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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at West Virginia University

A total of 6,631 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at West Virginia University. By employment type, there are 5,745 full-time and 886 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 3,284 female and 3,347 male employees are working at West Virginia.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,917, which is 28.91% of total employees. On average, 17 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 104 Librarians, 784 management occupation, 494 computer/engineering, and 391 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 4,855 white (73.22%), 165 black (2.49%), and 325 asian (4.90%) employees working at West Virginia. A total of 196 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 Staffs6,631 5,745 886
Postsecondary Teachers3,288 2,525 763
Instructional staff1,917 1,379 538
Research76 61 15
Public service1,295 1,085 210
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support104 97 7
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists60 56 4
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians6 6 -
Librarians36 33 3
Library Technicians18 17 1
Other teaching and Instructional Support44 41 3
Management784 763 21
Business and Financial Operations275 270 5
Computer, Engineering, and Science494 481 13
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media448 426 22
Healthcare Practioners and Technical64 59 5
Service Occupations391 383 8
Sales and Related Occupations3 3 -
Office and Administrative Support521 486 35
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance222 219 3
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving37 33 4
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at West Virginia University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs6,631 3,284 3,347
Postsecondary Teachers3,288 1,484 1,804
Instructional staff1,917 920 997
Research76 27 49
Public service1,295 537 758
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support104 74 30
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists60 44 16
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians6 3 3
Librarians36 29 7
Library Technicians18 12 6
Other teaching and Instructional Support44 30 14
Management784 464 320
Business and Financial Operations275 193 82
Computer, Engineering, and Science494 173 321
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media448 264 184
Healthcare Practioners and Technical64 49 15
Service Occupations391 129 262
Sales and Related Occupations3 1 2
Office and Administrative Support521 430 91
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance222 14 208
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving37 9 28
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at West Virginia University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs6,631 9325165 8354,855 58935
Postsecondary Teachers3,288 428263 5432,275 28413
Instructional staff1,917 214444 3311,364 15251
Research76 080 2034 110
Public service1,295 213019 192877 12152
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support104 143 0079 017
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists60 122 0044 011
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians6 000 006 00
Librarians36 021 0025 08
Library Technicians18 101 0013 03
Other teaching and Instructional Support44 021 0035 06
Management784 01322 130650 776
Business and Financial Operations275 038 20222 238
Computer, Engineering, and Science494 0169 50372 168
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media448 0218 41322 594
Healthcare Practioners and Technical64 000 0048 114
Service Occupations391 2121 10264 299
Sales and Related Occupations3 001 001 01
Office and Administrative Support521 0417 31411 1174
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance222 201 00181 137
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving37 002 1030 04
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at West Virginia University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs196 78 118
Postsecondary Teachers166 65 101
Instructional staff63 31 32
Research21 5 16
Public service82 29 53
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
Management3 1 2
Business and Financial Operations0 0 0
Computer, Engineering, and Science23 9 14
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media2 2 0
Healthcare Practioners and Technical1 1 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.