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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Wake Forest University

A total of 8,302 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Wake Forest University. By employment type, there are 7,481 full-time and 821 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 5,188 female and 3,114 male employees are working at Wake Forest.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 2,721, which is 32.78% of total employees. On average, 10 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 189 Librarians, 556 management occupation, 459 computer/engineering, and 415 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 5,861 white (70.60%), 1,146 black (13.80%), and 517 asian (6.23%) employees working at Wake Forest. A total of 109 non-resident alien employees work at Wake Forest.

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 Wake Forest University
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs8,302 7,481 821
Postsecondary Teachers2,950 2,529 421
Instructional staff2,721 2,312 409
Research229 217 12
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support189 153 36
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists78 73 5
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians16 13 3
Librarians45 45 -
Library Technicians17 15 2
Other teaching and Instructional Support111 80 31
Management556 550 6
Business and Financial Operations1,156 1,133 23
Computer, Engineering, and Science459 443 16
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media286 246 40
Healthcare Practioners and Technical361 326 35
Service Occupations415 313 102
Sales and Related Occupations14 14 -
Office and Administrative Support1,804 1,676 128
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance71 69 2
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving41 29 12
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Wake Forest University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs8,302 5,188 3,114
Postsecondary Teachers2,950 1,315 1,635
Instructional staff2,721 1,207 1,514
Research229 108 121
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support189 147 42
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists78 54 24
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians16 14 2
Librarians45 29 16
Library Technicians17 11 6
Other teaching and Instructional Support111 93 18
Management556 345 211
Business and Financial Operations1,156 909 247
Computer, Engineering, and Science459 223 236
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media286 141 145
Healthcare Practioners and Technical361 300 61
Service Occupations415 181 234
Sales and Related Occupations14 8 6
Office and Administrative Support1,804 1,612 192
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance71 0 71
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving41 7 34
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Wake Forest University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs8,302 265171,146 37585,861 71189
Postsecondary Teachers2,950 8375149 12232,111 1593
Instructional staff2,721 8309143 10232,011 1481
Research229 0666 200100 112
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support189 1322 80148 13
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists78 0011 3064 00
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians16 000 1015 00
Librarians45 006 1038 00
Library Technicians17 005 1011 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support111 1311 5084 13
Management556 01663 230449 23
Business and Financial Operations1,156 429169 382880 1115
Computer, Engineering, and Science459 13736 130345 416
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media286 1336 100217 55
Healthcare Practioners and Technical361 11041 200280 24
Service Occupations415 35114 350243 85
Sales and Related Occupations14 001 0013 00
Office and Administrative Support1,804 638495 10431,090 2344
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance71 015 2061 00
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving41 1015 0024 01
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Wake Forest University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs109 46 63
Postsecondary Teachers74 28 46
Instructional staff50 22 28
Research24 6 18
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support3 3 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 Support3 3 0
Management0 0 0
Business and Financial Operations8 4 4
Computer, Engineering, and Science7 4 3
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media9 4 5
Healthcare Practioners and Technical3 2 1
Service Occupations2 0 2
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support1 1 0
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance2 0 2
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.