Table 249.

Number of instructional faculty in degree-granting institutions, by employment status, sex, control, and type of institution: Selected years, fall 1970 through fall 2007

[In thousands]
Year	Total	Employment status			Sex			Control				Type
		Full-time	Part-time	Percent full-time	Males	Females	Percent female	Public	Private			4-year	2-year
									Total	Not-for-profit	For-profit
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
1970	474	369	104	77.9	—	—	—	314	160	—	—	382	92
19711	492	379	113	77.0	—	—	—	333	159	—	—	387	105
1972	500	380	120	76.0	—	—	—	343	157	—	—	384	116
19731	527	389	138	73.8	—	—	—	365	162	—	—	401	126
19741	567	406	161	71.6	—	—	—	397	170	—	—	427	140
19751	628	440	188	70.1	—	—	—	443	185	—	—	467	161
1976	633	434	199	68.6	—	—	—	449	184	—	—	467	166
1977	678	448	230	66.1	—	—	—	492	186	—	—	485	193
19791	675	445	230	65.9	—	—	—	488	187	—	—	494	182
19801	686	450	236	65.6	—	—	—	495	191	—	—	494	192
1981	705	461	244	65.4	—	—	—	509	196	—	—	493	212
19821	710	462	248	65.1	—	—	—	506	204	—	—	493	217
1983	724	471	254	65.0	—	—	—	512	212	—	—	504	220
19841	717	462	255	64.4	—	—	—	505	212	—	—	504	213
19851	715	459	256	64.2	—	—	—	503	212	—	—	504	211
19861	722	459	263	63.6	—	—	—	510	212	—	—	506	216
19872	793	523	270	66.0	529	264	33.2	553	240	—	—	548	246
19892	824	524	300	63.6	534	290	35.2	577	247	—	—	584	241
19912	826	536	291	64.8	526	301	36.4	581	245	—	—	591	235
19932	915	546	370	59.6	561	354	38.7	650	265	254	11	626	290
19952	932	551	381	59.1	563	369	39.6	657	275	261	14	647	285
19972	990	569	421	57.5	587	402	40.7	695	295	271	24	683	307
19992	1,028	591	437	57.5	602	425	41.4	713	315	285	30	714	314
20012	1,113	618	495	55.5	645	469	42.1	771	342	306	36	764	349
20032	1,174	630	544	53.7	664	510	43.4	792	382	330	52	814	359
20052	1,290	676	615	52.4	714	576	44.6	841	449	362	88	917	373
20072	1,371	703	668	51.3	744	628	45.8	877	494	386	108	991	381

—Not available.

1 Estimated on the basis of enrollment. For methodological details on estimates, see National Center for Education Statistics, Projections of Education Statistics to 2000.

2 Because of revised survey methods, data are not directly comparable with figures for years prior to 1987.

NOTE: Includes faculty members with the title of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, assisting professor, adjunct professor, or interim professor (or the equivalent). Excluded are graduate students with titles such as graduate or teaching fellow who assist senior faculty. Data through 1995 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 Appendix A: 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. 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), Employees in Institutions of Higher Education, 1970 and 1972, and "Staff Survey" 1976; Projections of Education Statistics to 2000; 1987 through 2007 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Staff Survey" (IPEDS-S:87-99), and Winter 2001-02 through Winter 2007-08; and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Higher Education Staff Information Survey (EEO-6), 1977, 1981, and 1983. (This table was prepared June 2009.)