Table 239.

Full-time instructional faculty in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity and residency status, sex, and academic rank: Fall 2003 and fall 2005

Sex and academic rank	Total	White	Minority						Race/ethnicity unknown	Nonresident alien2
			Number	Percent1	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/Alaska Native
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
20033
Total	630,092	505,186	97,164	15.6	33,106	20,046	41,043	2,969	6,589	21,153
Professors	165,521	144,116	19,402	11.8	5,323	3,415	10,161	503	821	1,182
Associate professors	132,729	109,106	20,763	15.8	7,199	3,860	9,178	526	902	1,958
Assistant professors	152,688	112,657	28,579	19.0	9,449	5,301	13,172	657	2,008	9,444
Instructors	93,087	73,292	16,688	18.2	6,757	4,786	4,314	831	1,349	1,758
Lecturers	23,307	18,338	3,578	15.6	1,202	1,078	1,198	100	315	1,076
Other faculty	62,760	47,677	8,154	13.2	3,176	1,606	3,020	352	1,194	5,735
Males	381,680	306,137	56,825	15.0	16,249	11,215	27,742	1,619	3,817	14,901
Professors	126,375	109,959	14,775	11.7	3,414	2,457	8,553	351	623	1,018
Associate professors	82,594	67,355	13,115	16.0	3,862	2,333	6,633	287	586	1,538
Assistant professors	83,340	60,011	15,528	18.9	4,267	2,803	8,139	319	1,142	6,659
Instructors	45,036	35,503	7,809	17.6	2,812	2,376	2,181	440	705	1,019
Lecturers	11,079	8,692	1,594	14.6	569	462	518	45	169	624
Other faculty	33,256	24,617	4,004	12.3	1,325	784	1,718	177	592	4,043
Females	248,412	199,049	40,339	16.4	16,857	8,831	13,301	1,350	2,772	6,252
Professors	39,146	34,157	4,627	11.9	1,909	958	1,608	152	198	164
Associate professors	50,135	41,751	7,648	15.4	3,337	1,527	2,545	239	316	420
Assistant professors	69,348	52,646	13,051	19.1	5,182	2,498	5,033	338	866	2,785
Instructors	48,051	37,789	8,879	18.7	3,945	2,410	2,133	391	644	739
Lecturers	12,228	9,646	1,984	16.4	633	616	680	55	146	452
Other faculty	29,504	23,060	4,150	14.4	1,851	822	1,302	175	602	1,692
2005
Total	675,624	527,900	109,964	16.5	35,458	22,818	48,457	3,231	9,703	28,057
Professors	169,192	145,936	20,856	12.4	5,484	3,793	11,060	519	1,014	1,386
Associate professors	138,444	112,507	22,429	16.4	7,402	4,319	10,144	564	1,296	2,212
Assistant professors	159,689	114,470	31,253	19.9	9,897	5,728	14,922	706	2,809	11,157
Instructors	98,555	76,359	18,368	19.0	7,462	5,261	4,740	905	1,853	1,975
Lecturers	27,215	20,982	4,342	16.2	1,286	1,233	1,714	109	480	1,411
Other faculty	82,529	57,646	12,716	15.8	3,927	2,484	5,877	428	2,251	9,916
Males	401,507	313,685	62,923	15.9	17,029	12,486	31,711	1,697	5,668	19,231
Professors	126,788	109,128	15,706	12.5	3,498	2,680	9,180	348	764	1,190
Associate professors	84,783	68,383	13,893	16.5	3,947	2,551	7,099	296	835	1,672
Assistant professors	86,182	60,244	16,671	19.7	4,459	3,003	8,903	306	1,601	7,666
Instructors	46,481	36,034	8,360	18.4	2,987	2,581	2,320	472	978	1,109
Lecturers	12,976	9,898	1,980	15.6	595	495	839	51	264	834
Other faculty	44,297	29,998	6,313	14.7	1,543	1,176	3,370	224	1,226	6,760
Females	274,117	214,215	47,041	17.4	18,429	10,332	16,746	1,534	4,035	8,826
Professors	42,404	36,808	5,150	12.2	1,986	1,113	1,880	171	250	196
Associate professors	53,661	44,124	8,536	16.0	3,455	1,768	3,045	268	461	540
Assistant professors	73,507	54,226	14,582	20.2	5,438	2,725	6,019	400	1,208	3,491
Instructors	52,074	40,325	10,008	19.5	4,475	2,680	2,420	433	875	866
Lecturers	14,239	11,084	2,362	16.8	691	738	875	58	216	577
Other faculty	38,232	27,648	6,403	17.2	2,384	1,308	2,507	204	1,025	3,156

1 Minority faculty as a percentage of total faculty, excluding race/ethnicity unknown. 2 Race/ethnicity not collected. 3 Data revised from previously published figures. NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Totals may differ from figures reported in other tables because of varying survey methodologies. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003 and 2005 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2003–04 and Winter 2005–06. (This table was prepared August 2007.)