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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Western Michigan University

A total of 2,683 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Western Michigan University. By employment type, there are 2,133 full-time and 550 part-time faculties and staffs. By gender, 1,455 female and 1,228 male employees are working at WMU.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,187, which is 44.24% of total employees. On average, 16 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 221 Librarians, 79 management occupation, 163 computer/engineering, and 304 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 1,957 white (72.94%), 200 black (7.45%), and 143 asian (5.33%) employees working at WMU. A total of 15 non-resident alien employees work at WMU.

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 Michigan University
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs2,683 2,133 550
Postsecondary Teachers1,207 751 456
Instructional staff1,187 737 450
Research20 14 6
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support221 212 9
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists30 30 -
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians2 2 -
Librarians24 24 -
Library Technicians4 4 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support191 182 9
Management79 78 1
Business and Financial Operations189 185 4
Computer, Engineering, and Science163 156 7
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media135 125 10
Healthcare Practioners and Technical28 23 5
Service Occupations304 269 35
Sales and Related Occupations1 1 -
Office and Administrative Support220 200 20
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance100 99 1
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving36 34 2
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Western Michigan University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs2,683 1,455 1,228
Postsecondary Teachers1,207 635 572
Instructional staff1,187 624 563
Research20 11 9
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support221 159 62
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists30 18 12
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians2 1 1
Librarians24 15 9
Library Technicians4 2 2
Other teaching and Instructional Support191 141 50
Management79 37 42
Business and Financial Operations189 141 48
Computer, Engineering, and Science163 49 114
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media135 56 79
Healthcare Practioners and Technical28 14 14
Service Occupations304 156 148
Sales and Related Occupations1 1 0
Office and Administrative Support220 195 25
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance100 10 90
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving36 2 34
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Western Michigan University
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs2,683 5143200 10111,957 36225
Postsecondary Teachers1,207 111352 470800 18165
Instructional staff1,187 110952 460786 17165
Research20 040 1014 10
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support221 0629 120159 75
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists30 002 0024 03
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians2 000 002 00
Librarians24 001 0020 02
Library Technicians4 001 002 01
Other teaching and Instructional Support191 0627 120135 72
Management79 039 2062 02
Business and Financial Operations189 0511 80159 15
Computer, Engineering, and Science163 036 50143 06
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media135 0322 5098 25
Healthcare Practioners and Technical28 011 0026 00
Service Occupations304 1450 121215 120
Sales and Related Occupations1 001 000 00
Office and Administrative Support220 1516 90181 35
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance100 103 0084 39
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving36 100 1030 13
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Western Michigan University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs15 8 7
Postsecondary Teachers11 5 6
Instructional staff11 5 6
Research0 0 0
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support3 3 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 Support2 2 0
Management1 0 1
Business and Financial Operations0 0 0
Computer, Engineering, and Science0 0 0
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 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.