Table 244. | Total and full-time-equivalent staff in degree-granting institutions, by employment status, control of institution, and occupation: Fall 1976, fall 1997, and fall 2007 |
Control of institution and primary occupation | Fall 1976 | Fall 1997 | Fall 2007 | ||||||||||
Total | Full-time equivalent (FTE) | Total | Full-time equivalent (FTE) | Total | Full-time equivalent (FTE) | ||||||||
Number | Percent | Full-time | Total | FTE students per FTE staff | Number | Percent | Total | FTE students per FTE staff | Number | Percent | Total | FTE students per FTE staff | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
All institutions | 1,863,790 | 100.0 | 1,339,911 | 1,541,339 | 5.4 | 2,752,504 | 100.0 | 2,179,536 | 4.9 | 3,561,428 | 100.0 | 2,762,069 | 5.0 |
Professional staff | 1,073,119 | 57.6 | 709,400 | 845,456 | 9.8 | 1,835,916 | 66.7 | 1,377,136 | 7.7 | 2,629,401 | 73.8 | 1,935,211 | 7.1 |
Executive/administrative/managerial | 101,263 | 5.4 | 97,003 | 98,972 | 84.0 | 151,363 | 5.5 | 147,673 | 71.9 | 217,518 | 6.1 | 213,610 | 64.5 |
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) | 633,210 | 34.0 | 434,071 | 500,533 | 16.6 | 989,813 | 36.0 | 709,048 | 15.0 | 1,371,390 | 38.5 | 927,178 | 14.9 |
Graduate assistants | 160,086 | 8.6 | 28,007 | 82,684 | 100.5 | 222,724 | 8.1 | 92,108 | 115.2 | 328,979 | 9.2 | 136,364 | 101.1 |
Other professionals | 178,560 | 9.6 | 150,319 | 163,267 | 50.9 | 472,016 | 17.1 | 428,307 | 24.8 | 711,514 | 20.0 | 658,059 | 20.9 |
Nonprofessional staff | 790,671 | 42.4 | 630,511 | 695,883 | 11.9 | 916,588 | 33.3 | 802,400 | 13.2 | 932,027 | 26.2 | 826,858 | 16.7 |
Public | 1,329,122 | 100.0 | 946,354 | 1,092,558 | 5.8 | 1,930,747 | 100.0 | 1,504,764 | 5.2 | 2,362,483 | 100.0 | 1,811,840 | 5.4 |
Professional staff | 769,836 | 57.9 | 502,325 | 601,942 | 10.5 | 1,291,339 | 66.9 | 948,674 | 8.3 | 1,728,266 | 73.2 | 1,255,632 | 7.8 |
Executive/administrative/managerial | 60,733 | 4.6 | 58,649 | 59,579 | 106.6 | 84,806 | 4.4 | 82,696 | 95.2 | 108,727 | 4.6 | 106,710 | 91.3 |
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) | 448,733 | 33.8 | 313,367 | 357,761 | 17.7 | 694,560 | 36.0 | 494,390 | 15.9 | 877,146 | 37.1 | 601,617 | 16.2 |
Graduate assistants | 127,925 | 9.6 | 19,076 | 63,420 | 100.1 | 186,042 | 9.6 | 75,792 | 103.8 | 266,429 | 11.3 | 108,541 | 89.7 |
Other professionals | 132,445 | 10.0 | 111,233 | 121,182 | 52.4 | 325,931 | 16.9 | 295,796 | 26.6 | 475,964 | 20.1 | 438,765 | 22.2 |
Nonprofessional staff | 559,286 | 42.1 | 444,029 | 490,616 | 12.9 | 639,408 | 33.1 | 556,090 | 14.2 | 634,217 | 26.8 | 556,207 | 17.5 |
Private | 534,668 | 100.0 | 393,557 | 448,781 | 4.4 | 821,757 | 100.0 | 674,772 | 4.1 | 1,198,945 | 100.0 | 950,229 | 4.3 |
Professional staff | 303,283 | 56.7 | 207,075 | 243,514 | 8.1 | 544,577 | 66.3 | 428,462 | 6.4 | 901,135 | 75.2 | 679,579 | 5.9 |
Executive/administrative/managerial | 40,530 | 7.6 | 38,354 | 39,393 | 49.8 | 66,557 | 8.1 | 64,977 | 42.2 | 108,791 | 9.1 | 106,900 | 37.8 |
Faculty (instruction/research/public service) | 184,477 | 34.5 | 120,704 | 142,772 | 13.7 | 295,253 | 35.9 | 214,658 | 12.8 | 494,244 | 41.2 | 325,561 | 12.4 |
Graduate assistants | 32,161 | 6.0 | 8,931 | 19,264 | 101.9 | 36,682 | 4.5 | 16,317 | 168.2 | 62,550 | 5.2 | 27,823 | 145.3 |
Other professionals | 46,115 | 8.6 | 39,086 | 42,085 | 46.6 | 146,085 | 17.8 | 132,511 | 20.7 | 235,550 | 19.6 | 219,295 | 18.4 |
Nonprofessional staff | 231,385 | 43.3 | 186,482 | 205,267 | 9.6 | 277,180 | 33.7 | 246,310 | 11.1 | 297,810 | 24.8 | 270,650 | 14.9 |
NOTE: Data for 1976 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant Associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. (See Guide to Sources for details.) Beginning in 2007, includes institutions with fewer than 15 full-time employees; these institutions did not report staff data prior to 2007. By definition, all graduate assistants are part-time in 1997 and 2007. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Staff Survey," 1976; and 1997 and 2007 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Staff Survey" (IPEDS-S:97), and Winter 2007–08. (This table was prepared October 2008.) |