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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Virginia Commonwealth University

A total of 7,368 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Virginia Commonwealth University. By employment type, there are 6,413 full-time and 955 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 4,204 female and 3,164 male employees are working at VCU.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 3,084, which is 41.86% of total employees. On average, 16 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 415 Librarians, 499 management occupation, 561 computer/engineering, and 197 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 4,732 white (64.22%), 1,236 black (16.78%), and 608 asian (8.25%) employees working at VCU. A total of 270 non-resident alien employees work at VCU.

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 Virginia Commonwealth University
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs7,368 6,413 955
Postsecondary Teachers3,365 2,469 896
Instructional staff3,084 2,201 883
Research275 263 12
Public service6 5 1
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support415 393 22
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists54 54 -
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians8 8 -
Librarians46 46 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support361 339 22
Management499 499 -
Business and Financial Operations822 820 2
Computer, Engineering, and Science561 558 3
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media609 595 14
Healthcare Practioners and Technical372 361 11
Service Occupations197 196 1
Office and Administrative Support348 342 6
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance180 180 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Virginia Commonwealth University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs7,368 4,204 3,164
Postsecondary Teachers3,365 1,697 1,668
Instructional staff3,084 1,532 1,552
Research275 163 112
Public service6 2 4
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support415 312 103
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists54 40 14
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians8 4 4
Librarians46 36 10
Other teaching and Instructional Support361 272 89
Management499 302 197
Business and Financial Operations822 597 225
Computer, Engineering, and Science561 184 377
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media609 435 174
Healthcare Practioners and Technical372 289 83
Service Occupations197 82 115
Office and Administrative Support348 279 69
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance180 27 153
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Virginia Commonwealth University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs7,368 196081,236 28254,732 16056
Postsecondary Teachers3,365 6420305 12322,237 3924
Instructional staff3,084 6404288 11722,115 3824
Research275 01616 60117 10
Public service6 001 005 00
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support415 21793 141270 150
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists54 035 1142 10
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians8 011 005 00
Librarians46 024 1137 10
Other teaching and Instructional Support361 21488 130228 140
Management499 11595 150361 82
Business and Financial Operations822 127215 340506 258
Computer, Engineering, and Science561 16381 191339 1211
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media609 316120 320404 224
Healthcare Practioners and Technical372 13468 170239 70
Service Occupations197 2392 11077 101
Office and Administrative Support348 011121 131183 171
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance180 2246 40116 55
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Virginia Commonwealth University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs270 123 147
Postsecondary Teachers209 96 113
Instructional staff90 39 51
Research119 57 62
Public service0 0 0
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support3 3 0
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists1 1 0
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians1 1 0
Librarians0 0 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support2 2 0
Management2 0 2
Business and Financial Operations6 4 2
Computer, Engineering, and Science34 11 23
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media8 4 4
Healthcare Practioners and Technical6 4 2
Service Occupations1 1 0
Office and Administrative Support1 0 1
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance0 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.