Table 233.

Percentage distribution of full-time instructional faculty and staff in degree-granting institutions, by type and control of institution, selected instruction activities, and number of classes taught for credit: Fall 2003

Instruction activity and number of classes	All institutions		Research				Doctoral				Comprehensive				Private liberal arts		Public 2-year		Other
			Public		Private		Public		Private		Public		Private
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11
Number of full-time instructional  faculty and staff (in thousands)	681.8	(0.05)	162.1	(0.85)	63.5	(1.58)	51.3	(0.76)	21.7	(0.79)	107.3	(2.98)	41.4	(1.59)	49.6	(1.80)	138.3	(2.53)	46.6	(2.78)
Percentage distribution	100.0	(†)	23.8	(0.12)	9.3	(0.23)	7.5	(0.11)	3.2	(0.12)	15.7	(0.44)	6.1	(0.23)	7.3	(0.26)	20.3	(0.37)	6.8	(0.41)
Average hours worked per week	53.3	(0.13)	55.6	(0.21)	55.8	(0.42)	54.0	(0.38)	52.4	(0.59)	53.2	(0.31)	51.8	(0.53)	54.0	(0.39)	50.0	(0.28)	52.4	(0.67)
Paid activities within institution	45.4	(0.12)	48.8	(0.19)	47.8	(0.36)	45.9	(0.31)	44.7	(0.47)	44.4	(0.27)	42.9	(0.55)	45.6	(0.39)	42.1	(0.23)	43.7	(0.72)
Unpaid activities within institution	3.8	(0.04)	3.1	(0.08)	3.3	(0.15)	3.9	(0.14)	3.8	(0.20)	4.4	(0.13)	4.4	(0.15)	4.4	(0.11)	4.0	(0.11)	3.9	(0.31)
Paid activities outside institution	2.2	(0.05)	1.8	(0.08)	2.7	(0.21)	2.1	(0.13)	2.3	(0.25)	2.3	(0.12)	2.2	(0.17)	2.0	(0.13)	2.3	(0.12)	3.1	(0.34)
Unpaid activities outside institution	1.9	(0.03)	1.9	(0.05)	2.0	(0.09)	2.1	(0.11)	1.7	(0.11)	2.1	(0.09)	2.3	(0.12)	2.0	(0.14)	1.6	(0.07)	1.8	(0.14)
Work time distribution (percent)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(2.08)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)
Teaching	58.2	(0.27)	43.5	(0.43)	43.1	(0.76)	55.5	(0.72)	55.0	(1.15)	64.7	(0.70)	67.5	(0.78)	65.9	(0.80)	72.3	(0.57)	61.2	(2.14)
Research/scholarship	20.0	(0.44)	33.2	(0.42)	34.0	(0.84)	22.3	(0.72)	24.6	(0.84)	15.0	(0.49)	11.2	(0.57)	12.7	(0.67)	7.9	(0.32)	13.8	(1.29)
Other	21.7	(0.17)	23.2	(0.45)	22.8	(0.67)	22.2	(0.64)	20.4	(1.21)	20.4	(0.66)	21.3	(0.75)	21.3	(0.73)	19.8	(0.52)	25.0	(1.75)
Faculty/staff distribution by instruction  activity (percent)
Distribution by hours taught per week	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)
Less than 4.0	30.3	(0.44)	48.9	(0.83)	52.2	(1.31)	30.0	(1.70)	26.5	(1.74)	16.3	(1.08)	14.9	(1.06)	15.5	(1.15)	20.3	(0.88)	29.5	(2.74)
4.0 to 5.9	5.8	(0.21)	8.4	(0.50)	8.8	(0.77)	6.0	(0.58)	8.4	(1.37)	4.1	(0.53)	4.1	(0.57)	4.1	(0.57)	3.7	(0.52)	5.3	(0.89)
6.0 to 7.9	13.8	(0.37)	20.0	(0.80)	15.2	(1.20)	22.2	(1.14)	22.0	(1.77)	12.0	(0.78)	11.0	(1.43)	13.3	(1.48)	5.0	(0.57)	9.6	(1.19)
8.0 to 9.9	12.5	(0.30)	9.0	(0.49)	9.3	(0.87)	16.9	(1.20)	19.3	(1.76)	21.5	(0.93)	18.7	(1.78)	19.5	(1.83)	6.1	(0.60)	6.9	(1.23)
10.0 to 14.9	18.2	(0.39)	7.9	(0.55)	8.8	(0.88)	15.1	(1.13)	15.0	(1.53)	31.5	(1.24)	32.7	(2.15)	33.5	(1.93)	14.7	(1.12)	22.1	(2.01)
15.0 or more	19.4	(0.40)	5.8	(0.43)	5.7	(0.67)	9.7	(0.92)	8.7	(1.34)	14.6	(0.93)	18.5	(1.92)	14.1	(1.39)	50.2	(1.49)	26.5	(2.54)
Distribution by number of students taught	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)
Less than 25	30.6	(0.46)	46.0	(0.84)	51.5	(1.56)	29.7	(1.53)	31.9	(1.88)	16.8	(1.25)	16.5	(1.23)	20.8	(1.44)	21.8	(0.96)	29.7	(2.19)
25 to 49	17.0	(0.34)	17.0	(0.83)	16.9	(1.06)	17.1	(0.99)	18.8	(1.74)	17.9	(0.96)	22.7	(1.57)	25.4	(1.62)	11.6	(0.77)	15.4	(1.41)
50 to 74	16.2	(0.33)	11.9	(0.69)	10.0	(0.99)	16.3	(1.29)	20.9	(1.64)	18.7	(0.77)	26.5	(1.32)	24.4	(1.40)	14.8	(0.70)	17.8	(1.53)
75 to 99	13.0	(0.30)	7.6	(0.51)	6.2	(0.57)	13.9	(0.91)	11.2	(0.95)	17.5	(0.86)	17.6	(1.15)	15.8	(1.09)	16.4	(0.70)	13.3	(1.39)
100 to 149	14.2	(0.39)	7.6	(0.54)	7.0	(0.78)	13.2	(0.87)	9.9	(1.21)	19.4	(1.22)	13.1	(1.61)	10.6	(0.96)	23.7	(1.05)	15.4	(1.46)
150 or more	9.0	(0.27)	9.8	(0.59)	8.4	(0.73)	9.8	(0.87)	7.4	(1.04)	9.7	(0.85)	3.6	(0.72)	3.0	(0.62)	11.8	(0.66)	8.4	(0.83)
Distribution by student classroom contact  hours per week1	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)
Less than 50	24.2	(0.40)	38.3	(0.83)	42.7	(1.33)	23.2	(1.52)	22.0	(1.53)	11.9	(1.04)	12.6	(1.02)	12.2	(1.05)	17.3	(0.79)	24.1	(1.97)
50 to 99	5.3	(0.23)	7.7	(0.56)	7.0	(0.82)	6.4	(0.68)	7.0	(1.20)	4.3	(0.52)	2.7	(0.55)	4.9	(0.48)	3.0	(0.40)	5.1	(1.20)
100 to 199	7.1	(0.20)	9.4	(0.54)	10.7	(0.87)	8.0	(0.88)	8.6	(1.38)	6.2	(0.62)	4.5	(0.66)	7.2	(1.02)	3.8	(0.49)	6.2	(1.14)
200 to 349	9.0	(0.28)	10.9	(0.52)	10.4	(0.83)	10.4	(0.88)	12.8	(1.74)	8.6	(0.71)	10.9	(1.38)	11.9	(1.27)	4.0	(0.53)	7.4	(0.84)
350 to 499	7.7	(0.24)	8.0	(0.44)	8.1	(0.83)	10.6	(1.03)	11.5	(1.03)	7.9	(0.91)	10.2	(0.79)	12.4	(0.93)	3.7	(0.39)	4.4	(0.84)
500 or more	46.8	(0.44)	25.6	(0.74)	21.2	(1.21)	41.4	(1.36)	38.0	(1.81)	61.1	(1.46)	59.1	(1.75)	51.4	(2.13)	68.1	(1.03)	52.7	(2.88)
Distribution by total classroom credit  hours	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)
Less than 4.0	31.8	(0.54)	48.9	(0.82)	52.1	(1.55)	30.1	(1.46)	29.0	(1.75)	18.0	(1.03)	17.5	(1.44)	23.7	(2.18)	21.6	(0.88)	31.2	(2.66)
4.0 to 5.9	6.6	(0.22)	9.4	(0.54)	10.2	(0.63)	6.8	(0.67)	10.5	(1.53)	3.5	(0.35)	4.5	(0.61)	5.6	(0.67)	4.5	(0.43)	6.3	(1.17)
6.0 to 7.9	15.0	(0.37)	21.6	(0.66)	14.0	(1.04)	25.1	(1.29)	21.3	(1.71)	14.2	(0.94)	12.2	(1.04)	11.4	(1.15)	7.3	(0.70)	10.0	(1.30)
8.0 to 9.9	14.8	(0.33)	10.4	(0.60)	10.7	(0.84)	19.9	(1.28)	20.8	(1.47)	25.3	(1.15)	23.4	(1.73)	19.1	(1.16)	8.4	(0.58)	10.2	(1.59)
10.0 to 14.9	20.2	(0.38)	7.7	(0.51)	9.7	(0.99)	14.8	(1.17)	13.2	(1.40)	32.0	(1.20)	35.4	(1.94)	32.5	(2.20)	22.5	(1.10)	26.9	(1.89)
15.0 or more	11.6	(0.31)	1.9	(0.24)	3.2	(0.52)	3.3	(0.64)	5.2	(0.99)	7.0	(0.88)	6.9	(0.71)	7.7	(1.28)	35.8	(1.31)	15.5	(1.43)
Faculty/staff distribution by number of  classes taught for credit (percent)
Faculty/staff with undergraduate classes   only, by total for-credit courses	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)
1	11.0	(0.43)	24.2	(2.40)	20.2	(2.97)	14.1	(2.91)	10.0	(2.52)	10.5	(1.31)	9.3	(1.13)	9.9	(0.98)	8.7	(0.74)	11.4	(1.89)
2	17.4	(0.62)	38.0	(2.80)	31.2	(3.96)	24.2	(3.05)	38.6	(5.05)	14.6	(1.51)	18.5	(2.14)	22.7	(2.32)	11.0	(0.77)	13.2	(2.34)
3	23.7	(0.65)	22.6	(2.21)	30.8	(3.42)	31.1	(2.98)	37.3	(3.60)	28.6	(1.89)	30.3	(2.48)	34.3	(2.57)	15.9	(0.94)	18.0	(2.99)
4	21.9	(0.73)	10.8	(1.43)	11.7	(2.99)	20.4	(1.92)	10.9	(2.75)	33.3	(1.87)	30.7	(2.77)	21.1	(2.22)	17.5	(1.02)	27.7	(2.67)
5 or more	26.1	(0.70)	4.4	(0.86)	6.1	(1.74)	10.1	(1.97)	3.2	(1.15)	13.0	(1.56)	11.2	(1.53)	12.0	(1.44)	46.9	(1.44)	29.7	(2.23)
Faculty with graduate classes only,  by total for-credit courses	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)
1	40.1	(1.21)	50.4	(2.17)	48.0	(3.69)	34.3	(3.04)	25.9	(4.02)	23.6	(3.86)	13.0	(3.72)	15.8	(6.35)	41.0	(3.91)	32.8	(6.12)
2	31.0	(1.07)	26.3	(1.81)	27.9	(2.93)	39.1	(3.32)	50.7	(4.02)	33.6	(5.32)	28.7	(4.00)	31.6	(12.42)	30.4	(3.57)	37.1	(5.14)
3	16.7	(0.88)	14.3	(1.38)	13.3	(2.60)	16.3	(2.76)	14.1	(3.52)	29.6	(4.35)	36.3	(4.99)	22.7	(9.79)	13.3	(2.20)	13.0	(4.26)
4	7.1	(0.80)	4.5	(1.24)	7.4	(2.07)	7.4	(2.04)	3.7	(1.44)	10.1	(3.39)	16.5	(3.92)	16.7	(8.04)	6.7	(2.53)	8.6	(3.70)
5 or more	5.1	(0.52)	4.4	(0.69)	3.4	(1.33)	2.9	(1.62)	5.7	(2.80)	3.1	(1.52)	5.5	(2.85)	13.1	(6.95)	8.6	(2.21)	8.5	(2.95)
Faculty with both undergraduate and  graduate classes, by total for-credit  courses	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)
1	23.3	(0.68)	32.5	(1.37)	38.4	(1.89)	21.1	(2.17)	20.2	(2.37)	9.0	(1.04)	10.3	(2.14)	9.4	(2.00)	30.0	(6.42)	20.5	(4.49)
2	33.4	(0.83)	44.3	(1.36)	42.8	(2.33)	37.1	(2.15)	37.8	(2.58)	19.6	(1.30)	19.0	(2.78)	18.3	(2.62)	20.9	(5.73)	17.6	(4.17)
3	24.3	(0.70)	15.5	(0.99)	12.4	(1.37)	26.5	(1.75)	32.0	(3.01)	38.1	(1.91)	34.8	(2.85)	29.5	(3.77)	26.8	(3.63)	20.6	(4.69)
4	12.2	(0.54)	4.5	(0.64)	3.7	(1.06)	10.1	(1.37)	6.6	(2.02)	23.4	(1.69)	24.4	(3.39)	27.5	(3.74)	13.6	(6.37)	17.5	(3.31)
5 or more	6.7	(0.43)	3.1	(0.45)	2.8	(0.78)	5.2	(0.75)	3.2	(1.74)	9.9	(1.01)	11.4	(2.07)	15.2	(3.65)	8.7	(2.23)	23.9	(4.51)

† Not applicable. 1 Distribution by student classroom contact hours per week is based on the number of contact hours that faculty and instructional staff spend each week with students during classroom instruction multiplied by the number of students taught. NOTE: Totals may differ from figures reported in other tables because of varying survey methodologies. 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, 2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:04). (This table was prepared September 2005.)