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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Washington State University

A total of 6,841 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Washington State University. By employment type, there are 6,218 full-time and 623 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 3,706 female and 3,135 male employees are working at Washington State.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,785, which is 26.09% of total employees. On average, 15 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 398 Librarians, 366 management occupation, 853 computer/engineering, and 510 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 3,976 white (58.12%), 91 black (1.33%), and 374 asian (5.47%) employees working at Washington State. A total of 177 non-resident alien employees work at Washington State.

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 Washington State University
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs6,841 6,218 623
Postsecondary Teachers2,160 1,756 404
Instructional staff1,785 1,410 375
Research300 274 26
Public service75 72 3
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support398 357 41
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists65 60 5
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians1 1 -
Librarians40 38 2
Library Technicians24 21 3
Other teaching and Instructional Support333 297 36
Management366 354 12
Business and Financial Operations811 785 26
Computer, Engineering, and Science853 804 49
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media695 665 30
Healthcare Practioners and Technical213 205 8
Service Occupations510 501 9
Sales and Related Occupations2 2 -
Office and Administrative Support548 508 40
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance231 227 4
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving54 54 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Washington State University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs6,841 3,706 3,135
Postsecondary Teachers2,160 1,007 1,153
Instructional staff1,785 851 934
Research300 115 185
Public service75 41 34
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support398 307 91
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists65 40 25
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians1 1 0
Librarians40 23 17
Library Technicians24 16 8
Other teaching and Instructional Support333 267 66
Management366 195 171
Business and Financial Operations811 607 204
Computer, Engineering, and Science853 341 512
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media695 436 259
Healthcare Practioners and Technical213 142 71
Service Occupations510 204 306
Sales and Related Occupations2 0 2
Office and Administrative Support548 442 106
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance231 19 212
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving54 6 48
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Washington State University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs6,841 5737491 347183,976 1561,645
Postsecondary Teachers2,160 1621226 7041,026 23642
Instructional staff1,785 1617822 614893 17534
Research300 0324 6078 495
Public service75 020 3055 213
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support398 3125 281255 1478
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists65 131 2044 112
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians1 000 001 00
Librarians40 110 0027 19
Library Technicians24 021 2016 03
Other teaching and Instructional Support333 294 261211 1366
Management366 3129 221261 850
Business and Financial Operations811 92412 322582 17133
Computer, Engineering, and Science853 5517 343526 14187
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media695 82316 713399 19152
Healthcare Practioners and Technical213 273 120113 766
Service Occupations510 3224 323277 26143
Sales and Related Occupations2 000 200 00
Office and Administrative Support548 7108 371368 2492
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance231 111 50135 484
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving54 000 2034 018
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Washington State University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs177 81 96
Postsecondary Teachers141 57 84
Instructional staff60 24 36
Research81 33 48
Public service0 0 0
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support2 1 1
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists1 0 1
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians0 0 0
Librarians1 0 1
Library Technicians0 0 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support1 1 0
Management0 0 0
Business and Financial Operations0 0 0
Computer, Engineering, and Science26 17 9
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media4 3 1
Healthcare Practioners and Technical3 2 1
Service Occupations0 0 0
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support1 1 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.