| Table 224. | Full-time instructional faculty and staff in institutions of higher education, by faculty characteristics and field: Fall 1992 |
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| | |Agricul- | | | | | | | | | Other
| Number, | All |ture and | | | | | | | | | and
Faculty | in |fields | home | |Educa- |Engineer-| Fine | |Humani- |Natural | Social | not
characteristics |thousands| |economics|Business| tion | ing | arts |Health | ties |sciences|sciences|reported
________________________|_________|_______|_________|________|_______|_________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
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Total, in thousands .| 526 | --- | 11 | 40 | 37 | 25 | 32 | 78 | 74 | 102 | 59 | 61
Percent .............| --- | 100.0 | 2.2 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 14.8 | 14.1 | 19.3 | 11.1 | 11.5
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| | Percentage distribution
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Total................| 526 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0
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Sex | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male..................| 355 | 67.5 | 76.1 | 69.8 | 49.9 | 94.1 | 67.8 | 50.6 | 59.1 | 80.3 | 73.2 | 70.3
Female................| 171 | 32.5 | 23.9 | 30.2 | 50.1 | 5.9 | 32.2 | 49.4 | 40.9 | 19.7 | 26.8 | 29.7
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Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic ..| 457 | 86.8 | 90.9 | 88.9 | 85.1 | 76.8 | 88.7 | 86.6 | 88.3 | 86.3 | 87.7 | 88.1
Black, non-Hispanic ..| 26 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 9.0 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 5.9 | 5.9
Hispanic..............| 13 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 2.6
Asian.................| 28 | 5.2 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 1.6 | 16.9 | 2.7 | 6.0 | 3.2 | 8.1 | 3.3 | 2.9
American Indian.......| 3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4
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Age | | | | | | | | | | | |
Under 30 .............| 8 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 2.4
30 to 34 .............| 35 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 3.5 | 11.1 | 6.1 | 8.5 | 4.7 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 6.7
35 to 39 .............| 66 | 12.6 | 9.1 | 13.5 | 7.8 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 16.2 | 9.5 | 13.9 | 12.9 | 12.1
40 to 44 .............| 90 | 17.0 | 15.8 | 16.4 | 17.5 | 16.8 | 17.7 | 21.7 | 13.3 | 15.9 | 16.4 | 18.0
45 to 49 .............| 97 | 18.5 | 17.6 | 20.9 | 19.6 | 14.7 | 18.4 | 19.3 | 20.0 | 17.1 | 17.8 | 17.9
50 to 54 .............| 95 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 16.1 | 21.1 | 12.2 | 17.4 | 13.4 | 21.6 | 19.3 | 19.2 | 18.5
55 to 59 .............| 67 | 12.7 | 14.5 | 11.9 | 14.2 | 15.0 | 14.1 | 9.5 | 14.6 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 12.3
60 to 64 .............| 45 | 8.5 | 11.4 | 8.0 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 9.9 | 7.5 | 9.2 | 7.4
65 or older ..........| 24 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.7
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Degree | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than bachelor's..| 6 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 1.2 | \1\ | 0.2 | 0.1 | 6.3
Bachelor's............| 21 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 8.4
Master's..............| 154 | 29.4 | 21.7 | 37.9 | 30.3 | 18.4 | 56.0 | 29.6 | 31.6 | 21.9 | 18.9 | 34.1
Professional..........| 57 | 10.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 43.3 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 15.8
Doctoral..............| 285 | 54.5 | 68.2 | 52.6 | 63.6 | 72.2 | 33.6 | 20.0 | 64.8 | 70.7 | 76.8 | 35.4
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Rank | | | | | | | | | | | |
Full professor........| 161 | 30.6 | 41.8 | 24.9 | 24.6 | 36.9 | 32.3 | 21.5 | 33.3 | 37.3 | 37.2 | 26.4
Associate professor...| 123 | 23.5 | 22.6 | 25.7 | 29.6 | 28.0 | 25.5 | 23.0 | 22.2 | 22.6 | 24.7 | 19.5
Assistant professor...| 123 | 23.4 | 19.3 | 25.5 | 22.8 | 22.4 | 21.4 | 32.8 | 19.3 | 20.6 | 24.1 | 23.1
Instructor............| 73 | 13.9 | 10.5 | 16.5 | 13.2 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 11.6 | 7.9 | 22.1
Lecturer..............| 12 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.4
Other.................| 17 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 3.5
No rank ..............| 17 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 3.0
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\1\Less than 0.05 percent. NOTE.--Because of rounding and survey item nonresponse, details may not add to totals. SOURCE: U. S. Department of Education, National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF), 1993. (This table was prepared May 1995.) |
