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Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

A total of 1,378 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. By employment type, there are 1,247 full-time and 131 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 645 female and 733 male employees are working at WPI.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 548, which is 39.77% of total employees. On average, 13 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 30 Librarians, 131 management occupation, 108 computer/engineering, and 113 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 995 white (72.21%), 50 black (3.63%), and 87 asian (6.31%) employees working at WPI. A total of 116 non-resident alien employees work at WPI.

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 Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Staff CategoryTotalFull-timePart-time
All Staffs1,378 1,247 131
Postsecondary Teachers591 484 107
Instructional staff548 444 104
Research43 40 3
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support30 28 2
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists17 15 2
Librarians12 11 1
Library Technicians5 4 1
Other teaching and Instructional Support13 13 -
Management131 129 2
Business and Financial Operations127 125 2
Computer, Engineering, and Science108 104 4
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media129 126 3
Healthcare Practioners and Technical10 7 3
Service Occupations113 107 6
Office and Administrative Support121 119 2
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance18 18 -
Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs1,378 645 733
Postsecondary Teachers591 190 401
Instructional staff548 171 377
Research43 19 24
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support30 24 6
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists17 13 4
Librarians12 8 4
Library Technicians5 5 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support13 11 2
Management131 81 50
Business and Financial Operations127 104 23
Computer, Engineering, and Science108 28 80
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media129 86 43
Healthcare Practioners and Technical10 6 4
Service Occupations113 20 93
Office and Administrative Support121 105 16
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance18 1 17
Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
OccupationTotalAmerican Indian / Alaska NativeAsianBlack HispanicNativie HawaiianWhiteTwo or More RacesRace Unknown
All Staffs1,378 28750 592995 1156
Postsecondary Teachers591 26614 221348 231
Instructional staff548 26514 221341 230
Research43 010 007 01
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support30 030 0025 02
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists17 030 0014 00
Librarians12 030 009 00
Library Technicians5 000 005 00
Other teaching and Instructional Support13 000 0011 02
Management131 046 30112 22
Business and Financial Operations127 043 100101 16
Computer, Engineering, and Science108 024 6088 04
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media129 035 80109 13
Healthcare Practioners and Technical10 020 007 01
Service Occupations113 0111 7085 24
Office and Administrative Support121 027 20104 33
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance18 000 1116 00
Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Staff CategoryTotalFemaleMale
All Staffs116 39 77
Postsecondary Teachers105 33 72
Instructional staff71 20 51
Research34 13 21
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support0 0 0
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists0 0 0
Librarians0 0 0
Library Technicians0 0 0
Other teaching and Instructional Support0 0 0
Management2 1 1
Business and Financial Operations2 1 1
Computer, Engineering, and Science4 3 1
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media0 0 0
Healthcare Practioners and Technical0 0 0
Service Occupations3 1 2
Office and Administrative Support0 0 0
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance0 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.