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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Western Michigan University

A total of 2,794 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Western Michigan University. By employment type, there are 2,249 full-time and 545 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 1,504 female and 1,290 male employees are working at WMU.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 1,189, which is 42.56% of total employees. On average, 16 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 255 Librarians, 89 management occupation, 166 computer/engineering, and 318 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 2,013 white (72.05%), 219 black (7.84%), and 154 asian (5.51%) 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 Staffs2,794 2,249 545
Postsecondary Teachers1,222 771 451
Instructional staff1,189 743 446
Research33 28 5
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support255 245 10
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists29 29 -
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians3 3 -
Librarians22 22 -
Library Technicians4 4 -
Other teaching and Instructional Support226 216 10
Management89 88 1
Business and Financial Operations213 209 4
Computer, Engineering, and Science166 162 4
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media140 134 6
Healthcare Practioners and Technical29 24 5
Service Occupations318 275 43
Office and Administrative Support233 213 20
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance93 92 1
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving36 36 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Western Michigan University
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs2,794 1,504 1,290
Postsecondary Teachers1,222 629 593
Instructional staff1,189 613 576
Research33 16 17
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support255 188 67
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists29 19 10
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians3 2 1
Librarians22 14 8
Library Technicians4 3 1
Other teaching and Instructional Support226 169 57
Management89 45 44
Business and Financial Operations213 156 57
Computer, Engineering, and Science166 44 122
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media140 55 85
Healthcare Practioners and Technical29 15 14
Service Occupations318 157 161
Office and Administrative Support233 203 30
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance93 10 83
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 Staffs2,794 8154219 11112,013 44229
Postsecondary Teachers1,222 212059 500791 18171
Instructional staff1,189 211358 470770 17171
Research33 071 3021 10
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support255 0931 140181 810
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists29 002 2023 02
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians3 000 003 00
Librarians22 001 2018 01
Library Technicians4 001 002 01
Other teaching and Instructional Support226 0929 120158 88
Management89 0313 6064 02
Business and Financial Operations213 0516 60180 24
Computer, Engineering, and Science166 046 60143 34
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media140 1324 8096 35
Healthcare Practioners and Technical29 012 0026 00
Service Occupations318 2448 131230 119
Office and Administrative Support233 2518 80189 46
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance93 002 0082 36
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving36 100 0031 22
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 support2 2 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 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
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.