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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 |
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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.) |