Table 244.

Full-time and part-time instructional faculty and staff in degree-granting institutions, by field and faculty characteristics: Fall 1992, fall 1998, and fall 2003

Selected characteristic	Number (in thousands)			Fall 2003
	1992	1998	2003	All fields		Agriculture and home economics		Business		Education		Engineering		Fine arts		Health		Humanities1		Natural sciences2		Social sciences3		Other4
1	2	3	4	5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		15
Full-time instructional  faculty and staff
Number (in thousands)	528	560	682	681.8	(0.05)	16.9	(0.80)	43.2	(1.40)	50.9	(1.89)	33.4	(1.32)	43.3	(1.68)	93.9	(2.67)	58.8	(1.82)	127.2	(2.19)	88.7	(2.07)	125.5	(2.36)
Percentage distribution	†	†	†	100.0	(†)	2.5	(0.12)	6.3	(0.21)	7.5	(0.28)	4.9	(0.19)	6.3	(0.25)	13.8	(0.39)	8.6	(0.27)	18.7	(0.32)	13.0	(0.30)	18.4	(0.35)
				Percentage distribution of full-time instructional faculty and staff
Total	528	560	682	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)
Sex
Male	353	357	420	61.7	(0.35)	64.6	(2.88)	68.5	(1.61)	39.3	(1.57)	91.5	(1.06)	61.9	(1.38)	46.7	(1.32)	45.3	(1.47)	74.5	(0.88)	64.3	(1.13)	64.0	(0.94)
Female	176	203	261	38.3	(0.35)	35.4	(2.88)	31.5	(1.61)	60.7	(1.57)	8.5	(1.06)	38.1	(1.38)	53.3	(1.32)	54.7	(1.47)	25.5	(0.88)	35.7	(1.13)	36.0	(0.94)
Race/ethnicity
White	457	477	548	80.3	(0.27)	87.8	(1.61)	79.5	(1.51)	80.5	(1.26)	70.9	(1.85)	86.4	(1.24)	79.7	(0.84)	80.7	(1.31)	77.8	(0.75)	81.4	(1.09)	82.0	(0.69)
Black	27	28	38	5.6	(0.17)	2.3	(0.76)	4.5	(0.79)	7.8	(1.01)	5.4	(0.99)	6.0	(0.88)	5.0	(0.50)	5.6	(0.58)	4.1	(0.48)	7.3	(0.72)	6.1	(0.44)
Hispanic	14	19	24	3.5	(0.10)	2.5	(0.76)	2.3	(0.51)	4.7	(0.63)	2.6	(0.47)	3.3	(0.75)	3.0	(0.32)	6.7	(0.53)	2.9	(0.30)	4.0	(0.47)	2.9	(0.33)
Asian/Pacific Islander	28	33	62	9.1	(0.16)	6.4	(1.34)	12.2	(1.22)	4.8	(0.70)	20.1	(1.64)	2.9	(0.74)	10.7	(0.79)	5.2	(0.94)	14.3	(0.69)	5.9	(0.71)	7.1	(0.49)
American Indian/Alaska Native	3	4	10	1.5	(0.11)	1.0	(0.49)	1.6	(0.37)	2.2	(0.40)	1.0	(0.57)	1.4	(0.38)	1.6	(0.33)	1.8	(0.35)	0.8	(0.17)	1.4	(0.22)	1.8	(0.32)
Age
Under 30	8	9	18	2.6	(0.16)	2.9	(0.83)	1.2	(0.38)	3.3	(0.77)	2.1	(0.64)	3.0	(0.54)	1.6	(0.37)	2.9	(0.45)	2.3	(0.28)	2.2	(0.33)	3.8	(0.48)
30 to 34	35	32	55	8.0	(0.26)	5.8	(1.27)	4.6	(0.78)	7.9	(0.98)	8.4	(1.01)	5.8	(0.79)	8.4	(0.72)	8.4	(0.66)	7.9	(0.51)	9.9	(0.58)	8.6	(0.63)
35 to 39	67	60	83	12.2	(0.30)	8.6	(1.25)	12.5	(1.20)	7.8	(0.83)	13.2	(1.54)	11.9	(1.17)	14.0	(0.82)	12.5	(0.82)	12.7	(0.72)	12.7	(0.94)	11.8	(0.81)
40 to 44	90	82	93	13.6	(0.34)	12.3	(1.69)	11.3	(1.41)	10.3	(0.99)	13.3	(1.22)	14.2	(1.88)	14.6	(0.87)	13.6	(1.08)	15.7	(0.87)	13.8	(0.82)	12.9	(0.68)
45 to 49	98	97	109	15.9	(0.36)	19.8	(2.03)	18.9	(1.49)	13.6	(1.05)	17.3	(1.76)	17.4	(1.80)	18.5	(1.12)	15.2	(1.07)	15.6	(0.83)	12.8	(0.82)	15.4	(0.69)
50 to 54	95	105	114	16.7	(0.38)	23.3	(2.11)	18.8	(1.15)	19.7	(1.57)	16.2	(1.78)	18.7	(1.26)	19.1	(0.95)	13.8	(1.02)	14.2	(0.59)	15.0	(1.02)	16.8	(0.88)
55 to 59	67	90	108	15.8	(0.38)	16.3	(1.81)	19.0	(1.38)	20.4	(1.39)	14.3	(2.18)	15.9	(1.32)	13.7	(0.86)	16.0	(0.93)	13.4	(0.81)	15.4	(0.87)	17.3	(0.84)
60 to 64	45	55	70	10.2	(0.27)	7.7	(1.15)	9.1	(1.08)	11.5	(1.21)	9.6	(1.28)	10.2	(1.05)	6.8	(0.55)	11.7	(1.16)	11.7	(0.63)	13.0	(0.87)	8.9	(0.69)
65 or older	24	31	33	4.9	(0.20)	3.2	(1.09)	4.5	(0.67)	5.5	(0.66)	5.7	(0.93)	3.0	(0.66)	3.2	(0.46)	5.8	(0.74)	6.6	(0.45)	5.2	(0.51)	4.4	(0.41)
Highest degree
Less than bachelor's	6	7	10	1.5	(0.12)	1.0	(0.68)	0.2	(0.12)	1.7	(0.74)	2.6	(0.77)	1.4	(0.46)	1.7	(0.31)	0.2	(0.12)	0.1	(0.09)	‡	(†)	4.4	(0.54)
Bachelor's	21	23	29	4.3	(0.24)	6.4	(1.71)	4.0	(0.80)	4.0	(0.64)	6.5	(1.22)	9.1	(1.10)	5.5	(0.69)	1.1	(0.31)	1.4	(0.23)	1.0	(0.26)	7.9	(0.67)
Master's	156	156	180	26.4	(0.39)	29.2	(2.18)	31.8	(1.69)	35.5	(1.37)	13.2	(1.64)	53.9	(1.82)	22.9	(1.16)	35.1	(1.42)	14.9	(0.72)	12.5	(0.72)	34.4	(1.24)
First-professional	58	52	56	8.2	(0.30)	0.3	(0.31)	2.1	(0.45)	1.1	(0.35)	0.5	(0.30)	1.1	(0.41)	41.1	(1.32)	0.4	(0.18)	3.0	(0.35)	0.5	(0.19)	8.7	(0.76)
Doctor's	284	324	407	59.6	(0.48)	63.0	(2.74)	61.9	(1.73)	57.7	(1.53)	77.1	(2.08)	34.6	(1.96)	28.9	(1.06)	63.2	(1.43)	80.6	(0.67)	86.0	(0.74)	44.6	(1.23)
Academic rank
Professor	161	172	194	28.5	(0.54)	33.0	(2.71)	29.1	(1.66)	21.9	(1.41)	37.6	(1.69)	28.4	(1.85)	20.1	(0.93)	26.2	(1.46)	35.5	(0.87)	35.4	(1.20)	23.5	(1.09)
Associate professor	124	132	150	21.9	(0.37)	21.0	(2.55)	22.6	(1.32)	17.6	(1.07)	25.3	(1.77)	23.7	(1.64)	23.5	(0.96)	20.0	(1.27)	23.4	(0.93)	22.8	(0.97)	19.9	(1.08)
Assistant professor	124	125	158	23.2	(0.41)	19.2	(1.79)	23.4	(1.51)	23.8	(1.56)	19.6	(1.67)	23.2	(1.75)	32.2	(1.12)	21.7	(1.30)	21.1	(0.82)	24.8	(1.22)	19.2	(0.73)
Instructor	74	75	83	12.1	(0.42)	9.9	(1.60)	13.4	(1.37)	12.6	(1.18)	9.1	(1.39)	9.7	(1.01)	15.3	(0.90)	14.9	(1.17)	7.7	(0.56)	5.7	(0.53)	18.7	(1.02)
Lecturer	12	14	22	3.2	(0.22)	3.4	(1.50)	3.6	(0.68)	3.0	(0.60)	2.0	(0.52)	4.3	(0.64)	1.9	(0.37)	7.9	(0.78)	2.1	(0.25)	2.3	(0.42)	3.6	(0.57)
Other	17	26	57	8.3	(0.32)	11.8	(2.16)	4.9	(0.64)	18.2	(1.57)	5.4	(0.82)	7.1	(1.03)	5.5	(0.50)	5.7	(0.69)	6.7	(0.48)	6.4	(0.67)	12.4	(0.76)
No rank	17	16	19	2.7	(0.19)	1.8	(1.37)	3.0	(0.68)	2.9	(1.05)	0.9	(0.38)	3.6	(1.24)	1.5	(0.27)	3.6	(0.67)	3.5	(0.48)	2.6	(0.47)	2.7	(0.36)
Part-time instructional  faculty and staff
Number (in thousands)	377	416	530	530.0	(0.02)	7.3	(0.97)	44.9	(2.98)	63.5	(2.57)	14.0	(1.49)	47.8	(3.65)	57.8	(3.06)	58.9	(2.05)	63.7	(2.46)	53.0	(2.39)	119.2	(3.48)
Percentage distribution	†	†	†	100.0	(†)	1.4	(0.18)	8.5	(0.56)	12.0	(0.48)	2.7	(0.28)	9.0	(0.69)	10.9	(0.58)	11.1	(0.39)	12.0	(0.46)	10.0	(0.45)	22.5	(0.66)
				Percentage distribution of part-time instructional faculty and staff
Total	377	416	530	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)
Sex
Male	209	217	276	52.1	(0.45)	32.0	(6.05)	69.6	(1.89)	29.1	(1.71)	90.8	(2.68)	51.4	(2.26)	34.5	(1.60)	31.6	(1.86)	58.2	(2.22)	60.5	(1.90)	66.2	(1.41)
Female	168	199	254	47.9	(0.45)	68.0	(6.05)	30.4	(1.89)	70.9	(1.71)	9.2	(2.68)	48.6	(2.26)	65.5	(1.60)	68.4	(1.86)	41.8	(2.22)	39.5	(1.90)	33.8	(1.41)
Race/ethnicity
White	333	364	452	85.2	(0.38)	91.4	(3.66)	86.8	(1.54)	85.1	(1.34)	85.4	(2.89)	88.7	(1.22)	85.0	(1.14)	83.0	(1.14)	83.4	(1.35)	84.2	(1.62)	85.5	(0.80)
Black	18	19	30	5.6	(0.20)	2.7	(1.61)	6.7	(0.96)	6.6	(0.98)	2.0	(1.26)	3.0	(0.70)	5.2	(0.68)	5.0	(0.71)	6.0	(0.66)	5.8	(0.75)	6.5	(0.57)
Hispanic	11	16	19	3.5	(0.13)	0.4	(0.38)	2.2	(0.79)	5.1	(0.71)	2.6	(0.64)	2.7	(0.52)	2.2	(0.47)	6.5	(0.81)	2.2	(0.40)	3.7	(0.61)	3.6	(0.39)
Asian/Pacific Islander	12	13	20	3.8	(0.22)	2.7	(1.99)	3.0	(0.80)	1.6	(0.43)	8.4	(2.11)	2.9	(0.70)	6.5	(1.17)	4.2	(0.71)	7.1	(0.89)	2.7	(1.04)	2.5	(0.34)
American Indian/Alaska Native	2	4	10	1.8	(0.22)	2.9	(2.62)	1.4	(0.54)	1.5	(0.37)	1.6	(1.03)	2.8	(0.84)	1.0	(0.35)	1.3	(0.38)	1.4	(0.60)	3.6	(0.91)	1.9	(0.36)
Age
Under 30	20	15	30	5.7	(0.32)	8.0	(2.66)	3.0	(0.87)	3.5	(0.66)	2.8	(1.78)	6.2	(1.05)	5.3	(0.85)	7.4	(1.02)	8.6	(1.14)	5.5	(0.82)	5.6	(0.71)
30 to 34	36	37	46	8.7	(0.33)	10.3	(3.24)	7.6	(1.25)	7.9	(0.97)	2.0	(1.04)	10.2	(1.32)	9.4	(1.13)	9.8	(0.97)	8.0	(1.21)	10.2	(1.20)	8.5	(0.76)
35 to 39	59	47	57	10.8	(0.44)	2.5	(1.58)	9.8	(1.48)	9.0	(1.20)	13.8	(3.89)	11.2	(1.47)	11.5	(1.31)	8.4	(1.12)	10.9	(1.20)	10.8	(1.35)	13.1	(1.18)
40 to 44	70	60	60	11.3	(0.46)	9.6	(3.92)	10.5	(1.45)	7.7	(0.96)	15.7	(3.25)	12.7	(1.39)	13.0	(1.64)	10.3	(1.00)	9.2	(1.10)	10.9	(1.05)	13.4	(0.97)
45 to 49	68	72	82	15.5	(0.51)	14.6	(5.03)	15.7	(1.83)	12.9	(1.22)	13.5	(3.13)	18.2	(1.78)	21.9	(1.67)	14.6	(1.76)	10.4	(1.33)	12.6	(1.10)	17.6	(1.17)
50 to 54	45	70	80	15.2	(0.52)	19.7	(5.36)	14.5	(1.48)	16.3	(1.46)	19.1	(4.00)	16.9	(1.60)	14.4	(1.67)	13.8	(1.25)	12.3	(1.30)	13.5	(1.43)	16.7	(1.14)
55 to 59	29	47	75	14.1	(0.44)	23.1	(5.83)	18.8	(2.12)	17.6	(1.52)	11.8	(2.71)	12.0	(1.62)	10.2	(1.23)	14.9	(1.33)	15.1	(1.46)	15.1	(1.48)	11.3	(0.88)
60 to 64	23	29	46	8.8	(0.43)	7.6	(3.82)	8.7	(1.08)	11.5	(1.30)	6.0	(2.00)	6.7	(0.93)	5.7	(1.05)	10.6	(1.23)	12.8	(1.67)	11.1	(1.45)	5.9	(0.71)
65 or older	27	38	53	10.0	(0.45)	4.7	(2.09)	11.4	(1.64)	13.6	(1.24)	15.4	(3.16)	5.9	(1.21)	8.5	(1.16)	10.2	(1.51)	12.7	(1.82)	10.4	(1.33)	7.8	(0.80)
Highest degree
Less than bachelor's	17	20	41	7.8	(0.59)	5.5	(2.53)	1.8	(0.79)	3.7	(0.96)	17.1	(4.44)	9.1	(1.42)	17.3	(1.86)	1.1	(0.57)	0.9	(0.47)	0.5	(0.25)	16.2	(1.31)
Bachelor's	63	59	84	15.8	(0.55)	26.7	(5.80)	13.9	(1.84)	12.0	(1.25)	17.9	(3.50)	28.2	(2.09)	16.2	(1.61)	12.9	(1.65)	16.1	(1.46)	3.2	(0.82)	19.4	(1.11)
Master's	190	225	273	51.5	(0.80)	50.3	(6.09)	66.5	(2.34)	63.0	(1.84)	32.3	(4.61)	54.7	(2.95)	30.2	(1.86)	70.2	(2.33)	49.0	(1.94)	55.5	(1.83)	41.6	(1.56)
First-professional	40	36	39	7.3	(0.39)	2.0	(1.63)	6.3	(1.10)	1.9	(0.45)	1.5	(0.98)	0.9	(0.39)	25.2	(2.12)	2.3	(0.55)	4.3	(0.85)	3.1	(0.62)	11.2	(1.00)
Doctor's	59	76	94	17.6	(0.60)	15.5	(4.57)	11.5	(1.48)	19.4	(1.61)	31.2	(4.13)	7.1	(1.39)	11.1	(1.28)	13.4	(1.80)	29.7	(1.72)	37.7	(1.90)	11.7	(0.94)
Academic rank
Professor	32	30	23	4.4	(0.30)	8.9	(4.03)	4.6	(1.06)	3.4	(0.55)	5.9	(2.27)	3.9	(1.05)	5.4	(0.84)	3.5	(0.75)	4.8	(0.82)	4.7	(1.01)	4.1	(0.63)
Associate professor	23	19	15	2.8	(0.22)	1.9	(1.37)	2.3	(0.74)	1.9	(0.47)	5.7	(2.24)	3.7	(0.92)	5.4	(0.89)	1.6	(0.35)	3.3	(0.63)	2.9	(0.60)	1.6	(0.30)
Assistant professor	24	23	20	3.7	(0.29)	2.8	(1.76)	1.5	(0.55)	2.0	(0.50)	3.3	(1.97)	3.6	(0.86)	15.1	(1.64)	1.7	(0.64)	2.8	(0.66)	3.7	(0.89)	1.7	(0.34)
Instructor	215	205	188	35.4	(0.83)	39.9	(5.70)	29.2	(2.00)	37.0	(2.11)	25.3	(4.10)	33.6	(2.12)	36.5	(2.40)	42.9	(2.29)	32.4	(2.05)	30.4	(1.85)	38.2	(1.54)
Lecturer	45	46	41	7.7	(0.41)	14.8	(4.39)	7.6	(1.52)	6.8	(0.97)	9.3	(2.49)	9.7	(1.16)	4.7	(0.93)	11.2	(1.10)	7.8	(1.02)	9.5	(1.20)	5.8	(0.67)
Other	28	75	231	43.6	(0.85)	30.8	(5.98)	51.8	(2.46)	46.6	(1.78)	49.4	(5.02)	42.4	(3.00)	30.5	(1.88)	37.4	(2.23)	45.8	(2.02)	46.0	(2.22)	46.6	(1.47)
No rank	9	16	13	2.4	(0.20)	1.1	(0.87)	3.0	(0.75)	2.1	(0.59)	1.2	(1.26)	3.2	(1.10)	2.4	(0.68)	1.7	(0.49)	3.1	(0.79)	2.8	(0.71)	2.1	(0.40)

† Not applicable. ‡ Reporting standards not met. 1 Excludes history and philosophy. 2 Excludes computer sciences. 3 Includes history. 4 Includes philosophy, law, occupationally specific programs, computer sciences, and other. 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 survey item nonresponse and rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1993, 1999, and 2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:93;99;04). (This table was prepared September 2005.)