CSU Quick Facts: Faculty and Staff Demographics (Fall 2008)
The CSU's renowned faculty are well-known for their teaching skills as well as their significant contributions to research. CSU staff and administrators provide the vital infrastructure to fulfill the CSU mission. The faculty and staff together have made the CSU a leader in high-quality, accessible, student-centered higher education.
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Fall 2008 |
Number | Percent |
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| Headcount Total Employees by Occupational Group* | 47,029 | 100% |
| Faculty | 23,581 | 50.1 |
| Professional | 10,632 | 22.6 |
| Clerical & Secretarial | 4,945 | 10.5 |
| Technical & Paraprofessional | 3,105 | 6.6 |
| Service & Maintenance | 2,170 | 4.6 |
| Managerial | 1,551 | 3.3 |
| Skilled Crafts | 1,045 | 2.2 |
| Headcount Total Faculty by Timebase | 23,581 | 100% |
| Full-Time** | 12,019 | 51.0 |
| Part-Time** | 11,562 | 49.0 |
| Headcount Total Full-Time Faculty by Gender |
12,019 | 100% |
| Total Male | 6,688 | 55.6 |
| Total Female | 5,331 | 44.4 |
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| by Age | ||
| 29 and younger | 149 | 1.2 |
| 30 - 39 | 2,428 | 20.2 |
| 40 - 49 | 3,142 | 26.1 |
| 50 - 59 | 3,915 | 32.6 |
| 60 and older | 2,385 | 19.8 |
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| by Ethnicity | ||
| African American | 475 | 4.0 |
| Native American | 73 | 0.6 |
| Asian American | 1,791 | 14.9 |
| Latino/Hispanic | 985 | 8.2 |
| White, non-Latino | 8,320 | 69.2 |
| Other/Unknown | 375 | 3.1 |
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| by Academic Rank | ||
| Professor | 4,493 | 37.4 |
| Associate Professor | 2,689 | 22.4 |
| Assistant Professor | 2,903 | 24.2 |
| Instructor | 8 | 0.1 |
| Lecturer | 1,926 | 16.0 |
Note:These data are from Fall 2008 snapshot information on employees at all 23 CSU campuses and the Chancellor's Office. Data exclude 1) student employees, 2) intermittent employees, 3) employees on leave without pay, and 4) faculty in extension, summer and special sessions. The data were developed using the CSU's Corporate Faculty and Staff Data Warehouse.
*Occupational group is used for reporting employee data to the federal government.
Clerical and Secretarial |
Includes departmental secretaries, payroll clerks, accounting clerks, mail clerks, etc. |
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Faculty |
All regular instructional faculty, including department chairs and lecturers. Excludes librarians, coaches, and counselors (counted among "professionals"). Also excludes extension or summer session faculty. |
Managerial |
Includes campus executives, deans, personnel officers, directors of physical plant, and all other managers and supervisors in the Management Personnel Plan. |
Professional |
Includes persons whose job requires a college education or comparable experience; excludes faculty and managerial employees. Examples include adminstrative analysts, administrators, IT consultants, analyst/programmers, and student services professionals. |
Service and Maintenance |
Includes custodians, gardeners, laborers, campus guards, etc. |
Skilled Crafts |
Includes electricians, mechanics, carpenters, etc. |
Technical and Paraprofessional |
Includes persons whose job requires skills acquired in a junior college or equivalent on-the-job training, such as computer operators, instructional support, and equipment technicians. |
**Full-time category includes lecturers working on a full-time basis, and part-time category includes tenure-track faculty working on a part-time basis, such as those in the faculty early retirement program.