Table 232.

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
2003
Total	631,596	506,466	97,327	15.6	33,137	20,079	41,133	2,978	6,603	21,200
Professors	166,415	144,924	19,481	11.8	5,343	3,429	10,202	507	821	1,189
Associate professors	132,961	109,313	20,777	15.7	7,204	3,861	9,183	529	904	1,967
Assistant professors	153,064	112,920	28,662	19.0	9,464	5,321	13,216	661	2,017	9,465
Instructors	93,023	73,254	16,660	18.2	6,751	4,780	4,299	830	1,351	1,758
Lecturers	23,448	18,473	3,589	15.5	1,199	1,084	1,206	100	314	1,072
Other faculty	62,685	47,582	8,158	13.3	3,176	1,604	3,027	351	1,196	5,749
Males	382,808	307,104	56,951	15.0	16,270	11,245	27,815	1,621	3,825	14,928
Professors	127,049	110,561	14,843	11.7	3,427	2,472	8,591	353	622	1,023
Associate professors	82,758	67,497	13,131	16.0	3,863	2,338	6,643	287	585	1,545
Assistant professors	83,564	60,166	15,576	18.9	4,276	2,812	8,167	321	1,150	6,672
Instructors	44,984	35,474	7,785	17.6	2,809	2,372	2,165	439	706	1,019
Lecturers	11,175	8,778	1,605	14.6	570	466	525	44	169	623
Other faculty	33,278	24,628	4,011	12.3	1,325	785	1,724	177	593	4,046
Females	248,788	199,362	40,376	16.4	16,867	8,834	13,318	1,357	2,778	6,272
Professors	39,366	34,363	4,638	11.8	1,916	957	1,611	154	199	166
Associate professors	50,203	41,816	7,646	15.3	3,341	1,523	2,540	242	319	422
Assistant professors	69,500	52,754	13,086	19.1	5,188	2,509	5,049	340	867	2,793
Instructors	48,039	37,780	8,875	18.7	3,942	2,408	2,134	391	645	739
Lecturers	12,273	9,695	1,984	16.4	629	618	681	56	145	449
Other faculty	29,407	22,954	4,147	14.4	1,851	819	1,303	174	603	1,703
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. 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 origin. 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 2006.)