Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Western Illinois University
A total of 1,314 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Western Illinois University. By employment type, there are 1,194 full-time and 120 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 670 female and 644 male employees are working at Western Illinois.
The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 519, which is 39.50% of total employees. On average, 12 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 167 Librarians, 39 management occupation, 86 computer/engineering, and 155 service occupations.
By race/ethnicity, there are 1,125 white (85.62%), 51 black (3.88%), and 82 asian (6.24%) employees working at Western Illinois. A total of 23 non-resident alien employees work at Western Illinois.
Next tables summarize the number of staffs by gender, race/ethnicity, occupation, and faculty status.
| Staff Category | Total | Full-time | Part-time |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Staffs | 1,314 | 1,194 | 120 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 527 | 437 | 90 |
| Instructional staff | 519 | 434 | 85 |
| Research | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support | 167 | 155 | 12 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists | 16 | 16 | - |
| Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians | 1 | 1 | - |
| Library Technicians | 15 | 15 | - |
| Other teaching and Instructional Support | 151 | 139 | 12 |
| Management | 39 | 38 | 1 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 62 | 60 | 2 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 86 | 83 | 3 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 92 | 89 | 3 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 16 | 13 | 3 |
| Service Occupations | 155 | 153 | 2 |
| Sales and Related Occupations | 2 | 2 | - |
| Office and Administrative Support | 121 | 117 | 4 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 47 | 47 | - |
| Staff Category | Total | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Staffs | 1,314 | 670 | 644 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 527 | 257 | 270 |
| Instructional staff | 519 | 255 | 264 |
| Research | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support | 167 | 118 | 49 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists | 16 | 10 | 6 |
| Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Library Technicians | 15 | 10 | 5 |
| Other teaching and Instructional Support | 151 | 108 | 43 |
| Management | 39 | 17 | 22 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 62 | 49 | 13 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 86 | 21 | 65 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 92 | 40 | 52 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 16 | 12 | 4 |
| Service Occupations | 155 | 44 | 111 |
| Sales and Related Occupations | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Office and Administrative Support | 121 | 107 | 14 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 47 | 3 | 44 |
| Occupation | Total | American Indian / Alaska Native | Asian | Black | Hispanic | Nativie Hawaiian | White | Two or More Races | Race Unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Staffs | 1,314 | 4 | 82 | 51 | 22 | 0 | 1,125 | 5 | 2 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 527 | 2 | 69 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 402 | 2 | 1 |
| Instructional staff | 519 | 1 | 69 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 396 | 2 | 1 |
| Research | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support | 167 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 149 | 1 | 0 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Library Technicians | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Other teaching and Instructional Support | 151 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 133 | 1 | 0 |
| Management | 39 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 1 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 86 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 0 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 92 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Service Occupations | 155 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 140 | 1 | 0 |
| Sales and Related Occupations | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Office and Administrative Support | 121 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 117 | 0 | 0 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 0 |
| Staff Category | Total | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Staffs | 23 | 13 | 10 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 19 | 10 | 9 |
| Instructional staff | 18 | 10 | 8 |
| Research | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Library Technicians | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other teaching and Instructional Support | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Management | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Service Occupations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sales and Related Occupations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Office and Administrative Support | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 0 | 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.