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Table 243. Full-time and part-time instructional faculty and staff in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity, sex, and selected characteristics: Fall 2003
Selected characteristic Number (in thousands) Percent White Black Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander American Indian/Alaska 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
                                             
                                               
Number (in thousands) 682 (#) 338 (2.6) 209 (2.4) 20 (1.0) 19 (0.9) 13 (0.6) 10 (0.6) 43 (1.0) 19 (1.0) 6 (0.6) 4 (0.5)
Percentage distribution (†) 100.0 49.6 (0.39) 30.7 (0.36) 2.9 (0.15) 2.7 (0.13) 2.0 (0.09) 1.5 (0.08) 6.3 (0.15) 2.8 (0.15) 0.8 (0.08) 0.6 (0.07)
Type and control                                              
Public research 162 (0.8) 100.0 55.4 (0.67) 23.6 (0.59) 2.1 (0.27) 1.7 (0.19) 1.8 (0.16) 1.1 (0.15) 10.0 (0.47) 3.2 (0.35) 0.6 (0.14) 0.6 (0.11)
Private research 64 (1.2) 100.0 54.7 (1.00) 22.9 (0.80) 2.2 (0.30) 2.7 (0.37) 2.1 (0.30) 1.4 (0.31) 8.9 (0.66) 3.9 (0.48) 0.8 (0.39) 0.4 (0.23)
Public doctoral 51 (0.9) 100.0 50.2 (1.48) 31.1 (1.22) 2.1 (0.44) 2.0 (0.30) 1.6 (0.20) 1.3 (0.27) 7.9 (1.27) 2.2 (0.56) 1.0 (0.32) 0.6 (0.22)
Private doctoral 22 (0.4) 100.0 56.0 (2.39) 26.7 (1.94) 3.0 (0.70) 2.1 (0.42) 1.4 (0.49) 0.8 (0.38) 5.8 (1.06) 3.5 (0.93) 0.6 (0.34) (†)
Public comprehensive 107 (0.3) 100.0 45.9 (1.03) 32.1 (0.98) 4.7 (0.64) 4.0 (0.42) 2.1 (0.20) 1.6 (0.19) 5.3 (0.40) 2.6 (0.28) 0.8 (0.23) 1.0 (0.33)
Private comprehensive 41 (0.3) 100.0 48.9 (2.00) 36.7 (1.93) 2.3 (0.53) 2.4 (0.44) 1.6 (0.31) 0.8 (0.22) 4.1 (0.65) 1.9 (0.53) 0.6 (0.26) 0.6 (0.30)
Private liberal arts 50 (0.2) 100.0 51.9 (1.20) 34.1 (0.99) 3.5 (0.56) 2.8 (0.36) 1.0 (0.20) 1.3 (0.27) 2.2 (0.28) 1.5 (0.29) 1.0 (0.24) 0.6 (0.18)
Public 2-year 138 (0.8) 100.0 42.2 (1.01) 38.1 (0.80) 2.8 (0.25) 3.5 (0.44) 2.8 (0.33) 2.5 (0.30) 3.3 (0.37) 2.8 (0.45) 1.2 (0.25) 0.7 (0.17)
Other 47 (0.2) 100.0 48.1 (2.17) 32.9 (1.66) 2.9 (0.80) 2.5 (0.55) 1.6 (0.40) 1.5 (0.39) 6.3 (1.01) 2.9 (0.73) 0.9 (0.51) 0.3 (0.18)
                                               
Academic rank                                              
Professor 194 (3.7) 100.0 65.5 (0.74) 20.3 (0.61) 2.6 (0.27) 1.1 (0.21) 1.8 (0.13) 0.8 (0.13) 5.7 (0.42) 1.1 (0.21) 0.8 (0.14) 0.4 (0.12)
Associate professor 150 (2.6) 100.0 51.6 (0.98) 28.4 (0.78) 3.1 (0.42) 2.4 (0.26) 1.7 (0.19) 1.3 (0.15) 7.0 (0.52) 2.9 (0.36) 1.0 (0.21) 0.5 (0.11)
Assistant professor 158 (2.8) 100.0 41.0 (0.83) 33.6 (0.81) 3.1 (0.37) 3.8 (0.38) 2.3 (0.22) 1.9 (0.15) 8.7 (0.49) 4.3 (0.35) 0.7 (0.16) 0.6 (0.15)
Instructor 83 (2.8) 100.0 38.2 (1.23) 41.2 (1.09) 3.2 (0.56) 4.4 (0.57) 2.5 (0.37) 2.3 (0.31) 3.1 (0.44) 3.1 (0.48) 0.9 (0.26) 1.1 (0.31)
Lecturer 22 (1.5) 100.0 36.7 (2.59) 43.9 (2.21) 2.9 (0.91) 3.0 (0.91) 1.3 (0.38) 3.8 (0.77) 2.4 (0.89) 4.0 (0.99) 1.3 (0.52) 0.7 (0.30)
Other 57 (2.2) 100.0 38.8 (1.51) 39.8 (1.37) 2.5 (0.54) 3.9 (0.56) 1.7 (0.22) 2.2 (0.35) 7.0 (0.98) 2.8 (0.56) 0.8 (0.39) 0.6 (0.18)
No rank 19 (1.3) 100.0 40.2 (2.37) 43.0 (2.45) 1.5 (0.52) 2.0 (0.83) 2.3 (0.75) 0.7 (0.24) 4.5 (1.17) 3.8 (1.39) 1.1 (0.74) 0.8 (0.46)
                                               
Age                                              
Under 35 72 (2.2) 100.0 39.4 (1.19) 33.5 (1.31) 2.9 (0.48) 4.6 (0.58) 2.6 (0.39) 2.7 (0.36) 8.9 (0.85) 4.3 (0.67) 0.6 (0.19) 0.5 (0.15)
35 to 44 176 (2.8) 100.0 44.4 (0.87) 30.1 (0.72) 2.7 (0.35) 3.2 (0.34) 2.6 (0.24) 1.9 (0.18) 9.0 (0.43) 4.8 (0.42) 0.8 (0.17) 0.6 (0.16)
45 to 54 223 (3.2) 100.0 46.9 (0.77) 34.6 (0.75) 3.0 (0.27) 2.6 (0.20) 1.8 (0.16) 1.5 (0.18) 5.9 (0.38) 2.1 (0.26) 1.0 (0.17) 0.6 (0.12)
55 to 64 177 (3.1) 100.0 58.6 (0.84) 27.8 (0.65) 2.8 (0.28) 1.8 (0.19) 1.4 (0.14) 0.9 (0.12) 3.8 (0.37) 1.4 (0.23) 0.9 (0.18) 0.7 (0.13)
65 to 69 25 (1.2) 100.0 69.6 (2.16) 18.6 (1.79) 2.8 (0.79) 1.9 (0.67) 1.8 (0.48) 0.3 (0.17) 3.3 (0.75) 1.1 (0.48) 0.4 (0.25) (†)
70 or older 9 (0.6) 100.0 71.4 (3.37) 12.5 (3.14) 3.8 (1.42) 2.0 (1.21) 0.8 (0.52) (†) 5.0 (1.92) (†) 1.7 (1.09) (†)
                                               
Base salary                                              
Under $10,000 5 (0.5) 100.0 40.3 (5.67) 32.5 (4.71) 5.2 (0.79) 4.1 (2.13) 0.5 (0.43) 4.0 (1.74) 7.1 (3.01) 6.1 (2.76) (†) (†)
$10,000 to 24,999 19 (1.0) 100.0 43.1 (2.69) 35.3 (2.59) 1.3 (0.38) 3.2 (0.91) 2.1 (0.63) 2.5 (0.61) 6.7 (1.26) 3.8 (0.94) 0.9 (0.52) 1.1 (0.50)
$25,000 to 39,999 80 (2.9) 100.0 36.0 (1.21) 44.5 (1.25) 2.9 (0.55) 3.7 (0.46) 1.8 (0.29) 2.1 (0.28) 3.8 (0.68) 3.6 (0.48) 0.7 (0.26) 0.8 (0.23)
$40,000 to 54,999 192 (3.1) 100.0 42.2 (0.95) 38.2 (0.79) 2.7 (0.27) 3.7 (0.37) 1.9 (0.18) 1.8 (0.14) 5.0 (0.43) 2.6 (0.27) 1.0 (0.15) 0.9 (0.14)
$55,000 to 69,999 148 (3.5) 100.0 48.7 (0.88) 31.9 (0.80) 3.1 (0.35) 2.5 (0.28) 2.0 (0.25) 1.6 (0.21) 6.0 (0.43) 2.6 (0.31) 1.0 (0.23) 0.6 (0.15)
$70,000 to 84,999 95 (2.2) 100.0 55.8 (1.29) 24.2 (1.14) 2.9 (0.39) 1.7 (0.40) 2.4 (0.34) 1.0 (0.20) 8.1 (0.67) 2.6 (0.41) 0.9 (0.23) 0.5 (0.19)
$85,000 to 99,999 51 (2.0) 100.0 61.9 (1.58) 18.5 (1.03) 3.8 (0.69) 1.5 (0.38) 1.5 (0.41) 1.0 (0.28) 8.3 (1.06) 2.5 (0.57) 0.8 (0.24) 0.2 (0.12)
$100,000 or more 93 (2.3) 100.0 66.9 (0.99) 13.7 (0.74) 2.4 (0.38) 1.6 (0.33) 2.1 (0.29) 0.8 (0.17) 9.0 (0.80) 2.8 (0.50) 0.6 (0.20) 0.1 (0.09)
                                               
Total household income                                              
Under $10,000 (†) 100.0 (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†)
$10,000 to 24,999 3 (0.3) 100.0 42.0 (6.54) 29.3 (6.12) 1.4 (1.13) 2.5 (1.38) 1.3 (1.47) 2.7 (1.60) 9.8 (3.74) 8.7 (3.59) (†) (†)
$25,000 to 39,999 20 (1.1) 100.0 36.5 (2.68) 39.0 (2.28) 3.3 (1.56) 4.5 (0.97) 1.5 (0.43) 2.5 (0.62) 7.3 (1.56) 3.8 (0.95) 0.6 (0.39) 0.9 (0.29)
$40,000 to 54,999 55 (1.8) 100.0 39.8 (1.66) 38.4 (1.42) 2.9 (0.59) 4.2 (0.59) 2.5 (0.35) 1.9 (0.29) 6.2 (0.80) 2.5 (0.51) 0.4 (0.18) 1.2 (0.31)
$55,000 to 69,999 86 (1.6) 100.0 43.1 (1.23) 34.2 (1.21) 4.1 (0.50) 4.4 (0.42) 2.1 (0.29) 1.9 (0.29) 5.6 (0.56) 2.5 (0.37) 1.1 (0.26) 1.0 (0.29)
$70,000 to 84,999 75 (2.2) 100.0 50.6 (1.20) 31.2 (1.11) 2.4 (0.40) 2.8 (0.45) 1.9 (0.26) 1.3 (0.17) 6.3 (0.59) 2.1 (0.40) 0.9 (0.30) 0.5 (0.17)
$85,000 to 99,999 95 (2.2) 100.0 46.7 (1.15) 32.5 (0.83) 2.8 (0.39) 3.0 (0.58) 2.7 (0.32) 1.6 (0.24) 7.0 (0.81) 2.5 (0.50) 0.6 (0.18) 0.5 (0.14)
$100,000 or more 347 (3.6) 100.0 50.9 (0.52) 27.5 (0.52) 2.6 (0.18) 1.9 (0.16) 1.7 (0.14) 1.3 (0.11) 6.3 (0.29) 3.0 (0.24) 0.9 (0.11) 0.4 (0.07)
                                               
Part-time instructional
 faculty and staff
                                             
                                               
Number (in thousands) 530 (#) 236 (2.4) 216 (2.9) 14 (0.9) 16 (0.8) 10 (0.6) 9 (0.6) 11 (0.8) 9 (1.0) 6 (0.8) 4 (0.8)
Percentage distribution (†) 100.0 44.4 (0.5) 40.8 (0.5) 2.6 (0.2) 3.0 (0.1) 1.9 (0.1) 1.6 (0.1) 2.1 (0.2) 1.8 (0.2) 1.0 (0.1) 0.8 (0.1)
Type and control                                              
Public research 40 (0.8) 100.0 41.7 (1.93) 40.7 (2.12) 1.1 (0.37) 1.6 (0.60) 1.5 (0.40) 1.7 (0.43) 4.5 (1.03) 5.4 (0.90) 1.6 (0.67) (†)
Private research 23 (0.9) 100.0 51.1 (2.51) 34.7 (2.29) 2.7 (1.00) 1.4 (0.57) 1.5 (0.62) 0.9 (0.51) 3.6 (1.07) 2.8 (0.77) (†) (†)
Public doctoral 21 (0.8) 100.0 44.3 (2.27) 43.6 (2.39) 1.4 (0.85) 1.0 (0.47) 1.9 (0.68) 2.2 (0.61) 2.6 (0.86) 1.9 (0.83) (†) 1.1 (0.68)
Private doctoral 15 (0.1) 100.0 51.7 (3.99) 37.3 (3.60) 1.7 (0.77) 1.1 (0.55) 1.6 (0.64) 1.2 (0.36) 3.4 (1.06) 1.4 (0.90) (†) 0.6 (0.35)
Public comprehensive 60 (0.2) 100.0 43.1 (1.34) 44.1 (2.18) 2.3 (0.74) 2.4 (0.79) 1.6 (0.31) 1.5 (0.32) 2.0 (0.38) 1.3 (0.43) 1.0 (0.43) 0.7 (0.34)
Private comprehensive 53 (0.2) 100.0 49.1 (1.43) 41.9 (1.56) 1.7 (0.34) 1.1 (0.21) 1.0 (0.19) 1.4 (0.26) 1.1 (0.54) 0.8 (0.35) 1.0 (0.30) 0.9 (0.32)
Private liberal arts 28 (0.2) 100.0 44.2 (1.98) 42.0 (2.14) 2.5 (0.85) 5.6 (1.24) 1.1 (0.42) 1.0 (0.35) 1.7 (0.61) 1.1 (0.49) 0.9 (0.35) (†)
Public 2-year 240 (0.4) 100.0 42.7 (0.80) 40.8 (0.75) 3.0 (0.22) 3.9 (0.19) 2.5 (0.19) 1.9 (0.19) 1.6 (0.20) 1.5 (0.24) 1.1 (0.22) 1.0 (0.24)
Other 48 (0.1) 100.0 46.6 (2.15) 37.5 (2.18) 3.9 (0.85) 3.0 (0.80) 1.9 (0.56) 0.9 (0.25) 2.0 (0.73) 2.0 (0.57) 1.0 (0.45) 1.2 (0.60)
                                               
Academic rank                                              
Professor 23 (1.6) 100.0 59.3 (2.83) 25.0 (2.60) 4.0 (1.17) 2.6 (0.84) 0.6 (0.35) 1.0 (0.41) 3.6 (0.96) (†) 2.0 (1.08) 1.2 (0.85)
Associate professor 15 (1.2) 100.0 43.7 (4.03) 39.5 (3.88) 2.8 (0.84) 2.0 (1.02) 1.8 (0.92) 1.4 (0.49) 6.3 (2.27) 1.6 (0.85) 0.6 (0.44) 0.1 (0.13)
Assistant professor 20 (1.5) 100.0 38.8 (3.39) 42.7 (3.37) 2.8 (1.19) 2.5 (1.23) 1.3 (0.68) 1.0 (0.42) 4.8 (1.65) 6.0 (1.62) (†) (†)
Instructor 188 (4.4) 100.0 41.5 (1.09) 43.9 (1.11) 2.5 (0.30) 3.4 (0.25) 2.2 (0.24) 1.7 (0.22) 1.6 (0.25) 1.6 (0.28) 1.1 (0.26) 0.6 (0.18)
Lecturer 41 (2.1) 100.0 41.4 (2.05) 40.1 (1.96) 2.7 (0.63) 2.1 (0.77) 2.1 (0.45) 1.7 (0.42) 3.7 (0.80) 4.2 (0.93) 1.6 (0.56) 0.4 (0.25)
Other 231 (4.5) 100.0 46.5 (1.01) 39.9 (1.04) 2.5 (0.29) 3.1 (0.28) 1.8 (0.23) 1.5 (0.17) 1.5 (0.22) 1.3 (0.31) 0.9 (0.22) 1.0 (0.22)
No rank 13 (1.1) 100.0 43.8 (3.52) 39.8 (4.63) 2.4 (1.26) 0.9 (0.43) 2.8 (1.31) 3.5 (1.34) 2.0 (0.94) 1.8 (1.15) (†) (†)
                                               
Age                                              
Under 35 76 (2.4) 100.0 35.5 (1.72) 43.2 (1.95) 3.1 (0.57) 4.3 (0.47) 2.9 (0.46) 3.0 (0.32) 2.8 (0.56) 3.5 (0.82) 1.4 (0.59) 0.4 (0.20)
35 to 44 117 (2.8) 100.0 41.0 (1.45) 40.8 (1.42) 2.5 (0.40) 3.3 (0.38) 2.3 (0.31) 2.6 (0.34) 2.5 (0.36) 2.8 (0.42) 0.9 (0.26) 1.4 (0.32)
45 to 54 163 (3.2) 100.0 42.7 (1.20) 43.9 (1.21) 2.9 (0.34) 3.0 (0.32) 1.5 (0.23) 1.3 (0.18) 2.0 (0.36) 1.2 (0.24) 0.9 (0.24) 0.6 (0.23)
55 to 64 121 (3.2) 100.0 48.1 (1.09) 40.8 (1.02) 2.0 (0.39) 2.7 (0.34) 1.3 (0.32) 0.6 (0.11) 1.4 (0.32) 1.0 (0.24) 1.1 (0.33) 0.9 (0.27)
65 to 69 31 (1.9) 100.0 64.3 (2.77) 26.3 (2.75) 2.1 (0.85) 0.9 (0.31) 2.0 (0.65) 1.2 (0.60) 1.7 (0.64) (†) 1.2 (0.65) (†)
70 or older 22 (1.6) 100.0 59.2 (3.58) 29.4 (3.83) 2.8 (0.92) 1.8 (0.76) 2.4 (0.85) (†) 1.9 (0.76) 0.9 (0.51) (†) (†)
                                               
Base salary                                              
Under $10,000 366 (3.5) 100.0 44.9 (0.64) 40.4 (0.75) 2.7 (0.22) 3.4 (0.22) 1.9 (0.16) 1.6 (0.12) 1.7 (0.17) 1.4 (0.25) 1.1 (0.19) 1.0 (0.19)
$10,000 to 24,999 115 (3.3) 100.0 42.1 (1.52) 43.1 (1.61) 2.6 (0.39) 2.4 (0.29) 2.1 (0.31) 1.8 (0.26) 2.2 (0.43) 2.4 (0.48) 0.9 (0.28) 0.5 (0.20)
$25,000 to 39,999 28 (1.7) 100.0 47.3 (3.06) 38.8 (2.72) 3.3 (0.83) 1.6 (0.98) 1.2 (0.58) 1.6 (0.55) 3.2 (1.02) 1.9 (0.61) 0.8 (0.51) (†)
$40,000 to 54,999 10 (0.7) 100.0 48.2 (4.55) 34.0 (4.33) 0.7 (0.40) 1.4 (0.68) 3.2 (1.19) 0.7 (0.59) 6.2 (2.60) 3.8 (1.70) (†) (†)
$55,000 to 69,999 5 (0.8) 100.0 45.5 (6.46) 40.4 (6.35) 1.2 (0.72) 3.8 (2.18) (†) 2.2 (1.08) (†) 5.1 (2.57) (†) (†)
$70,000 to 84,999 2 (0.3) 100.0 39.0 (11.51) 43.0 (10.25) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) 5.6 (4.00) (†) (†)
$85,000 to 99,999 1 (0.4) 100.0 33.4 (13.01) 51.7 (13.73) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†)
$100,000 or more 4 (0.5) 100.0 47.4 (7.01) 37.1 (5.35) (†) (†) (†) (†) 10.8 (5.15) (†) (†) (†)
                                               
Total household income                                              
Under $10,000 2 (0.5) 100.0 43.0 (12.59) 34.5 (9.93) (†) (†) 4.0 (3.51) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†)
$10,000 to 24,999 28 (1.9) 100.0 35.5 (3.39) 43.3 (3.46) 2.0 (0.72) 4.1 (0.82) 1.7 (0.54) 2.4 (0.56) 1.6 (0.78) 3.3 (1.77) 3.8 (1.38) 2.3 (1.03)
$25,000 to 39,999 48 (1.9) 100.0 35.5 (2.27) 46.5 (2.32) 3.4 (0.58) 3.9 (0.66) 2.2 (0.44) 1.8 (0.47) 1.7 (0.55) 2.9 (0.92) 1.1 (0.46) 1.0 (0.43)
$40,000 to 54,999 56 (2.5) 100.0 38.1 (2.05) 46.2 (2.35) 3.2 (0.71) 3.4 (0.52) 3.1 (0.67) 2.5 (0.60) 1.1 (0.40) 1.1 (0.35) 0.8 (0.54) 0.5 (0.21)
$55,000 to 69,999 87 (2.9) 100.0 41.1 (1.50) 43.0 (1.48) 1.9 (0.38) 4.1 (0.38) 1.7 (0.37) 2.5 (0.35) 2.1 (0.42) 1.6 (0.45) 0.8 (0.27) 1.0 (0.37)
$70,000 to 84,999 58 (2.7) 100.0 44.7 (2.15) 41.2 (2.38) 2.3 (0.44) 2.3 (0.57) 2.3 (0.41) 1.3 (0.34) 1.4 (0.41) 2.0 (0.58) 1.1 (0.41) 1.1 (0.37)
$85,000 to 99,999 66 (2.4) 100.0 48.6 (1.85) 38.4 (1.81) 2.4 (0.59) 3.1 (0.52) 1.8 (0.37) 1.2 (0.34) 1.9 (0.49) 1.3 (0.41) 0.6 (0.29) 0.7 (0.25)
$100,000 or more 185 (3.6) 100.0 34.9 (0.68) 37.0 (0.91) 2.8 (0.32) 2.1 (0.26) 1.5 (0.21) 1.0 (0.17) 2.8 (0.34) 1.6 (0.25) 0.8 (0.22) 0.4 (0.17)
† Not applicable.
# Rounds to zero.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: Totals may differ from figures reported in other tables because of varying survey methodologies. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. 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, 2003 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:04). (This table was prepared September 2005.)

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