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Table 225.Full-time and part-time instructional faculty and staff in institutions of higher education, by type and control, academic rank, age, salary, race/ethnicity, and sex: Fall 1992

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                           |        |           |                   |               |             |   Asian/     |  American
         Selected          |Number  |Percent    |     White,        |     Black,    |  Hispanic   |   Pacific    |  Indian/
      characteristics      |        |           |   non-Hispanic    | non-Hispanic  |             |   Islander   |Alaskan 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 instructional faculty and staff
                           |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------
  All institutions ....    |528,260 |       --- | 306,477 | 150,265 |14,457 |12,941 |9,289 |4,564 |20,858 |6,851 |1,638 |   920
  Percentage distribution .|    --- |     100.0 |    58.0 |    28.4 |   2.7 |   2.4 |  1.8 |  0.9 |   3.9 |  1.3 |  0.3 |   0.2
                           |--------|-----------|---------|---------|-------|-------|------|------|-------|------|------|-------
     Type and control      |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
Public research  ..........|107,358 |     100.0 |    67.8 |    20.2 |   1.5 |   1.2 |  1.6 |  0.6 |   5.6 |  1.3 |  0.1 |   0.1
Private research  .........| 32,164 |     100.0 |    58.0 |    25.7 |   3.0 |   2.0 |  1.3 |  0.8 |   6.6 |  2.4 |  0.2 |   ---
Public doctoral ...........| 52,808 |     100.0 |    61.0 |    26.5 |   1.7 |   1.4 |  1.8 |  0.7 |   4.7 |  1.4 |  0.6 |   0.2
Private doctoral ..........| 28,684 |     100.0 |    64.8 |    19.4 |   3.4 |   1.5 |  2.6 |  1.1 |   5.6 |  1.6 |  0.1 |   0.1
Public comprehensive ......| 94,477 |     100.0 |    55.0 |    27.7 |   5.0 |   4.1 |  1.8 |  0.8 |   4.1 |  1.0 |  0.2 |   0.3
Private comprehensive .....| 38,561 |     100.0 |    59.7 |    31.6 |   1.7 |   1.9 |  1.0 |  0.6 |   2.5 |  0.9 |(\1\) |   0.1
Private liberal arts ......| 38,052 |     100.0 |    54.4 |    35.6 |   3.7 |   1.7 |  0.8 |  0.5 |   1.9 |  0.9 |  0.3 |   0.2
Public 2-year .............|109,957 |     100.0 |    47.2 |    38.3 |   2.5 |   3.7 |  2.5 |  1.6 |   1.9 |  1.4 |  0.7 |   0.3
Other .....................| 26,200 |     100.0 |    63.6 |    25.5 |   1.7 |   2.1 |  1.1 |  0.4 |   3.8 |  1.4 |  0.3 |   0.2
                           |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
       Academic rank       |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
Full professor ............|160,559 |     100.0 |    75.0 |    14.7 |   2.2 |   1.1 |  1.5 |  0.4 |   4.4 |  0.4 |  0.2 |   0.1
Associate professor .......|123,708 |     100.0 |    62.3 |    25.2 |   2.9 |   2.3 |  1.5 |  0.8 |   3.6 |  1.0 |  0.3 |   0.1
Assistant professor .......|124,293 |     100.0 |    46.8 |    36.3 |   2.9 |   3.2 |  2.1 |  1.2 |   4.9 |  2.2 |  0.2 |   0.2
Instructor ................| 73,897 |     100.0 |    43.2 |    41.3 |   3.2 |   4.0 |  2.2 |  1.1 |   2.4 |  1.8 |  0.6 |   0.3
Lecturer ..................| 11,869 |     100.0 |    28.7 |    54.5 |   2.6 |   3.7 |  2.0 |  1.2 |   3.8 |  2.5 |  --- |   1.1
Other  ....................| 17,072 |     100.0 |    40.3 |    40.6 |   4.2 |   4.8 |  2.2 |  1.8 |   4.1 |  1.7 |  0.2 |   0.1
No rank ...................| 16,862 |     100.0 |    50.9 |    39.0 |   1.3 |   1.3 |  1.8 |  0.9 |   1.9 |  1.7 |  0.9 |   0.3
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            Age            |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
Under 30  .................|  7,636 |     100.0 |    39.5 |    39.5 |   2.4 |   5.3 |  2.0 |  1.9 |   6.1 |  3.0 |  0.3 |   0.1
30 to 34 ..................| 35,418 |     100.0 |    45.6 |    33.3 |   4.1 |   3.6 |  3.1 |  1.2 |   6.4 |  2.4 |  0.2 |   ---
35 to 39 ..................| 66,757 |     100.0 |    49.9 |    33.9 |   2.7 |   2.5 |  1.8 |  1.0 |   5.5 |  2.1 |  0.4 |   0.2
40 to 44 ..................| 90,175 |     100.0 |    51.1 |    33.3 |   2.5 |   3.1 |  2.1 |  1.5 |   4.2 |  1.6 |  0.2 |   0.5
45 to 49 ..................| 97,705 |     100.0 |    56.2 |    31.5 |   2.5 |   2.9 |  2.0 |  0.9 |   2.7 |  1.2 |  0.3 |   0.1
50 to 54 ..................| 94,852 |     100.0 |    63.3 |    26.2 |   2.5 |   1.9 |  1.3 |  0.6 |   3.1 |  0.8 |  0.3 |   0.2
55 to 59 ..................| 67,332 |     100.0 |    67.2 |    21.2 |   2.8 |   1.7 |  1.3 |  0.3 |   4.0 |  0.8 |  0.7 |   0.1
60 to 64 ..................| 44,609 |     100.0 |    70.2 |    18.2 |   2.8 |   1.8 |  1.3 |  0.5 |   4.2 |  0.8 |  0.2 |   0.1
65 or older ...............| 23,778 |     100.0 |    69.5 |    20.0 |   3.9 |   1.1 |  1.6 |  0.7 |   2.3 |  0.5 |  0.1 |   0.3
                           |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
       Base salary         |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
Under $10,000 .............| 13,771 |     100.0 |    53.2 |    30.4 |   7.1 |   4.9 |  0.9 |  0.3 |   1.9 |  1.0 |  0.3 |   0.1
10,000 to 24,999 ..........| 29,384 |     100.0 |    35.7 |    50.6 |   1.8 |   3.9 |  1.3 |  1.3 |   2.5 |  2.3 |  0.1 |   0.6
25,000 to 39,999 ..........|181,830 |     100.0 |    45.4 |    40.7 |   2.8 |   3.4 |  1.8 |  1.2 |   2.5 |  1.6 |  0.4 |   0.2
40,000 to 54,999 ..........|163,774 |     100.0 |    61.8 |    23.7 |   2.8 |   2.1 |  1.9 |  1.0 |   5.1 |  1.2 |  0.3 |   0.1
55,000 to 69,999 ..........| 76,716 |     100.0 |    73.3 |    15.2 |   2.4 |   1.3 |  2.3 |  0.4 |   4.0 |  0.9 |  0.2 |   0.1
70,000 to 84,999 ..........| 32,096 |     100.0 |    78.9 |    11.2 |   2.1 |   0.9 |  1.7 |(\1\) |   4.5 |  0.6 |  0.2 |   ---
85,000 to 99,999 ..........| 11,068 |     100.0 |    71.2 |    12.7 |   4.7 |   0.4 |  0.7 |  --- |   9.6 |  0.8 |  --- |   ---
100,000 or more ...........| 19,622 |     100.0 |    78.5 |     9.4 |   1.4 |   0.6 |  0.7 |  0.1 |   7.1 |  1.5 |  0.6 |   0.2
                           |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
                           |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
       Total income        |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
Under $10,000 .............|  6,825 |     100.0 |    47.4 |    39.1 |   3.0 |   4.9 |  0.6 |  0.5 |   2.3 |  1.9 |  --- |   0.3
10,000 to 24,999 ..........| 17,522 |     100.0 |    32.5 |    50.3 |   3.4 |   4.6 |  1.6 |  1.5 |   2.8 |  1.8 |  0.4 |   1.0
25,000 to 39,999 ..........|129,649 |     100.0 |    40.2 |    46.2 |   2.6 |   3.6 |  1.1 |  1.3 |   2.7 |  1.8 |  0.2 |   0.3
40,000 to 54,999 ..........|158,575 |     100.0 |    55.1 |    30.2 |   3.0 |   2.7 |  2.2 |  1.1 |   3.9 |  1.3 |  0.4 |   0.1
55,000 to 69,999 ..........| 94,903 |     100.0 |    69.6 |    17.6 |   2.7 |   1.9 |  1.7 |  0.7 |   4.4 |  0.9 |  0.4 |   0.2
70,000 to 84,999 ..........| 49,484 |     100.0 |    75.3 |    13.0 |   2.1 |   1.4 |  1.8 |  0.4 |   4.7 |  1.0 |  0.3 | (\1\)
85,000 to 99,999 ..........| 23,811 |     100.0 |    76.4 |    11.1 |   4.0 |   0.6 |  1.8 |  0.1 |   5.3 |  0.4 |  0.3 |   ---
100,000 or more ...........| 47,490 |     100.0 |    77.1 |    10.9 |   1.9 |   0.7 |  2.3 |  0.1 |   5.8 |  1.0 |  0.2 |   0.1
                           |========|===========|=========|=========|=======|=======|======|======|=======|======|======|=======
                           |                      Part-time instructional faculty and staff
                           |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------
  All institutions ........|376,675 |       --- | 182,976 | 149,814 |10,274 | 7,987 |6,965 |4,232 | 7,016 |5,135 |1,478 |   797
  Percentage distribution .|    --- |     100.0 |    48.6 |    39.8 |   2.7 |   2.1 |  1.8 |  1.1 |   1.9 |  1.4 |  0.4 |   0.2
                           |--------|-----------|---------|---------|-------|-------|------|------|-------|------|------|-------
     Type and control      |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
Public research ...........| 25,360 |     100.0 |    49.0 |    38.7 |   0.8 |   1.7 |  2.1 |  1.1 |   4.8 |  1.7 |  --- |   ---
Private research ..........| 17,259 |     100.0 |    50.6 |    39.0 |   3.3 |   1.2 |  2.7 |  --- |   1.8 |  1.2 |  0.4 |   ---
Public doctoral ...........| 20,761 |     100.0 |    50.6 |    40.8 |   1.7 |   1.6 |  1.0 |  0.5 |   1.8 |  1.5 |  0.2 |   0.3
Private doctoral ..........| 18,014 |     100.0 |    54.6 |    33.1 |   6.0 |   1.2 |  1.3 |  0.2 |   1.0 |  2.5 |  0.2 |   ---
Public comprehensive ......| 47,056 |     100.0 |    40.4 |    44.6 |   4.3 |   2.9 |  1.1 |  1.9 |   2.7 |  1.4 |  0.5 |   0.2
Private comprehensive .....| 36,525 |     100.0 |    51.4 |    39.5 |   2.1 |   2.8 |  0.8 |  0.3 |   1.6 |  0.9 |  0.4 |   0.1
Private liberal arts ......| 20,909 |     100.0 |    40.5 |    49.1 |   3.9 |   2.0 |  1.4 |  1.5 |   0.8 |  0.8 |  0.1 |   ---
Public 2-year .............|166,335 |     100.0 |    49.6 |    38.3 |   2.6 |   2.0 |  2.6 |  1.4 |   1.5 |  1.2 |  0.4 |   0.3
Other .....................| 24,454 |     100.0 |    52.4 |    38.4 |   0.7 |   2.5 |  0.6 |  0.5 |   1.6 |  2.2 |  0.8 |   0.3
                           |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
       Academic rank       |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
Full professor ............| 32,269 |     100.0 |    63.2 |    25.0 |   3.5 |   1.7 |  1.7 |  0.4 |   2.9 |  0.7 |  0.8 |   0.2
Associate professor .......| 22,518 |     100.0 |    59.4 |    30.1 |   1.6 |   1.2 |  1.5 |  0.4 |   3.7 |  1.3 |  0.4 |   0.4
Assistant professor .......| 24,237 |     100.0 |    49.1 |    37.4 |   5.7 |   2.5 |  0.6 |  0.4 |   2.4 |  1.9 |  --- |   0.1
Instructor ................|215,442 |     100.0 |    46.1 |    42.4 |   2.5 |   2.2 |  2.4 |  1.2 |   1.4 |  1.2 |  0.5 |   0.2
Lecturer ..................| 45,328 |     100.0 |    48.5 |    39.8 |   2.1 |   2.0 |  1.3 |  1.6 |   2.5 |  1.8 |  0.2 |   0.2
Other .....................| 27,553 |     100.0 |    43.7 |    44.8 |   3.6 |   2.3 |  0.8 |  1.2 |   1.2 |  2.0 |  --- |   0.5
No rank ...................|  9,328 |     100.0 |    42.4 |    45.9 |   2.1 |   2.8 |  --- |  2.0 |   2.9 |  1.3 |  0.6 |   ---
                           |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
           Age             |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
Under 30  .................| 20,483 |     100.0 |    41.2 |    46.3 |   2.1 |   2.1 |  1.5 |  1.9 |   1.5 |  2.5 |  0.3 |   0.5
30 to 34 ..................| 35,908 |     100.0 |    41.6 |    44.6 |   2.0 |   2.1 |  2.6 |  1.5 |   2.1 |  2.7 |  0.5 |   0.2
35 to 39 ..................| 58,923 |     100.0 |    42.8 |    43.8 |   4.1 |   2.2 |  2.1 |  1.0 |   2.0 |  1.1 |  0.6 |   0.2
40 to 44 ..................| 70,025 |     100.0 |    47.5 |    41.8 |   2.2 |   1.9 |  1.8 |  1.4 |   1.6 |  1.5 |  0.2 |   0.2
45 to 49 ..................| 67,969 |     100.0 |    48.2 |    41.8 |   2.1 |   1.7 |  1.5 |  1.3 |   2.2 |  1.0 |(\1\) |   0.3
50 to 54 ..................| 45,093 |     100.0 |    49.2 |    36.5 |   3.6 |   2.8 |  2.2 |  0.6 |   2.3 |  1.6 |  0.9 |   0.3
55 to 59 ..................| 28,764 |     100.0 |    55.3 |    34.6 |   3.3 |   1.6 |  1.4 |  0.6 |   2.0 |  1.0 |  0.2 |   ---
60 to 64 ..................| 22,943 |     100.0 |    56.2 |    33.6 |   2.1 |   2.3 |  2.2 |  0.5 |   1.2 |  0.9 |  1.1 |   0.1
65 or older ...............| 26,565 |     100.0 |    65.6 |    25.4 |   2.4 |   2.8 |  1.1 |  0.9 |   1.3 |  0.4 |  --- |   ---
                           |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
        Base salary        |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
Under $10,000 .............|280,526 |     100.0 |    49.6 |    39.1 |   2.7 |   2.3 |  1.7 |  1.1 |   1.6 |  1.3 |  0.3 |   0.2
10,000 to 24,999 ..........| 68,117 |     100.0 |    43.1 |    44.9 |   2.2 |   1.4 |  2.8 |  1.3 |   2.5 |  1.5 |  0.3 |   0.2
25,000 to 39,999 ..........| 15,840 |     100.0 |    49.4 |    38.1 |   4.1 |   2.0 |  1.6 |  0.3 |   2.5 |  1.2 |  0.8 |   ---
40,000 to 54,999 ..........|  5,307 |     100.0 |    55.2 |    32.8 |   2.1 |   1.9 |  1.5 |  2.7 |   0.1 |  1.8 |  1.9 |   ---
55,000 to 69,999 ..........|  2,157 |       --- |     --- |     --- |   3.5 |   --- |  0.6 |  --- |  22.0 |  8.6 |  --- |   ---
70,000 to 84,999 ..........|  1,127 |       --- |     --- |     --- |   7.7 |   4.2 |  --- |  --- |   2.7 |  --- |  8.0 |   ---
85,000 to 99,999 ..........|    942 |       --- |     --- |     --- |   --- |   --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |  --- |  --- |   ---
100,000 or more ...........|  2,657 |     100.0 |    46.9 |    39.0 |  10.5 |   0.5 |  1.2 |  --- |   --- |  2.0 |  --- |   ---
                           |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
       Total income        |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
Under $10,000 .............| 70,693 |     100.0 |    35.4 |    52.6 |   2.3 |   2.9 |  1.9 |  1.3 |   1.6 |  1.6 |(\1\) |   0.4
10,000 to 24,999 ..........| 84,803 |     100.0 |    33.2 |    57.1 |   1.3 |   1.8 |  1.3 |  1.7 |   1.3 |  1.9 |  0.4 |   0.1
25,000 to 39,999 ..........| 74,809 |     100.0 |    48.5 |    39.6 |   2.5 |   2.9 |  2.0 |  1.2 |   1.6 |  1.4 |  0.2 |   0.3
40,000 to 54,999 ..........| 58,057 |     100.0 |    55.8 |    32.1 |   3.4 |   1.9 |  1.5 |  1.2 |   1.8 |  0.7 |  1.3 |   0.4
55,000 to 69,999 ..........| 32,386 |     100.0 |    69.3 |    17.5 |   3.4 |   1.6 |  3.2 |  0.5 |   3.0 |  1.2 |  0.3 |   ---
70,000 to 84,999 ..........| 17,199 |     100.0 |    69.4 |    17.8 |   4.7 |   0.7 |  2.9 |  0.7 |   2.8 |  0.5 |  0.5 |   ---
85,000 to 99,999 ..........|  8,231 |     100.0 |    70.2 |    18.1 |   4.7 |   0.8 |  4.7 |  --- |   1.4 |  --- |  --- |   ---
100,000 or more ...........| 30,497 |     100.0 |    68.9 |    19.0 |   4.7 |   1.5 |  1.0 |  --- |   3.3 |  1.6 |  0.1 |   ---
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\1\Less than 0.05 percent.

---Data not available or applicable.

NOTE.--Data have been revised from previously published figures. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF), 1993. (This table was prepared September 1996.)


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