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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at West Virginia University

A total of 6,540 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at West Virginia University. By employment type, there are 5,697 full-time and 843 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 3,220 female and 3,320 male employees are working at West Virginia.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,806, which is 27.61% of total employees. On average, 19 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 99 Librarians, 780 management occupation, 485 computer/engineering, and 389 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 5,224 white (79.88%), 205 black (3.13%), and 357 asian (5.46%) employees working at West Virginia. A total of 197 non-resident alien employees work at West Virginia.

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 West Virginia University
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs6,540 5,697 843
Postsecondary Teachers3,243 2,535 708
Instructional staff1,806 1,340 466
Research76 62 14
Public service1,361 1,133 228
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support99 90 9
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists56 53 3
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians6 6 -
Librarians33 31 2
Library Technicians17 16 1
Other teaching and Instructional Support43 37 6
Management780 765 15
Business and Financial Operations274 266 8
Computer, Engineering, and Science485 467 18
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media446 424 22
Healthcare Practioners and Technical61 53 8
Service Occupations389 382 7
Sales and Related Occupations3 3 -
Office and Administrative Support504 465 39
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance217 213 4
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving39 34 5
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at West Virginia University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs6,540 3,220 3,320
Postsecondary Teachers3,243 1,459 1,784
Instructional staff1,806 855 951
Research76 26 50
Public service1,361 578 783
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support99 71 28
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists56 40 16
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians6 4 2
Librarians33 26 7
Library Technicians17 10 7
Other teaching and Instructional Support43 31 12
Management780 466 314
Business and Financial Operations274 189 85
Computer, Engineering, and Science485 171 314
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media446 255 191
Healthcare Practioners and Technical61 45 16
Service Occupations389 130 259
Sales and Related Occupations3 1 2
Office and Administrative Support504 411 93
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance217 14 203
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving39 8 31
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at West Virginia University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs6,540 7357205 10065,224 62382
Postsecondary Teachers3,243 530574 6032,407 31190
Instructional staff1,806 214653 3721,403 15100
Research76 070 2035 04
Public service1,361 315221 211969 1686
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support99 023 1185 06
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists56 002 1146 05
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians6 000 006 00
Librarians33 001 1026 04
Library Technicians17 001 0114 01
Other teaching and Instructional Support43 021 0039 01
Management780 01519 140683 838
Business and Financial Operations274 039 20246 311
Computer, Engineering, and Science485 02014 80386 134
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media446 1531 80365 826
Healthcare Practioners and Technical61 012 0052 15
Service Occupations389 0229 51318 231
Sales and Related Occupations3 001 002 00
Office and Administrative Support504 1421 20440 729
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance217 000 01205 110
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving39 002 0035 02
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at West Virginia University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs197 75 122
Postsecondary Teachers168 61 107
Instructional staff48 20 28
Research28 7 21
Public service92 34 58
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support1 1 0
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists1 1 0
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians0 0 0
Librarians1 1 0
Library Technicians0 0 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support0 0 0
Management3 1 2
Business and Financial Operations0 0 0
Computer, Engineering, and Science22 10 12
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media2 2 0
Healthcare Practioners and Technical0 0 0
Service Occupations1 0 1
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support0 0 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.