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

A total of 9,191 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 8,706 full-time and 485 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 4,749 female and 4,442 male employees are working at Virginia Tech.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 2,450, which is 26.66% of total employees. On average, 17 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 55 Librarians, 366 management occupation, 712 computer/engineering, and 554 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 7,230 white (78.66%), 454 black (4.94%), and 530 asian (5.77%) employees working at Virginia Tech. A total of 449 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 Staffs9,191 8,706 485
Postsecondary Teachers3,237 2,976 261
Instructional staff2,450 2,219 231
Research697 667 30
Public service90 90 -
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support55 55 -
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists39 39 -
Librarians3 3 -
Library Technicians36 36 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support16 16 -
Management366 197 169
Business and Financial Operations2,341 2,316 25
Computer, Engineering, and Science712 700 12
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media173 172 1
Healthcare Practioners and Technical101 100 1
Service Occupations554 554 -
Office and Administrative Support1,192 1,177 15
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance411 411 -
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving49 48 1
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs9,191 4,749 4,442
Postsecondary Teachers3,237 1,281 1,956
Instructional staff2,450 947 1,503
Research697 270 427
Public service90 64 26
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support55 35 20
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists39 22 17
Librarians3 1 2
Library Technicians36 21 15
Other teaching and Instructional Support16 13 3
Management366 189 177
Business and Financial Operations2,341 1,397 944
Computer, Engineering, and Science712 297 415
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media173 90 83
Healthcare Practioners and Technical101 91 10
Service Occupations554 294 260
Office and Administrative Support1,192 1,037 155
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance411 31 380
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving49 7 42
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs9,191 22530454 32567,230 12253
Postsecondary Teachers3,237 7371107 14722,193 3525
Instructional staff2,450 631591 11421,735 2417
Research697 1567 300381 108
Public service90 009 3077 10
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support55 011 1050 20
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists39 001 0037 10
Librarians3 000 003 00
Library Technicians36 001 0034 10
Other teaching and Instructional Support16 010 1013 10
Management366 11426 100278 84
Business and Financial Operations2,341 572162 8111,930 357
Computer, Engineering, and Science712 23122 281600 105
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media173 017 30158 20
Healthcare Practioners and Technical101 133 1091 10
Service Occupations554 21335 101477 86
Office and Administrative Support1,192 32083 3211,025 184
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance411 125 120384 32
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving49 023 0044 00
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs449 178 271
Postsecondary Teachers350 127 223
Instructional staff146 58 88
Research204 69 135
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
Management25 10 15
Business and Financial Operations48 27 21
Computer, Engineering, and Science13 6 7
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media2 0 2
Healthcare Practioners and Technical1 1 0
Service Occupations2 1 1
Office and Administrative Support6 5 1
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance2 1 1
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.