Table 254.

Full-time and part-time faculty and instructional staff in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity, sex, and selected characteristics: Fall 2003

Selected characteristic	Number (in thousands)		Per- cent	White				Black				Hispanic				Asian/Pacific Islander				American Indian/Alaska Native
				Male		Female		Male		Female		Male		Female		Male		Female		Male		Female
1	2		3	4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13
Full-time faculty and    instructional staff
Number (in thousands)	681.8	(0.05)	†	338.4	(2.63)	209.3	(2.45)	19.5	(1.03)	18.5	(0.87)	13.4	(0.60)	10.4	(0.56)	43.2	(1.00)	19.0	(1.03)	5.8	(0.57)	4.2	(0.50)
Percentage distribution	†	(†)	100.0	49.6	(0.39)	30.7	(0.36)	2.9	(0.15)	2.7	(0.13)	2.0	(0.09)	1.5	(0.08)	6.3	(0.15)	2.8	(0.15)	0.8	(0.08)	0.6	(0.07)
Type and control
Public research	162.1	(0.85)	100.0	55.4	(0.67)	23.6	(0.59)	2.1	(0.27)	1.7	(0.19)	1.8	(0.16)	1.1	(0.15)	10.0	(0.47)	3.2	(0.35)	0.6	(0.14)	0.6	(0.11)
Private research	63.5	(1.58)	100.0	54.7	(1.00)	22.9	(0.80)	2.2	(0.30)	2.7	(0.37)	2.1	(0.30)	1.4	(0.31)	8.9	(0.66)	3.9	(0.48)	0.8	(0.39)	0.4	(0.23)
Public doctoral	51.3	(0.76)	100.0	50.2	(1.48)	31.1	(1.22)	2.1	(0.44)	2.0	(0.30)	1.6	(0.20)	1.3	(0.27)	7.9	(1.27)	2.2	(0.56)	1.0	(0.32)	0.6	(0.22)
Private doctoral	21.7	(0.79)	100.0	56.0	(2.39)	26.7	(1.94)	3.0	(0.70)	2.1	(0.42)	1.4	(0.49)	0.8	(0.38)	5.8	(1.06)	3.5	(0.93)	0.6	(0.34)	‡	(†)
Public comprehensive	107.3	(2.98)	100.0	45.9	(1.03)	32.1	(0.98)	4.7	(0.64)	4.0	(0.42)	2.1	(0.20)	1.6	(0.19)	5.3	(0.40)	2.6	(0.28)	0.8	(0.23)	1.0	(0.33)
Private comprehensive	41.4	(1.59)	100.0	48.9	(2.00)	36.7	(1.93)	2.3	(0.53)	2.4	(0.44)	1.6	(0.31)	0.8	(0.22)	4.1	(0.65)	1.9	(0.53)	0.6	(0.26)	0.6	(0.30)
Private liberal arts	49.6	(1.80)	100.0	51.9	(1.20)	34.1	(0.99)	3.5	(0.56)	2.8	(0.36)	1.0	(0.20)	1.3	(0.27)	2.2	(0.28)	1.5	(0.29)	1.0	(0.24)	0.6	(0.18)
Public 2-year	114.6	(1.09)	100.0	40.8	(1.19)	40.1	(0.90)	3.1	(0.29)	3.8	(0.34)	3.0	(0.38)	2.7	(0.34)	2.2	(0.27)	2.1	(0.39)	1.3	(0.30)	0.8	(0.19)
Other	70.2	(3.36)	100.0	48.3	(1.65)	31.5	(1.20)	2.4	(0.59)	2.3	(0.59)	1.7	(0.36)	1.5	(0.29)	7.2	(0.87)	4.1	(0.78)	0.7	(0.34)	0.3	(0.14)
Academic rank
Professor	194.4	(3.67)	100.0	65.5	(0.74)	20.3	(0.61)	2.6	(0.27)	1.1	(0.21)	1.8	(0.13)	0.8	(0.13)	5.7	(0.42)	1.1	(0.21)	0.8	(0.14)	0.4	(0.12)
Associate professor	149.6	(2.56)	100.0	51.6	(0.98)	28.4	(0.78)	3.1	(0.42)	2.4	(0.26)	1.7	(0.19)	1.3	(0.15)	7.0	(0.52)	2.9	(0.36)	1.0	(0.21)	0.5	(0.11)
Assistant professor	158.1	(2.81)	100.0	41.0	(0.83)	33.6	(0.81)	3.1	(0.37)	3.8	(0.38)	2.3	(0.22)	1.9	(0.15)	8.7	(0.49)	4.3	(0.35)	0.7	(0.16)	0.6	(0.15)
Instructor	82.7	(2.85)	100.0	38.2	(1.23)	41.2	(1.09)	3.2	(0.56)	4.4	(0.57)	2.5	(0.37)	2.3	(0.31)	3.1	(0.44)	3.1	(0.48)	0.9	(0.26)	1.1	(0.31)
Lecturer	21.9	(1.48)	100.0	36.7	(2.59)	43.9	(2.21)	2.9	(0.91)	3.0	(0.91)	1.3	(0.38)	3.8	(0.77)	2.4	(0.89)	4.0	(0.99)	1.3	(0.52)	0.7	(0.30)
Other	56.5	(2.15)	100.0	38.8	(1.51)	39.8	(1.37)	2.5	(0.54)	3.9	(0.56)	1.7	(0.22)	2.2	(0.35)	7.0	(0.98)	2.8	(0.56)	0.8	(0.39)	0.6	(0.18)
No rank	18.6	(1.28)	100.0	40.2	(2.37)	43.0	(2.45)	1.5	(0.52)	2.0	(0.83)	2.3	(0.75)	0.7	(0.24)	4.5	(1.17)	3.8	(1.39)	1.1	(0.74)	0.8	(0.46)
Age
Under 35	59.1	(1.77)	100.0	39.4	(1.31)	33.4	(1.36)	2.9	(0.53)	4.7	(0.62)	2.5	(0.40)	2.8	(0.41)	8.9	(0.85)	4.2	(0.70)	0.6	(0.25)	0.5	(0.17)
35 to 44	169.8	(2.78)	100.0	43.7	(0.96)	30.2	(0.82)	2.7	(0.31)	3.4	(0.36)	2.8	(0.25)	1.8	(0.18)	9.3	(0.45)	5.0	(0.44)	0.8	(0.17)	0.5	(0.16)
45 to 54	219.7	(3.28)	100.0	47.0	(0.86)	34.4	(0.79)	3.1	(0.28)	2.6	(0.22)	1.8	(0.17)	1.6	(0.18)	5.7	(0.32)	2.2	(0.25)	1.0	(0.16)	0.6	(0.12)
55 to 64	190.0	(3.10)	100.0	57.1	(0.74)	28.7	(0.59)	2.8	(0.26)	1.9	(0.17)	1.4	(0.12)	1.1	(0.13)	4.1	(0.36)	1.4	(0.24)	0.9	(0.17)	0.7	(0.12)
65 to 69	31.8	(1.43)	100.0	67.6	(2.05)	20.2	(1.82)	1.7	(0.50)	2.0	(0.61)	1.6	(0.44)	0.4	(0.19)	4.5	(0.94)	1.1	(0.42)	0.3	(0.20)	‡	(†)
70 or older	11.5	(0.67)	100.0	69.0	(3.16)	15.7	(2.71)	5.4	(1.54)	1.6	(0.93)	0.7	(0.43)	‡	(†)	3.8	(1.40)	‡	(†)	1.3	(0.81)	‡	(†)
Base salary
Under $10,000	4.4	(0.49)	100.0	39.7	(5.71)	34.2	(5.09)	5.8	(0.92)	4.5	(2.39)	0.6	(0.48)	4.4	(1.96)	7.8	(3.27)	2.9	(1.67)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
$10,000 to 24,999	19.0	(1.03)	100.0	43.2	(2.61)	34.8	(2.40)	1.3	(0.37)	3.2	(0.89)	2.1	(0.61)	2.4	(0.60)	6.5	(1.23)	4.6	(0.93)	0.8	(0.51)	1.1	(0.48)
$25,000 to 39,999	79.7	(2.90)	100.0	36.0	(1.21)	44.5	(1.25)	2.9	(0.55)	3.7	(0.46)	1.8	(0.29)	2.1	(0.28)	3.8	(0.68)	3.6	(0.48)	0.7	(0.26)	0.8	(0.23)
$40,000 to 54,999	192.4	(3.09)	100.0	42.2	(0.95)	38.2	(0.79)	2.7	(0.27)	3.7	(0.37)	1.9	(0.18)	1.8	(0.14)	5.0	(0.43)	2.6	(0.27)	1.0	(0.15)	0.9	(0.14)
$55,000 to 69,999	147.7	(3.54)	100.0	48.7	(0.88)	31.9	(0.80)	3.1	(0.35)	2.5	(0.28)	2.0	(0.25)	1.6	(0.21)	6.0	(0.43)	2.6	(0.31)	1.0	(0.23)	0.6	(0.15)
$70,000 to 84,999	94.8	(2.19)	100.0	55.8	(1.29)	24.2	(1.14)	2.9	(0.39)	1.7	(0.40)	2.4	(0.34)	1.0	(0.20)	8.1	(0.67)	2.6	(0.41)	0.9	(0.23)	0.5	(0.19)
$85,000 to 99,999	50.7	(1.98)	100.0	61.9	(1.58)	18.5	(1.03)	3.8	(0.69)	1.5	(0.38)	1.5	(0.41)	1.0	(0.28)	8.3	(1.06)	2.5	(0.57)	0.8	(0.24)	0.2	(0.12)
$100,000 or more	93.1	(2.29)	100.0	66.9	(0.99)	13.7	(0.74)	2.4	(0.38)	1.6	(0.33)	2.1	(0.29)	0.8	(0.17)	9.0	(0.80)	2.8	(0.50)	0.6	(0.20)	0.1	(0.09)
Total household income
Under $10,000	‡	(†)	100.0	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
$10,000 to 24,999	3.0	(0.33)	100.0	42.0	(6.54)	29.3	(6.12)	1.4	(1.13)	2.5	(1.38)	‡	(†)	2.7	(1.60)	9.8	(3.74)	8.7	(3.59)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
$25,000 to 39,999	20.1	(1.13)	100.0	36.5	(2.68)	39.0	(2.28)	3.3	(1.56)	4.5	(0.97)	1.5	(0.43)	2.5	(0.62)	7.3	(1.56)	3.8	(0.95)	0.6	(0.39)	0.9	(0.29)
$40,000 to 54,999	55.0	(1.76)	100.0	39.8	(1.66)	38.4	(1.42)	2.9	(0.59)	4.2	(0.59)	2.5	(0.35)	1.9	(0.29)	6.2	(0.80)	2.5	(0.51)	0.4	(0.18)	1.2	(0.31)
$55,000 to 69,999	86.2	(1.56)	100.0	43.1	(1.23)	34.2	(1.21)	4.1	(0.50)	4.4	(0.42)	2.1	(0.29)	1.9	(0.29)	5.6	(0.56)	2.5	(0.37)	1.1	(0.26)	1.0	(0.29)
$70,000 to 84,999	75.2	(2.19)	100.0	50.6	(1.20)	31.2	(1.11)	2.4	(0.40)	2.8	(0.45)	1.9	(0.26)	1.3	(0.17)	6.3	(0.59)	2.1	(0.40)	0.9	(0.30)	0.5	(0.17)
$85,000 to 99,999	95.0	(2.16)	100.0	46.7	(1.15)	32.5	(0.83)	2.8	(0.39)	3.0	(0.58)	2.7	(0.32)	1.6	(0.24)	7.0	(0.81)	2.5	(0.50)	0.6	(0.18)	0.5	(0.14)
$100,000 or more	347.3	(3.57)	100.0	50.9	(0.52)	27.5	(0.52)	2.6	(0.18)	1.9	(0.16)	1.7	(0.14)	1.3	(0.11)	6.3	(0.29)	3.0	(0.24)	0.9	(0.11)	0.4	(0.07)
Part-time faculty and    instructional staff
Number (in thousands)	530.0	(0.02)	†	235.5	(2.44)	216.1	(2.87)	13.8	(0.91)	15.9	(0.75)	10.2	(0.61)	8.5	(0.56)	10.9	(0.82)	9.4	(0.97)	5.5	(0.78)	4.2	(0.77)
Percentage distribution	†	(†)	100.0	44.4	(0.46)	40.8	(0.54)	2.6	(0.17)	3.0	(0.14)	1.9	(0.12)	1.6	(0.10)	2.1	(0.15)	1.8	(0.18)	1.0	(0.15)	0.8	(0.15)
Type and control
Public research	39.7	(0.78)	100.0	41.7	(1.93)	40.7	(2.12)	1.1	(0.37)	1.6	(0.60)	1.5	(0.40)	1.7	(0.43)	4.5	(1.03)	5.4	(0.90)	1.6	(0.67)	‡	(†)
Private research	23.2	(0.96)	100.0	51.1	(2.51)	34.7	(2.29)	2.7	(1.00)	1.4	(0.57)	1.5	(0.62)	0.9	(0.51)	3.6	(1.07)	2.8	(0.77)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
Public doctoral	20.8	(0.82)	100.0	44.3	(2.27)	43.6	(2.39)	1.4	(0.85)	1.0	(0.47)	1.9	(0.68)	2.2	(0.61)	2.6	(0.86)	1.9	(0.83)	‡	(†)	1.1	(0.68)
Private doctoral	15.4	(0.83)	100.0	51.7	(3.99)	37.3	(3.60)	1.7	(0.77)	1.1	(0.55)	1.6	(0.64)	1.2	(0.36)	3.4	(1.06)	1.4	(0.90)	‡	(†)	0.6	(0.35)
Public comprehensive	60.3	(2.49)	100.0	43.1	(1.34)	44.1	(2.18)	2.3	(0.74)	2.4	(0.79)	1.6	(0.31)	1.5	(0.32)	2.0	(0.38)	1.3	(0.43)	1.0	(0.43)	0.7	(0.34)
Private comprehensive	53.5	(2.17)	100.0	49.1	(1.43)	41.9	(1.56)	1.7	(0.34)	1.1	(0.21)	1.0	(0.19)	1.4	(0.26)	1.1	(0.54)	0.8	(0.35)	1.0	(0.30)	0.9	(0.32)
Private liberal arts	28.4	(2.19)	100.0	44.2	(1.98)	42.0	(2.14)	2.5	(0.85)	5.6	(1.24)	1.1	(0.42)	1.0	(0.35)	1.7	(0.61)	1.1	(0.49)	0.9	(0.35)	‡	(†)
Public 2-year	230.1	(2.00)	100.0	42.8	(0.70)	41.0	(0.67)	2.9	(0.22)	4.0	(0.18)	2.4	(0.20)	2.0	(0.19)	1.5	(0.18)	1.4	(0.19)	1.1	(0.23)	1.0	(0.25)
Other	58.7	(3.38)	100.0	45.7	(1.83)	37.3	(2.14)	4.2	(0.79)	3.0	(0.74)	2.2	(0.53)	0.8	(0.22)	2.4	(0.75)	2.4	(0.92)	1.0	(0.40)	1.1	(0.50)
Academic rank
Professor	23.3	(1.58)	100.0	59.3	(2.83)	25.0	(2.60)	4.0	(1.17)	2.6	(0.84)	0.6	(0.35)	1.0	(0.41)	3.6	(0.96)	‡	(†)	2.0	(1.08)	1.2	(0.85)
Associate professor	14.6	(1.18)	100.0	43.7	(4.03)	39.5	(3.88)	2.8	(0.84)	2.0	(1.02)	1.8	(0.92)	1.4	(0.49)	6.3	(2.27)	1.6	(0.85)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
Assistant professor	19.8	(1.53)	100.0	38.8	(3.39)	42.7	(3.37)	2.8	(1.19)	2.5	(1.23)	1.3	(0.68)	1.0	(0.42)	4.8	(1.65)	6.0	(1.62)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
Instructor	187.7	(4.42)	100.0	41.5	(1.09)	43.9	(1.11)	2.5	(0.30)	3.4	(0.25)	2.2	(0.24)	1.7	(0.22)	1.6	(0.25)	1.6	(0.28)	1.1	(0.26)	0.6	(0.18)
Lecturer	40.9	(2.15)	100.0	41.4	(2.05)	40.1	(1.96)	2.7	(0.63)	2.1	(0.77)	2.1	(0.45)	1.7	(0.42)	3.7	(0.80)	4.2	(0.93)	1.6	(0.56)	0.4	(0.25)
Other	230.9	(4.51)	100.0	46.5	(1.01)	39.9	(1.04)	2.5	(0.29)	3.1	(0.28)	1.8	(0.23)	1.5	(0.17)	1.5	(0.22)	1.3	(0.31)	0.9	(0.22)	1.0	(0.22)
No rank	12.8	(1.07)	100.0	43.8	(3.52)	39.8	(4.63)	2.4	(1.26)	0.9	(0.43)	2.8	(1.31)	3.5	(1.34)	2.0	(0.94)	1.8	(1.15)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
Age
Under 35	66.2	(2.30)	100.0	35.3	(1.73)	43.1	(2.04)	3.2	(0.63)	4.3	(0.53)	3.0	(0.49)	3.0	(0.35)	2.4	(0.52)	3.6	(0.93)	1.6	(0.68)	0.4	(0.23)
35 to 44	115.6	(3.03)	100.0	40.7	(1.42)	41.5	(1.41)	2.6	(0.39)	3.0	(0.33)	2.5	(0.30)	2.4	(0.32)	2.6	(0.37)	2.9	(0.45)	0.7	(0.24)	1.2	(0.30)
45 to 54	159.3	(3.22)	100.0	41.7	(1.13)	44.0	(1.17)	2.9	(0.34)	3.2	(0.33)	1.6	(0.24)	1.5	(0.19)	2.1	(0.35)	1.3	(0.26)	0.9	(0.24)	0.8	(0.27)
55 to 64	128.6	(3.31)	100.0	48.2	(1.09)	40.4	(1.06)	2.1	(0.35)	2.8	(0.35)	1.3	(0.30)	0.6	(0.10)	1.6	(0.32)	0.9	(0.23)	1.1	(0.34)	1.0	(0.26)
65 to 69	33.5	(1.81)	100.0	62.8	(3.10)	27.6	(2.83)	2.3	(0.81)	0.9	(0.32)	1.6	(0.54)	1.3	(0.55)	1.3	(0.52)	‡	(†)	1.5	(0.63)	‡	(†)
70 or older	26.8	(1.83)	100.0	58.3	(2.99)	30.7	(3.32)	2.4	(0.79)	1.6	(0.70)	2.5	(0.87)	‡	(†)	2.1	(0.65)	0.8	(0.42)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
Base salary
Under $10,000	340.5	(3.17)	100.0	45.4	(0.68)	39.9	(0.77)	2.6	(0.23)	3.5	(0.23)	1.9	(0.17)	1.6	(0.12)	1.6	(0.17)	1.4	(0.26)	1.1	(0.20)	1.0	(0.20)
$10,000 to 24,999	140.8	(3.17)	100.0	41.3	(1.36)	43.6	(1.50)	2.8	(0.38)	2.3	(0.25)	2.1	(0.26)	1.8	(0.24)	2.3	(0.40)	2.4	(0.40)	0.9	(0.25)	0.5	(0.18)
$25,000 to 39,999	27.5	(1.72)	100.0	47.3	(3.06)	38.8	(2.72)	3.3	(0.83)	1.6	(0.98)	1.2	(0.58)	1.6	(0.55)	3.2	(1.02)	1.9	(0.61)	0.8	(0.51)	‡	(†)
$40,000 to 54,999	9.6	(0.74)	100.0	48.2	(4.55)	34.0	(4.33)	0.7	(0.40)	1.4	(0.68)	3.2	(1.19)	‡	(†)	6.2	(2.60)	3.8	(1.70)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
$55,000 to 69,999	4.7	(0.78)	100.0	45.5	(6.46)	40.4	(6.35)	1.2	(0.72)	3.8	(2.18)	‡	(†)	2.2	(1.08)	‡	(†)	5.1	(2.57)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
$70,000 to 84,999	1.9	(0.35)	100.0	39.0	(11.51)	43.0	(10.25)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	5.6	(4.00)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
$85,000 to 99,999	1.5	(0.39)	100.0	33.4	(13.01)	51.7	(13.73)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
$100,000 or more	3.5	(0.53)	100.0	47.4	(7.01)	37.1	(5.35)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	10.8	(5.15)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
Total household income
Under $10,000	1.3	(0.37)	100.0	25.7	(13.36)	46.4	(14.12)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	6.5	(5.17)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)
$10,000 to 24,999	28.5	(1.93)	100.0	36.5	(3.33)	42.5	(3.42)	2.0	(0.71)	4.0	(0.80)	1.7	(0.53)	2.4	(0.55)	1.6	(0.76)	3.5	(1.71)	3.7	(1.34)	2.2	(1.01)
$25,000 to 39,999	47.7	(1.92)	100.0	35.5	(2.27)	46.5	(2.32)	3.4	(0.58)	3.9	(0.66)	2.2	(0.44)	1.8	(0.47)	1.7	(0.55)	2.9	(0.92)	1.1	(0.46)	1.0	(0.43)
$40,000 to 54,999	55.7	(2.52)	100.0	38.1	(2.05)	46.2	(2.35)	3.2	(0.71)	3.4	(0.52)	3.1	(0.67)	2.5	(0.60)	1.1	(0.40)	1.1	(0.35)	0.8	(0.54)	0.5	(0.21)
$55,000 to 69,999	87.2	(2.95)	100.0	41.1	(1.50)	43.0	(1.48)	1.9	(0.38)	4.1	(0.38)	1.7	(0.37)	2.5	(0.35)	2.1	(0.42)	1.6	(0.45)	0.8	(0.27)	1.0	(0.37)
$70,000 to 84,999	58.1	(2.66)	100.0	44.7	(2.15)	41.2	(2.38)	2.3	(0.44)	2.3	(0.57)	2.3	(0.41)	1.3	(0.34)	1.4	(0.41)	2.0	(0.58)	1.1	(0.41)	1.1	(0.37)
$85,000 to 99,999	66.4	(2.39)	100.0	48.6	(1.85)	38.4	(1.81)	2.4	(0.59)	3.1	(0.52)	1.8	(0.37)	1.2	(0.34)	1.9	(0.49)	1.3	(0.41)	0.6	(0.29)	0.7	(0.25)
$100,000 or more	185.1	(3.59)	100.0	34.9	(0.68)	37.0	(0.91)	2.8	(0.32)	2.1	(0.26)	1.5	(0.21)	1.0	(0.17)	2.8	(0.34)	1.6	(0.25)	0.8	(0.22)	0.4	(0.17)

†Not applicable.

‡Reporting standards not met.

NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Totals may differ from figures reported in other tables because of varying survey methodologies. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:04). (This table was prepared January 2009.)