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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Western Kentucky University

A total of 2,325 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Western Kentucky University. By employment type, there are 1,704 full-time and 621 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 1,362 female and 963 male employees are working at WKU.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 942, which is 40.52% of total employees. On average, 19 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 184 Librarians, 88 management occupation, 162 computer/engineering, and 93 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 1,981 white (85.20%), 160 black (6.88%), and 86 asian (3.70%) employees working at WKU. A total of 7 non-resident alien employees work at WKU.

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 Western Kentucky University
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs2,325 1,704 621
Postsecondary Teachers942 637 305
Instructional staff942 637 305
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support184 64 120
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists33 31 2
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians9 9 -
Librarians21 21 -
Library Technicians3 1 2
Other teaching and Instructional Support151 33 118
Management88 88 -
Business and Financial Operations35 25 10
Computer, Engineering, and Science162 135 27
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media348 275 73
Healthcare Practioners and Technical17 10 7
Service Occupations93 85 8
Sales and Related Occupations10 10 -
Office and Administrative Support349 289 60
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance79 74 5
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving18 12 6
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Western Kentucky University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs2,325 1,362 963
Postsecondary Teachers942 535 407
Instructional staff942 535 407
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support184 140 44
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists33 23 10
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians9 7 2
Librarians21 14 7
Library Technicians3 2 1
Other teaching and Instructional Support151 117 34
Management88 39 49
Business and Financial Operations35 22 13
Computer, Engineering, and Science162 54 108
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media348 191 157
Healthcare Practioners and Technical17 9 8
Service Occupations93 53 40
Sales and Related Occupations10 6 4
Office and Administrative Support349 297 52
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance79 11 68
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving18 5 13
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Western Kentucky University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs2,325 786160 4501,981 336
Postsecondary Teachers942 56751 190781 144
Instructional staff942 56751 190781 144
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support184 069 50160 20
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists33 001 0032 00
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians9 000 009 00
Librarians21 001 0020 00
Library Technicians3 000 003 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support151 068 50128 20
Management88 016 1079 10
Business and Financial Operations35 002 0032 01
Computer, Engineering, and Science162 073 10147 10
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media348 1340 90287 71
Healthcare Practioners and Technical17 002 1013 10
Service Occupations93 0111 2078 10
Sales and Related Occupations10 000 0010 00
Office and Administrative Support349 0133 50304 50
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance79 001 1076 10
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving18 102 1014 00
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Western Kentucky University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs7 2 5
Postsecondary Teachers1 0 1
Instructional staff1 0 1
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support2 1 1
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists0 0 0
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians0 0 0
Librarians0 0 0
Library Technicians0 0 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support2 1 1
Management0 0 0
Business and Financial Operations0 0 0
Computer, Engineering, and Science3 0 3
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media0 0 0
Healthcare Practioners and Technical0 0 0
Service Occupations0 0 0
Sales and Related Occupations0 0 0
Office and Administrative Support1 1 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.