Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Virginia Commonwealth University
A total of 7,552 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Virginia Commonwealth University. By employment type, there are 6,591 full-time and 961 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 4,341 female and 3,211 male employees are working at VCU.
The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 3,047, which is 40.35% of total employees. On average, 17 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 442 Librarians, 500 management occupation, 579 computer/engineering, and 191 service occupations.
By race/ethnicity, there are 4,774 white (63.22%), 1,262 black (16.71%), and 611 asian (8.09%) employees working at VCU. A total of 260 non-resident alien employees work at VCU.
Next tables summarize the number of staffs by gender, race/ethnicity, occupation, and faculty status.
| Staff Category | Total | Full-time | Part-time |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Staffs | 7,552 | 6,591 | 961 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 3,324 | 2,414 | 910 |
| Instructional staff | 3,047 | 2,149 | 898 |
| Research | 269 | 257 | 12 |
| Public service | 8 | 8 | - |
| Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support | 442 | 425 | 17 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists | 57 | 57 | - |
| Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians | 6 | 6 | - |
| Librarians | 51 | 51 | - |
| Other teaching and Instructional Support | 385 | 368 | 17 |
| Management | 500 | 498 | 2 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 891 | 888 | 3 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 579 | 578 | 1 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 662 | 647 | 15 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 419 | 411 | 8 |
| Service Occupations | 191 | 190 | 1 |
| Office and Administrative Support | 362 | 358 | 4 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 182 | 182 | - |
| Staff Category | Total | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Staffs | 7,552 | 4,341 | 3,211 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 3,324 | 1,685 | 1,639 |
| Instructional staff | 3,047 | 1,520 | 1,527 |
| Research | 269 | 162 | 107 |
| Public service | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support | 442 | 331 | 111 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists | 57 | 44 | 13 |
| Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Librarians | 51 | 41 | 10 |
| Other teaching and Instructional Support | 385 | 287 | 98 |
| Management | 500 | 292 | 208 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 891 | 647 | 244 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 579 | 196 | 383 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 662 | 476 | 186 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 419 | 327 | 92 |
| Service Occupations | 191 | 79 | 112 |
| Office and Administrative Support | 362 | 283 | 79 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 182 | 25 | 157 |
| Occupation | Total | American Indian / Alaska Native | Asian | Black | Hispanic | Nativie Hawaiian | White | Two or More Races | Race Unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Staffs | 7,552 | 19 | 611 | 1,262 | 356 | 7 | 4,774 | 194 | 69 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 3,324 | 5 | 408 | 290 | 159 | 1 | 2,184 | 47 | 31 |
| Instructional staff | 3,047 | 4 | 393 | 277 | 152 | 1 | 2,061 | 45 | 30 |
| Research | 269 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 119 | 2 | 1 |
| Public service | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support | 442 | 2 | 22 | 102 | 18 | 1 | 281 | 12 | 2 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists | 57 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Librarians | 51 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| Other teaching and Instructional Support | 385 | 2 | 18 | 97 | 18 | 0 | 234 | 12 | 2 |
| Management | 500 | 1 | 15 | 90 | 15 | 0 | 363 | 10 | 4 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 891 | 2 | 34 | 240 | 44 | 0 | 524 | 34 | 6 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 579 | 1 | 65 | 77 | 26 | 2 | 344 | 19 | 13 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 662 | 3 | 15 | 133 | 36 | 0 | 443 | 24 | 3 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 419 | 1 | 31 | 79 | 27 | 0 | 255 | 13 | 3 |
| Service Occupations | 191 | 2 | 4 | 88 | 11 | 0 | 74 | 11 | 1 |
| Office and Administrative Support | 362 | 0 | 17 | 115 | 14 | 3 | 192 | 17 | 1 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 182 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 114 | 7 | 5 |
| Staff Category | Total | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Staffs | 260 | 119 | 141 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 199 | 91 | 108 |
| Instructional staff | 84 | 36 | 48 |
| Research | 115 | 55 | 60 |
| Public service | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Librarians | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other teaching and Instructional Support | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Management | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 32 | 10 | 22 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| Service Occupations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Office and Administrative Support | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 0 | 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.