and Financial Operations527 521 6
Computer, Engineering, and Science612 575 37
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media541 454 87
Healthcare Practioners and Technical113 88 25
Service Occupations786 752 34
Sales and Related Occupations47 46 1
Office and Administrative Support578 483 95
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance109 108 1
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving117 98 19
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Vanderbilt University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs6,355 3,507 2,848
Postsecondary Teachers1,964 951 1,013
Instructional staff1,638 816 822
Research311 128 183
Public service15 7 8
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support292 242 50
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists82 58 24
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians9 7 2
Librarians69 47 22
Library Technicians4 4 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support210 184 26
Management669 424 245
Business and Financial Operations527 364 163
Computer, Engineering, and Science612 252 360
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media541 370 171
Healthcare Practioners and Technical113 70 43
Service Occupations786 379 407
Sales and Related Occupations47 36 11
Office and Administrative Support578 381 197
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance109 12 97
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving117 26 91
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Vanderbilt University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs6,355 13277961 24293,956 115630
Postsecondary Teachers1,964 413967 6721,133 18439
Instructional staff1,638 48759 561957 17405
Research311 0515 101168 132
Public service15 013 108 02
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support292 01237 211194 718
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists82 052 4167 12
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians9 000 117 00
Librarians69 042 3057 12
Library Technicians4 010 003 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support210 0735 170127 616
Management669 02179 252507 1519
Business and Financial Operations527 21466 151399 1116
Computer, Engineering, and Science612 04347 340405 1930
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media541 01374 130404 1420
Healthcare Practioners and Technical113 0129 5076 43
Service Occupations786 411398 271266 1556
Sales and Related Occupations47 0030 2015 00
Office and Administrative Support578 310103 232404 922
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance109 0218 3082 22
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving117 0033 7071 15
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Vanderbilt University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs152 66 86
Postsecondary Teachers95 37 58
Instructional staff52 26 26
Research43 11 32
Public service0 0 0
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support2 2 0
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists0 0 0
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians0 0 0
Librarians0 0 0
Library Technicians0 0 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support2 2 0
Management1 0 1
Business and Financial Operations3 1 2
Computer, Engineering, and Science34 12 22
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media3 3 0
Healthcare Practioners and Technical4 4 0
Service Occupations8 6 2
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support2 1 1
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.