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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

A total of 8,861 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. By employment type, there are 8,343 full-time and 518 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 4,497 female and 4,364 male employees are working at Virginia Tech.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 2,431, which is 27.43% of total employees. On average, 17 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 75 Librarians, 359 management occupation, 673 computer/engineering, and 545 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 6,998 white (78.98%), 429 black (4.84%), and 514 asian (5.80%) employees working at Virginia Tech. A total of 373 non-resident alien employees work at Virginia Tech.

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 Polytechnic Institute and State University
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs8,861 8,343 518
Postsecondary Teachers3,219 2,925 294
Instructional staff2,431 2,172 259
Research654 619 35
Public service134 134 -
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support75 75 -
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists42 42 -
Librarians6 6 -
Library Technicians36 36 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support33 33 -
Management359 177 182
Business and Financial Operations2,089 2,068 21
Computer, Engineering, and Science673 666 7
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media181 179 2
Healthcare Practioners and Technical106 105 1
Service Occupations545 545 -
Office and Administrative Support1,160 1,150 10
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance402 401 1
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving52 52 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs8,861 4,497 4,364
Postsecondary Teachers3,219 1,226 1,993
Instructional staff2,431 902 1,529
Research654 241 413
Public service134 83 51
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support75 47 28
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists42 25 17
Librarians6 2 4
Library Technicians36 23 13
Other teaching and Instructional Support33 22 11
Management359 175 184
Business and Financial Operations2,089 1,258 831
Computer, Engineering, and Science673 266 407
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media181 101 80
Healthcare Practioners and Technical106 95 11
Service Occupations545 274 271
Office and Administrative Support1,160 1,027 133
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance402 23 379
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving52 5 47
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs8,861 20514429 28756,998 105130
Postsecondary Teachers3,219 6369110 13522,229 3238
Instructional staff2,431 530887 10621,749 2129
Research654 16111 250364 99
Public service134 0012 40116 20
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support75 014 2064 31
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists42 001 0038 21
Librarians6 000 006 00
Library Technicians36 001 0032 21
Other teaching and Instructional Support33 013 2026 10
Management359 11822 130271 57
Business and Financial Operations2,089 659137 6411,727 2735
Computer, Engineering, and Science673 32914 221577 107
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media181 018 30159 27
Healthcare Practioners and Technical106 012 1096 05
Service Occupations545 11439 110464 79
Office and Administrative Support1,160 21984 281989 1617
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance402 116 80375 34
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving52 023 0047 00
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs373 132 241
Postsecondary Teachers298 95 203
Instructional staff124 43 81
Research174 52 122
Public service0 0 0
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support0 0 0
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists0 0 0
Librarians0 0 0
Library Technicians0 0 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support0 0 0
Management22 9 13
Business and Financial Operations33 18 15
Computer, Engineering, and Science10 5 5
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media1 0 1
Healthcare Practioners and Technical1 1 0
Service Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support4 3 1
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance4 1 3
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.