Table 243.

Employees in degree-granting institutions, by sex, employment status, control and type of institution, and primary occupation: Selected years, fall 1987 through fall 2007

Sex, employment status, control and type of institution, and primary occupation	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	Percent change, 1997 to 2007
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
All institutions	2,337,534	2,473,116	2,545,235	2,602,612	2,662,075	2,752,504	2,883,175	3,083,353	3,187,907	3,379,087	3,561,428	29.4
Professional staff	1,437,975	1,531,071	1,595,460	1,687,287	1,744,867	1,835,916	1,950,861	2,132,150	2,268,268	2,459,885	2,629,401	43.2
Executive/administrative/managerial	133,719	144,670	144,755	143,675	147,445	151,363	159,888	152,038	184,913	196,324	217,518	43.7
Faculty (instruction/research/      public service)	793,070	824,220	826,252	915,474	931,706	989,813	1,027,830	1,113,183	1,173,593	1,290,426	1,371,390	38.6
Graduate assistants	161,464	163,298	197,751	202,819	215,909	222,724	239,738	261,136	292,061	317,141	328,979	47.7
Other professional	349,722	398,883	426,702	425,319	449,807	472,016	523,405	605,793	617,701	655,994	711,514	50.7
Nonprofessional staff	899,559	942,045	949,775	915,325	917,208	916,588	932,314	951,203	919,639	919,202	932,027	1.7
Males	1,164,067	1,212,924	1,227,591	1,256,037	1,274,676	1,315,311	1,365,812	1,451,773	1,496,867	1,581,498	1,650,350	25.5
Professional staff	850,451	880,766	895,591	930,933	946,134	982,870	1,026,882	1,105,053	1,160,417	1,240,030	1,302,131	32.5
Executive/administrative/managerial	82,882	87,951	85,423	82,748	82,127	81,931	83,883	79,348	91,604	95,223	102,258	24.8
Faculty (instruction/research/      public service)	529,413	534,254	525,599	561,123	562,893	587,420	602,469	644,514	663,723	714,453	743,812	26.6
Graduate assistants	98,608	98,887	119,125	120,384	123,962	125,873	132,607	142,120	156,881	167,529	173,121	37.5
Other professional	139,548	159,674	165,444	166,678	177,152	187,646	207,923	239,071	248,209	262,825	282,940	50.8
Nonprofessional staff	313,616	332,158	332,000	325,104	328,542	332,441	338,930	346,720	336,450	341,468	348,219	4.7
Females	1,173,467	1,260,192	1,317,644	1,346,575	1,387,399	1,437,193	1,517,363	1,631,580	1,691,040	1,797,589	1,911,078	33.0
Professional staff	587,524	650,305	699,869	756,354	798,733	853,046	923,979	1,027,097	1,107,851	1,219,855	1,327,270	55.6
Executive/administrative/managerial	50,837	56,719	59,332	60,927	65,318	69,432	76,005	72,690	93,309	101,101	115,260	66.0
Faculty (instruction/research/      public service)	263,657	289,966	300,653	354,351	368,813	402,393	425,361	468,669	509,870	575,973	627,578	56.0
Graduate assistants	62,856	64,411	78,626	82,435	91,947	96,851	107,131	119,016	135,180	149,612	155,858	60.9
Other professional	210,174	239,209	261,258	258,641	272,655	284,370	315,482	366,722	369,492	393,169	428,574	50.7
Nonprofessional staff	585,943	609,887	617,775	590,221	588,666	584,147	593,384	604,483	583,189	577,734	583,808	-0.1
Full-time	1,689,069	1,779,044	1,812,912	1,783,510	1,801,371	1,828,507	1,918,676	2,043,208	2,083,142	2,179,864	2,281,223	24.8
Professional staff	947,733	1,000,396	1,031,797	1,039,094	1,066,510	1,104,834	1,180,173	1,283,684	1,337,568	1,432,107	1,526,823	38.2
Executive/administrative/managerial	128,809	138,454	139,116	137,834	140,990	144,529	153,722	146,523	178,691	190,078	210,257	45.5
Faculty (instruction/research/      public service)	523,420	524,426	535,623	545,706	550,822	568,719	590,937	617,868	630,092	675,624	703,463	23.7
Other professional	295,504	337,516	357,058	355,554	374,698	391,586	435,514	519,293	528,785	566,405	613,103	56.6
Nonprofessional staff	741,336	778,648	781,115	744,416	734,861	723,673	738,503	759,524	745,574	747,757	754,400	4.2
Part-time	648,465	694,072	732,323	819,102	860,704	923,997	964,499	1,040,145	1,104,765	1,199,223	1,280,205	38.6
Professional staff	490,242	530,675	563,663	648,193	678,357	731,082	770,688	848,466	930,700	1,027,778	1,102,578	50.8
Executive/administrative/managerial	4,910	6,216	5,639	5,841	6,455	6,834	6,166	5,515	6,222	6,246	7,261	6.2
Faculty (instruction/research/      public service)	269,650	299,794	290,629	369,768	380,884	421,094	436,893	495,315	543,501	614,802	667,927	58.6
Graduate assistants	161,464	163,298	197,751	202,819	215,909	222,724	239,738	261,136	292,061	317,141	328,979	47.7
Other professional	54,218	61,367	69,644	69,765	75,109	80,430	87,891	86,500	88,916	89,589	98,411	22.4
Nonprofessional staff	158,223	163,397	168,660	170,909	182,347	192,915	193,811	191,679	174,065	171,445	177,627	-7.9
Public 4-year	1,184,934	1,307,524	1,341,914	1,333,533	1,383,476	1,418,661	1,470,842	1,558,576	1,569,870	1,656,709	1,741,699	22.8
Professional staff	711,714	791,319	826,633	855,913	893,345	932,972	987,622	1,069,161	1,115,312	1,200,168	1,278,894	37.1
Executive/administrative/managerial	55,967	64,343	63,674	59,678	60,590	61,984	64,336	60,245	70,397	74,241	81,364	31.3
Faculty (instruction/research/      public service)	322,635	350,720	358,376	374,021	384,399	404,109	417,086	438,459	450,123	486,691	518,221	28.2
Graduate assistants	125,603	131,970	144,344	170,916	178,342	182,481	196,393	218,260	239,600	257,578	266,429	46.0
Other professional	207,509	244,286	260,239	251,298	270,014	284,398	309,807	352,197	355,192	381,658	412,880	45.2
Nonprofessional staff	473,220	516,205	515,281	477,620	490,131	485,689	483,220	489,415	454,558	456,541	462,805	-4.7
Private 4-year	720,474	722,841	734,509	762,034	770,004	786,634	857,820	912,924	988,895	1,073,764	1,157,226	47.1
Professional staff	418,340	431,403	442,524	473,372	495,383	517,485	569,579	627,364	701,244	789,179	867,234	67.6
Executive/administrative/managerial	56,307	57,861	57,148	59,230	62,314	62,580	69,626	65,739	84,306	90,415	103,183	64.9
Faculty (instruction/research/      public service)	224,870	232,980	232,893	251,948	262,660	278,541	296,737	325,713	364,166	430,305	472,628	69.7
Graduate assistants	24,896	22,231	23,989	28,880	33,853	36,064	38,597	41,611	52,101	59,147	62,550	73.4
Other professional	112,267	118,331	128,494	133,314	136,556	140,300	164,619	194,301	200,671	209,312	228,873	63.1
Nonprofessional staff	302,134	291,438	291,985	288,662	274,621	269,149	288,241	285,560	287,651	284,585	289,992	7.7
Public 2-year	401,327	413,245	441,414	478,980	482,454	512,086	517,967	578,394	593,466	610,978	620,784	21.2
Professional staff	285,512	287,418	306,631	337,371	336,661	358,367	364,703	408,792	422,756	440,536	449,372	25.4
Executive/administrative/managerial	18,203	19,289	20,772	21,531	21,806	22,822	21,459	22,566	25,872	26,770	27,363	19.9
Faculty (instruction/research/      public service)	230,114	226,578	222,532	276,413	272,434	290,451	296,239	332,665	341,643	354,497	358,925	23.6
Graduate assistants	10,767	8,928	29,216	2,762	3,401	3,561	4,170	1,215	323	374	0	-100.0
Other professional	26,428	32,623	34,111	36,665	39,020	41,533	42,835	52,346	54,918	58,895	63,084	51.9
Nonprofessional staff	115,815	125,827	134,783	141,609	145,793	153,719	153,264	169,602	170,710	170,442	171,412	11.5
Private 2-year	30,799	29,506	27,398	28,065	26,141	35,123	36,546	33,459	35,676	37,636	41,719	18.8
Professional staff	22,409	20,931	19,672	20,631	19,478	27,092	28,957	26,833	28,956	30,002	33,901	25.1
Executive/administrative/managerial	3,242	3,177	3,161	3,236	2,735	3,977	4,467	3,488	4,338	4,898	5,608	41.0
Faculty (instruction/research/      public service)	15,451	13,942	12,451	13,092	12,213	16,712	17,768	16,346	17,661	18,933	21,616	29.3
Graduate assistants	198	169	202	261	313	618	578	50	37	42	0	-100.0
Other professional	3,518	3,643	3,858	4,042	4,217	5,785	6,144	6,949	6,920	6,129	6,677	15.4
Nonprofessional staff	8,390	8,575	7,726	7,434	6,663	8,031	7,589	6,626	6,720	7,634	7,818	-2.7

NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. 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.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1987 through 2007 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Staff Survey" (IPEDS-S:87-99), and Winter 2001-02 through Winter 2007-08. (This table was prepared October 2008.)