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Table 231. Full-time instructional faculty in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity, academic rank, and sex: Fall 2001

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                          |        |        |   Minority   |        |        |Asian or|American| Non-  |  Race/
  Academic rank and sex   | Total  | White, |______________| Black, |        |Pacific |Indian/ |residen|ethnicity
                          |        |  non-  |Number| Per-  |  non-  |Hispanic|Islander|Alaskan | alien | unknown
                          |        |Hispanic|      |cent\1\|Hispanic|        |        | Native |       |
__________________________|________|________|______|_______|________|________|________|________|_______|_________
            1             |   2    |   3    |  4   |   5   |   6    |   7    |   8    |   9    |  10   |   11
__________________________|________|________|______|_______|________|________|________|________|_______|_________
Men and women, all ranks .| 617,868| 499,557|90,996|   14.9|  31,681|  18,514|  38,026|   2,775| 20,755|    6,560
  Professors .............| 163,466| 142,597|17,999|   11.1|   5,030|   3,120|   9,357|     492|  1,340|    1,530
  Associate professors ...| 129,698| 107,828|19,188|   14.9|   6,826|   3,498|   8,399|     465|  1,879|      803
  Assistant professors ...| 145,478| 109,840|25,647|   17.8|   9,027|   4,791|  11,218|     611|  8,351|    1,640
  Instructors ............|  92,781|  74,083|15,833|   17.3|   6,519|   4,547|   3,993|     774|  1,553|    1,312
  Lecturers ..............|  18,965|  15,043| 2,775|   14.8|   1,052|     788|     868|      67|    901|      246
  Other faculty ..........|  67,480|  50,166| 9,554|   14.4|   3,227|   1,770|   4,191|     366|  6,731|    1,029
                          |========|========|======|=======|========|========|========|========|=======|=========
  Men, all ranks .........| 380,485| 307,863|54,089|   14.4|  15,851|  10,643|  26,037|   1,558| 14,864|    3,669
    Professors ...........| 126,415| 110,664|13,846|   11.0|   3,275|   2,292|   7,913|     366|  1,177|      728
    Associate professors .|  81,924|  67,568|12,334|   15.2|   3,765|   2,167|   6,139|     263|  1,485|      537
    Assistant professors .|  80,320|  59,251|14,066|   17.7|   4,101|   2,589|   7,078|     298|  6,040|      963
    Instructors ..........|  45,812|  36,634| 7,534|   16.7|   2,788|   2,316|   2,007|     423|    928|      716
    Lecturers ............|   8,859|   7,006| 1,220|   14.0|     501|     322|     368|      29|    499|      134
    Other faculty ........|  37,155|  26,740| 5,089|   13.9|   1,421|     957|   2,532|     179|  4,735|      591
                          |========|========|======|=======|========|========|========|========|=======|=========
   Women, all ranks ......| 237,383| 191,694|36,907|   15.7|  15,830|   7,871|  11,989|   1,217|  5,891|    2,891
    Professors ...........|  37,051|  31,933| 4,153|   11.5|   1,755|     828|   1,444|     126|    163|      802
    Associate professors .|  47,774|  40,260| 6,854|   14.4|   3,061|   1,331|   2,260|     202|    394|      266
    Assistant professors .|  65,158|  50,589|11,581|   18.0|   4,926|   2,202|   4,140|     313|  2,311|      677
    Instructors ..........|  46,969|  37,449| 8,299|   17.9|   3,731|   2,231|   1,986|     351|    625|      596
    Lecturers ............|  10,106|   8,037| 1,555|   15.6|     551|     466|     500|      38|    402|      112
    Other faculty ........|  30,325|  23,426| 4,465|   14.9|   1,806|     813|   1,659|     187|  1,996|      438
__________________________|________|________|______|_______|________|________|________|________|_______|_________

\1\Minority faculty as a percent of total faculty, excluding race unknown faculty (column 11).

NOTE: Data exclude faculty employed by system offices. 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, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2001-02. (This table was prepared September 2003).


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