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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Wake Forest University

A total of 8,812 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Wake Forest University. By employment type, there are 8,084 full-time and 728 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 5,458 female and 3,354 male employees are working at Wake Forest.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 3,075, which is 34.90% of total employees. On average, 10 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 190 Librarians, 561 management occupation, 450 computer/engineering, and 398 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 6,079 white (68.99%), 1,250 black (14.19%), and 555 asian (6.30%) employees working at Wake Forest. A total of 168 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 Staffs8,812 8,084 728
Postsecondary Teachers3,311 2,969 342
Instructional staff3,075 2,745 330
Research236 224 12
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support190 167 23
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists80 76 4
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians16 15 1
Librarians47 47 -
Library Technicians17 14 3
Other teaching and Instructional Support110 91 19
Management561 554 7
Business and Financial Operations1,168 1,147 21
Computer, Engineering, and Science450 433 17
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media289 256 33
Healthcare Practioners and Technical473 433 40
Service Occupations398 315 83
Sales and Related Occupations18 18 -
Office and Administrative Support1,843 1,691 152
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance71 70 1
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving40 31 9
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Wake Forest University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs8,812 5,458 3,354
Postsecondary Teachers3,311 1,492 1,819
Instructional staff3,075 1,369 1,706
Research236 123 113
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support190 150 40
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists80 56 24
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians16 14 2
Librarians47 31 16
Library Technicians17 11 6
Other teaching and Instructional Support110 94 16
Management561 349 212
Business and Financial Operations1,168 928 240
Computer, Engineering, and Science450 220 230
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media289 132 157
Healthcare Practioners and Technical473 373 100
Service Occupations398 166 232
Sales and Related Occupations18 8 10
Office and Administrative Support1,843 1,633 210
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance71 0 71
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving40 7 33
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Wake Forest University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs8,812 295551,250 399116,079 70251
Postsecondary Teachers3,311 11417189 13652,280 18131
Instructional staff3,075 11363179 11352,187 17123
Research236 05410 23093 18
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support190 1324 40148 24
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists80 0010 2068 00
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians16 000 0016 00
Librarians47 006 1040 00
Library Technicians17 004 1012 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support110 1314 2080 24
Management561 01869 220447 14
Business and Financial Operations1,168 222188 462868 1413
Computer, Engineering, and Science450 33832 161332 416
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media289 0342 150211 53
Healthcare Practioners and Technical473 21452 200362 219
Service Occupations398 34105 310236 78
Sales and Related Occupations18 001 0017 00
Office and Administrative Support1,843 636532 10731,088 1652
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance71 004 2064 10
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving40 1012 0026 01
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Wake Forest University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs168 73 95
Postsecondary Teachers124 53 71
Instructional staff77 34 43
Research47 19 28
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support4 3 1
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists0 0 0
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians0 0 0
Librarians0 0 0
Library Technicians0 0 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support4 3 1
Management0 0 0
Business and Financial Operations13 7 6
Computer, Engineering, and Science8 1 7
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media10 4 6
Healthcare Practioners and Technical2 0 2
Service Occupations4 2 2
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support3 3 0
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance0 0 0
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.