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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Wayne State University

A total of 6,166 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Wayne State University. By employment type, there are 4,649 full-time and 1,517 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 3,570 female and 2,596 male employees are working at WSU.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 2,394, which is 38.83% of total employees. On average, 14 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 313 Librarians, 573 management occupation, 278 computer/engineering, and 245 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 3,432 white (55.66%), 1,516 black (24.59%), and 597 asian (9.68%) employees working at WSU. A total of 310 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 Staffs6,166 4,649 1,517
Postsecondary Teachers3,087 2,089 998
Instructional staff2,394 1,472 922
Research693 617 76
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support313 302 11
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists52 51 1
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians14 14 -
Librarians32 31 1
Library Technicians6 6 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support261 251 10
Management573 559 14
Business and Financial Operations845 697 148
Computer, Engineering, and Science278 167 111
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media102 91 11
Healthcare Practioners and Technical144 143 1
Service Occupations245 244 1
Sales and Related Occupations4 4 -
Office and Administrative Support484 262 222
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance39 39 -
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving52 52 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Wayne State University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs6,166 3,570 2,596
Postsecondary Teachers3,087 1,644 1,443
Instructional staff2,394 1,214 1,180
Research693 430 263
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support313 238 75
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists52 40 12
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians14 10 4
Librarians32 24 8
Library Technicians6 6 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support261 198 63
Management573 361 212
Business and Financial Operations845 637 208
Computer, Engineering, and Science278 130 148
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media102 42 60
Healthcare Practioners and Technical144 58 86
Service Occupations245 119 126
Sales and Related Occupations4 3 1
Office and Administrative Support484 327 157
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance39 1 38
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving52 10 42
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Wayne State University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs6,166 125971,516 19353,432 8318
Postsecondary Teachers3,087 7449356 9131,881 3010
Instructional staff2,394 5353284 6731,561 218
Research693 29672 240320 92
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support313 01497 131183 50
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists52 039 2038 00
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians14 001 0013 00
Librarians32 036 2021 00
Library Technicians6 002 004 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support261 01188 111145 50
Management573 122156 210358 82
Business and Financial Operations845 235318 280431 183
Computer, Engineering, and Science278 12764 91160 100
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media102 0121 4076 00
Healthcare Practioners and Technical144 03214 7065 11
Service Occupations245 00169 5066 50
Sales and Related Occupations4 000 004 00
Office and Administrative Support484 116276 130165 62
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance39 0010 1028 00
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving52 0135 1015 00
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Wayne State University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs310 137 173
Postsecondary Teachers260 115 145
Instructional staff92 40 52
Research168 75 93
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support0 0 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 Support0 0 0
Management5 3 2
Business and Financial Operations10 7 3
Computer, Engineering, and Science6 2 4
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media0 0 0
Healthcare Practioners and Technical24 8 16
Service Occupations0 0 0
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support5 2 3
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.