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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Wayne State University

A total of 6,007 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Wayne State University. By employment type, there are 4,494 full-time and 1,513 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 3,460 female and 2,547 male employees are working at WSU.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 2,269, which is 37.77% of total employees. On average, 14 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 289 Librarians, 541 management occupation, 302 computer/engineering, and 248 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 3,375 white (56.18%), 1,450 black (24.14%), and 586 asian (9.76%) employees working at WSU. A total of 291 non-resident alien employees work at WSU.

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 Wayne State University
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs6,007 4,494 1,513
Postsecondary Teachers2,948 2,046 902
Instructional staff2,269 1,448 821
Research679 598 81
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support289 274 15
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists49 46 3
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians13 12 1
Librarians29 27 2
Library Technicians7 7 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support240 228 12
Management541 530 11
Business and Financial Operations770 632 138
Computer, Engineering, and Science302 172 130
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media106 91 15
Healthcare Practioners and Technical142 141 1
Service Occupations248 247 1
Sales and Related Occupations3 3 -
Office and Administrative Support561 261 300
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance39 39 -
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving58 58 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Wayne State University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs6,007 3,460 2,547
Postsecondary Teachers2,948 1,554 1,394
Instructional staff2,269 1,127 1,142
Research679 427 252
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support289 222 67
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists49 39 10
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians13 9 4
Librarians29 23 6
Library Technicians7 7 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support240 183 57
Management541 334 207
Business and Financial Operations770 597 173
Computer, Engineering, and Science302 142 160
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media106 38 68
Healthcare Practioners and Technical142 56 86
Service Occupations248 121 127
Sales and Related Occupations3 3 0
Office and Administrative Support561 383 178
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance39 0 39
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving58 10 48
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Wayne State University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs6,007 105861,450 17673,375 8131
Postsecondary Teachers2,948 6435308 8231,820 3412
Instructional staff2,269 4343245 6121,494 218
Research679 29263 211326 134
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support289 01287 111172 32
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists49 037 2037 00
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians13 001 0012 00
Librarians29 034 2020 00
Library Technicians7 002 005 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support240 0980 91135 32
Management541 123138 171350 81
Business and Financial Operations770 133292 240394 154
Computer, Engineering, and Science302 13082 81160 91
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media106 0122 4078 00
Healthcare Practioners and Technical142 1319 7069 15
Service Occupations248 00166 4073 41
Sales and Related Occupations3 000 003 00
Office and Administrative Support561 020302 170207 75
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance39 009 1029 00
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving58 0135 1120 00
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Wayne State University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs291 127 164
Postsecondary Teachers248 110 138
Instructional staff91 45 46
Research157 65 92
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support1 1 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 Support1 1 0
Management2 1 1
Business and Financial Operations7 4 3
Computer, Engineering, and Science10 4 6
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media1 1 0
Healthcare Practioners and Technical19 4 15
Service Occupations0 0 0
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support3 2 1
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.