Table 260.

Full-time instructional faculty in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity, sex, and academic rank: Fall 2005, fall 2007, and fall 2009

Sex and academic rank	Total	White	Selected racial/ethnic groups						Raceethnicity unknown	Nonresident alien3
			Number1	Percent2	Black	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/Alaska Native
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
2005
Total	675,624	527,900	109,964	16.5	35,458	22,818	48,457	3,231	9,703	28,057
Professors	169,192	145,936	20,856	12.4	5,484	3,793	11,060	519	1,014	1,386
Associate professors	138,444	112,507	22,429	16.4	7,402	4,319	10,144	564	1,296	2,212
Assistant professors	159,689	114,470	31,253	19.9	9,897	5,728	14,922	706	2,809	11,157
Instructors	98,555	76,359	18,368	19.0	7,462	5,261	4,740	905	1,853	1,975
Lecturers	27,215	20,982	4,342	16.2	1,286	1,233	1,714	109	480	1,411
Other faculty	82,529	57,646	12,716	15.8	3,927	2,484	5,877	428	2,251	9,916
2007
Total	703,463	540,460	119,906	17.3	37,930	24,975	53,661	3,340	11,875	31,222
Professors	173,395	147,867	22,734	13.2	5,839	4,128	12,239	528	1,309	1,485
Associate professors	143,692	115,274	24,255	17.1	7,855	4,714	11,082	604	1,628	2,535
Assistant professors	168,508	117,618	34,940	21.2	10,642	6,329	17,290	679	3,593	12,357
Instructors	101,429	77,609	19,470	19.7	7,480	5,800	5,225	965	2,350	2,000
Lecturers	31,264	23,470	5,326	17.4	1,602	1,492	2,081	151	661	1,807
Other faculty	85,175	58,622	13,181	15.9	4,512	2,512	5,744	413	2,334	11,038
Males	409,115	314,375	67,147	16.7	17,782	13,468	34,178	1,719	6,660	20,933
Professors	127,488	108,404	16,882	13.3	3,646	2,874	10,018	344	973	1,229
Associate professors	86,660	68,982	14,760	17.2	4,110	2,768	7,570	312	1,038	1,880
Assistant professors	88,741	60,407	18,207	21.0	4,607	3,265	10,037	298	1,945	8,182
Instructors	46,599	35,795	8,665	19.0	2,928	2,782	2,463	492	1,066	1,073
Lecturers	14,784	11,045	2,367	16.4	721	613	956	77	347	1,025
Other faculty	44,843	29,742	6,266	14.4	1,770	1,166	3,134	196	1,291	7,544
Females	294,348	226,085	52,759	18.2	20,148	11,507	19,483	1,621	5,215	10,289
Professors	45,907	39,463	5,852	12.8	2,193	1,254	2,221	184	336	256
Associate professors	57,032	46,292	9,495	16.8	3,745	1,946	3,512	292	590	655
Assistant professors	79,767	57,211	16,733	21.4	6,035	3,064	7,253	381	1,648	4,175
Instructors	54,830	41,814	10,805	20.2	4,552	3,018	2,762	473	1,284	927
Lecturers	16,480	12,425	2,959	18.3	881	879	1,125	74	314	782
Other faculty	40,332	28,880	6,915	17.6	2,742	1,346	2,610	217	1,043	3,494
2009
Total	728,977	551,271	130,903	18.4	39,715	28,040	59,691	3,457	16,058	30,745
Professors	177,581	149,568	24,633	14.0	6,086	4,683	13,284	580	1,923	1,457
Associate professors	148,981	117,270	26,779	18.3	8,163	5,383	12,632	601	2,387	2,545
Assistant professors	171,639	117,892	37,199	22.3	10,979	6,789	18,712	719	4,617	11,931
Instructors	104,521	78,329	20,951	20.7	7,806	6,577	5,566	1,002	3,396	1,845
Lecturers	33,332	24,895	5,851	18.0	1,812	1,583	2,318	138	882	1,704
Other faculty	92,923	63,317	15,490	17.2	4,869	3,025	7,179	417	2,853	11,263
Males	415,821	314,712	71,889	17.7	18,026	14,865	37,261	1,737	8,973	20,247
Professors	127,931	107,315	18,013	14.2	3,755	3,209	10,684	365	1,405	1,198
Associate professors	87,965	68,747	15,935	18.4	4,180	3,096	8,338	321	1,497	1,786
Assistant professors	88,665	59,607	18,954	22.0	4,568	3,422	10,658	306	2,477	7,627
Instructors	46,762	35,137	9,003	19.9	2,880	3,078	2,568	477	1,583	1,039
Lecturers	15,724	11,702	2,620	17.2	822	650	1,084	64	466	936
Other faculty	48,774	32,204	7,364	15.6	1,821	1,410	3,929	204	1,545	7,661
Females	313,156	236,559	59,014	19.3	21,689	13,175	22,430	1,720	7,085	10,498
Professors	49,650	42,253	6,620	13.5	2,331	1,474	2,600	215	518	259
Associate professors	61,016	48,523	10,844	18.0	3,983	2,287	4,294	280	890	759
Assistant professors	82,974	58,285	18,245	22.6	6,411	3,367	8,054	413	2,140	4,304
Instructors	57,759	43,192	11,948	21.4	4,926	3,499	2,998	525	1,813	806
Lecturers	17,608	13,193	3,231	18.8	990	933	1,234	74	416	768
Other faculty	44,149	31,113	8,126	19.0	3,048	1,615	3,250	213	1,308	3,602

1 Combined number of Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native faculty.

2 Combined Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native faculty as a percentage of total faculty, excluding race/ethnicity unknown.

3 Race/ethnicity not collected.

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. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Totals may differ from figures reported in other tables because of varying survey methodologies.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2005, 2007, and 2009 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2005-06, Winter 2007-08, and Winter 2009-10. (This table was prepared August 2010.)