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Table 219.Full-time instructional faculty and staff in institutions of higher education, by selected characteristics and type and control of institution: Fall 1992

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             Selected             | Number  |Percent| Public |Private | Public |Private |Public |Private|Private|Public |Other
         characteristics          |   in    | total |research|research|doctoral|doctoral|compre-|compre-|liberal|2-year |
                                  |thousands|       |        |        |        |        |hensive|hensive| arts  |       |
__________________________________|_________|_______|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|______
                1                 |    2    |   3   |   4    |   5    |   6    |   7    |   8   |   9   |  10   |  11   |  12
__________________________________|_________|_______|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|______
                                  |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
 Total (in thousands) ............|     526 |   --- |    108 |     32 |     54 |     25 |    96 |    37 |    39 |   110 |   24
 Percent .........................|     --- | 100.0 |   20.6 |    6.1 |   10.3 |    4.8 |  18.3 |   6.9 |   7.4 |  20.8 |  4.6
                                  |============================================================================================
                                  |                                          Percentage distribution
                                  |_________ __________________________________________________________________________________
 Total ...........................|     --- | 100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |100.0
                                  |_________|_______|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|_______|______
Sex                               |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
  Male ...........................|     355 |  67.5 |   77.3 |   70.1 |   70.9 |   76.9 |  66.5 |  65.4 |  61.6 |  55.4 | 73.6
  Female .........................|     171 |  32.5 |   22.7 |   29.9 |   29.1 |   23.1 |  33.5 |  34.6 |  38.5 |  44.6 | 26.4
                                  |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
Race                              |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
  White, non-Hispanic ............|     457 |  86.8 |   88.3 |   84.2 |   87.8 |   86.0 |  83.0 |  91.8 |  90.0 |  85.5 | 90.9
  Black, non-Hispanic ............|      26 |   4.9 |    2.7 |    4.7 |    2.9 |    4.2 |   8.8 |   3.1 |   5.4 |   6.1 |  2.7
  Hispanic .......................|      13 |   2.5 |    2.0 |    1.8 |    2.3 |    3.2 |   2.6 |   1.6 |   1.3 |   4.2 |  1.3
  Asian/Pacific Islander .........|      28 |   5.2 |    6.9 |    9.1 |    6.3 |    6.5 |   5.1 |   3.4 |   2.8 |   3.3 |  4.6
  American Indian/Alaskan Native .|       3 |   0.5 |    0.1 |    0.2 |    0.8 |    0.2 |   0.5 |   0.2 |   0.5 |   0.1 |  0.5
                                  |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
Age                               |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
  29 or younger ..................|       8 |   1.4 |    1.0 |    1.8 |    1.2 |    0.7 |   1.5 |   1.4 |   2.1 |   1.7 |  2.0
  30 - 34 ........................|      35 |   6.7 |    7.2 |    7.8 |    8.4 |    9.7 |   5.9 |   6.9 |   7.0 |   5.3 |  5.3
  35 - 39 ........................|      66 |  12.6 |   14.2 |   20.3 |   14.4 |   14.8 |  10.6 |  10.4 |  13.9 |   9.7 | 11.3
  40 - 44 ........................|      90 |  17.0 |   18.1 |   19.9 |   17.4 |   17.5 |  15.0 |  16.4 |  17.4 |  16.8 | 16.6
  45 - 49 ........................|      97 |  18.5 |   17.1 |   15.2 |   16.8 |   19.6 |  18.8 |  18.9 |  19.7 |  20.8 | 18.1
  50 - 54 ........................|      95 |  18.0 |   16.0 |   11.5 |   17.4 |   13.3 |  21.6 |  16.7 |  14.7 |  21.9 | 18.0
  55 - 59 ........................|      67 |  12.7 |   12.9 |    9.2 |   11.7 |    9.5 |  14.4 |  12.8 |  12.0 |  13.5 | 13.3
  60 to 64 .......................|      45 |   8.5 |    9.0 |    8.4 |    8.3 |    8.8 |   8.3 |  11.4 |   8.5 |   7.2 |  9.4
  65 or older ....................|      24 |   4.5 |    4.8 |    5.9 |    4.5 |    6.0 |   4.0 |   5.1 |   4.8 |   3.2 |  6.0
                                  |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
Highest degree                    |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
  Doctoral .......................|     285 |  54.5 |   71.0 |   63.9 |   62.1 |   63.0 |  68.3 |  61.2 |  58.5 |  16.7 | 40.8
  Professional ...................|      57 |  10.9 |   17.0 |   25.0 |   20.8 |   24.4 |   4.3 |   7.7 |   3.2 |   2.3 | 10.5
  Master's .......................|     154 |  29.4 |   10.5 |   10.1 |   15.8 |   10.4 |  26.2 |  28.9 |  35.2 |  63.8 | 40.9
  Bachelor's .....................|      21 |   4.0 |    1.6 |    1.1 |    1.4 |    2.1 |   1.1 |   2.1 |   3.1 |  11.9 |  6.8
  Less than bachelor's ...........|       6 |   1.2 |    1.0 |    0.1 |   (1/) |   (1/) |   0.2 |   0.1 |  (1/) |   5.4 |  0.9
                                  |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
Academic rank                     |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
  Full professor .................|     161 |  30.6 |   40.0 |   33.6 |   31.5 |   30.2 |  34.5 |  26.9 |  28.8 |  19.3 | 28.6
  Associate professor ............|     123 |  23.5 |   26.4 |   22.6 |   26.2 |   27.9 |  26.9 |  29.1 |  25.3 |  12.9 | 23.3
  Assistant professor ............|     123 |  23.4 |   22.6 |   26.9 |   31.1 |   29.6 |  26.0 |  31.8 |  29.8 |  11.2 | 21.0
  Instructor .....................|      73 |  13.9 |    3.9 |    4.5 |    7.6 |    8.5 |   8.5 |   7.9 |   9.1 |  39.7 | 12.1
  Lecturer .......................|      12 |   2.2 |    3.8 |    6.6 |    1.6 |    1.3 |   2.6 |   1.2 |   1.6 |   0.4 |  0.7
  Other ..........................|      17 |   3.2 |    3.2 |    4.8 |    1.7 |    2.4 |   1.3 |   1.9 |   3.7 |   5.6 |  2.5
  No rank ........................|      17 |   3.2 |    0.2 |    1.0 |    0.2 |    0.1 |   0.2 |   1.3 |   1.7 |  11.0 | 11.8
                                  |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
Base salary                       |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
  Under $10,000 ..................|      14 |   1.8 |    2.0 |    3.0 |    2.1 |    2.5 |   2.1 |   2.6 |   2.5 |   3.5 |  3.8
  $10,000 to 24,999 ..............|      29 |   5.5 |    3.5 |    5.2 |    4.7 |    2.8 |   5.5 |   5.3 |  10.1 |   6.1 | 10.3
  $25,000 - 39,999 ...............|     180 |  34.4 |   19.4 |   14.5 |   28.6 |   22.9 |  37.1 |  44.1 |  53.8 |  47.3 | 38.5
  $40,000 - 54,999 ...............|     164 |  31.4 |   29.6 |   28.8 |   29.8 |   27.3 |  34.2 |  32.7 |  24.8 |  34.1 | 35.3
  $55,000 - 69,999 ...............|      77 |  14.8 |   23.0 |   16.0 |   17.3 |   21.4 |  17.1 |  10.3 |   6.1 |   8.1 |  6.5
  $70,000 - 84,999 ...............|      32 |   6.2 |   12.3 |   13.3 |    9.3 |    9.8 |   3.3 |   3.8 |   2.2 |   0.8 |  4.1
  $85,000 - 99,999 ...............|      11 |   2.1 |    4.4 |    3.8 |    2.4 |    7.2 |   0.7 |   0.1 |   0.6 |   0.1 |  1.6
  $100,000 or more ...............|      20 |   3.8 |    6.6 |   17.2 |    6.5 |    7.5 |   0.4 |   1.5 |   0.5 |   0.4 |  1.5
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1/Less than 0.05 percent.
---Data not applicable.

NOTE.--Data may not add to totals because of rounding or missing data.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF), 1993. (This table was prepared May 1995.)


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