ADMINISTRATION

Administration data cover staff pay, executive pay, and staff characteristics, such as diversity. Tables that look at the racial and gender composition of noninstructional staff members are new this year, as are more data on the highest- and lowest-paid noninstructional staff members across sectors. See how much the highest-paid chief executives earned compared with staff members at public and private institutions.

Here’s a sampling of statistics researched by The Chronicle data team.

The sector with the highest percentage of Black noninstructional staff members is two-year private nonprofit institutions, with almost 25 percent. Black noninstructional staff members make up only 13 percent across all sectors.

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Average pay for all noninstructional, nonmedical staff members at 4-year private nonprofits is $66,788.

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Among full-time noninstructional employees at public two- and four-year colleges and private nonprofit colleges, who accounted for about 98 percent of all noninstructional staff at degree-granting Title IV-eligible institutions, just over 30 percent were nonwhite.

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More administration data

• Full-Time Noninstructional Employees at Colleges, by Job Category, 2018-19
• Colleges With the Fewest and Most Full-Time-Equivalent Students per Noninstructional Staff Member, 2017-18
• Median Salaries of College Presidents, 2019-20
• Median Salaries of Chief Academic Officers, 2019-20
• Median Salaries of Chief Financial Officers, 2019-20