Table 7.8. Percentage distribution of full-time instructional faculty in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity and academic rank: 2001
Faculty rank
White, non-Hispanic
Total minority faculty
Black, non-Hispanic
Hispanic
Asian/Pacific Islander
American Indian/ Alaska Native
Total
84.6
15.4
5.4
3.1
6.4
0.5
Professors
88.8
11.2
3.1
1.9
5.8
0.3
Associate professors
84.9
15.1
5.4
2.8
6.6
0.4
Assistant professors
81.1
18.9
6.7
3.5
8.3
0.5
Instructors
82.4
17.6
7.3
5.1
4.4
0.9
Lecturers
84.4
15.6
5.9
4.4
4.9
0.4
Other faculty
84.0
16.0
5.4
3.0
7.0
0.6
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics 2003, based on Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2001-02.
