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Table 316.81. Percentage of full-time faculty (instruction, research, and public service) with tenure at degree-granting postsecondary institutions with a tenure system, by control, level, and state: 2013-14
State All
institutions
Public institutions Nonprofit institutions For-profit
institutions
Total 4-year institutions 2-year Total 4-year institutions 2-year
Total Doctoral1 Master's2 Other Total Doctoral1 Master's2 Other
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
United States 48.4 50.6 47.7 45.8 56.3 52.8 67.1 43.8 43.8 40.2 51.5 56.3 31.5 19.8
Alabama 49.5 51.2 45.9 44.5 52.9 81.0 73.5 36.3 36.3 42.7 25.6 32.3
Alaska 40.9 40.9 40.9 40.9 40.9
Arizona 48.7 51.4 46.6 47.0 32.6 70.8 33.2 33.2 26.0 45.5 3.0
Arkansas 44.3 43.3 44.6 46.9 45.8 10.0 11.9 56.0 56.0 63.5 52.7
California 60.6 64.8 56.9 55.3 63.6 76.5 47.2 47.1 45.9 46.0 64.8 70.0
                             
Colorado 36.9 35.6 34.1 31.7 48.6 54.7 67.0 47.5 47.5 44.1 66.3
Connecticut 47.5 60.8 60.0 57.5 70.1 63.8 38.5 38.5 35.4 52.7 49.8 37.5
Delaware 59.7 59.2 59.2 59.2 65.4 65.4 71.4 62.5
District of Columbia 46.7 55.3 55.3 38.9 57.5 46.1 46.1 46.3 35.2
Florida 44.9 49.3 48.6 40.9 38.1 68.4 67.2 30.8 30.8 27.0 38.0 48.9 20.4
                             
Georgia 41.8 44.7 45.5 46.6 44.1 37.5 34.3 35.0 35.0 32.3 41.5 45.7 22.7 30.0
Hawaii 53.6 58.6 57.2 56.9 61.2 62.8 12.3 12.3 12.3
Idaho 55.2 53.0 52.0 52.3 47.5 66.9 62.0 62.0 51.0 44.3 66.7
Illinois 52.4 59.1 49.1 48.6 51.5 80.6 44.8 44.8 42.0 53.6 55.2
Indiana 48.8 46.5 46.5 46.6 47.7 34.2 53.9 54.1 53.8 50.1 61.1
                             
Iowa 53.9 54.5 54.5 54.5 53.1 53.1 49.1 49.6 60.8 39.0
Kansas 52.8 54.0 50.6 49.8 55.0 69.5 42.3 42.3 55.1 39.3 45.2
Kentucky 49.6 49.9 50.3 50.4 49.9 47.9 47.8 47.8 43.9 46.1 55.0
Louisiana 40.2 40.8 46.3 44.2 54.4 64.7 14.5 38.1 38.1 37.1 47.1 46.6
Maine 59.3 65.0 65.0 66.2 66.4 59.3 51.5 51.5 35.9 44.0 60.4
                             
Maryland 34.3 36.9 36.5 33.5 59.7 56.4 39.0 29.5 29.5 25.9 55.4 66.7
Massachusetts 51.0 54.1 50.8 44.3 65.2 65.4 49.5 49.5 48.3 52.7 55.5
Michigan 50.5 50.1 48.0 47.5 56.1 55.5 79.1 53.8 53.8 45.0 59.2 57.5
Minnesota 64.7 67.8 61.6 61.1 63.2 65.5 80.9 57.1 57.1 56.0 56.7 59.0
Mississippi 40.4 41.2 41.2 41.3 40.5 35.0 35.0 36.0 33.0 40.8
                             
Missouri 43.4 48.3 48.1 45.6 54.8 17.4 50.5 38.1 38.1 34.8 56.7 37.6
Montana 57.3 57.4 57.9 63.6 45.1 32.1 51.9 56.1 56.1 55.7 56.7
Nebraska 47.0 44.1 42.6 40.5 54.1 83.0 58.0 58.0 60.7 56.2 46.8
Nevada 55.7 55.7 54.7 52.7 60.5 70.8
New Hampshire 57.3 65.9 65.9 66.2 64.7 49.1 49.1 48.8 34.7 54.8
                             
New Jersey 56.6 56.3 51.7 45.7 76.8 73.1 57.3 57.3 56.0 60.4 64.6
New Mexico 43.0 42.6 43.0 43.0 42.6 42.9 40.2 82.2 82.2 82.2
New York 48.9 59.7 56.8 52.2 61.5 51.8 67.4 41.9 41.9 37.9 57.4 63.7 60.0
North Carolina 43.6 47.6 47.6 48.0 43.0 37.3 37.3 34.7 42.8 49.2 20.0
North Dakota 51.7 51.7 52.0 53.3 47.5 50.4 48.5
                             
Ohio 52.6 52.1 50.6 50.8 54.7 47.4 62.9 54.0 54.0 49.2 57.6 62.4 83.3
Oklahoma 43.3 43.1 42.9 40.9 51.3 44.5 46.1 45.1 45.1 44.7 46.3
Oregon 40.1 37.5 31.8 29.2 49.8 74.7 52.1 52.1 48.6 50.6 64.1
Pennsylvania 45.8 46.3 43.3 36.4 64.2 40.0 75.0 45.3 45.4 40.4 54.1 60.7 28.6
Rhode Island 63.9 68.0 66.8 66.8 72.0 60.6 60.6 56.6 65.2
                             
South Carolina 42.7 41.6 41.8 37.2 51.2 30.2 32.7 47.6 47.6 47.2 48.3 44.8 37.5
South Dakota 42.0 42.4 42.4 41.2 46.9 40.3 40.3 44.8 10.9
Tennessee 44.7 53.2 53.8 53.9 53.4 50.6 32.9 32.9 27.8 51.3 41.2
Texas 42.9 43.3 41.7 42.9 44.1 21.8 54.7 41.6 41.6 40.5 45.4 42.9 76.9
Utah 40.9 36.6 35.6 30.7 52.9 49.3 58.1 65.9 65.9 65.9
                             
Vermont 47.1 42.7 42.7 39.1 60.2 54.1 56.5 56.5 35.7 57.1 68.3 57.9
Virginia 42.1 45.3 45.3 44.5 50.3 56.9 63.9 32.8 32.8 22.7 53.5 58.9
Washington 48.1 47.2 40.1 32.6 53.3 69.7 70.2 52.5 52.5 51.6 57.1 44.0
West Virginia 39.7 39.2 41.9 40.1 48.1 45.0 18.2 46.2 46.2 38.6 47.1 50.9
Wisconsin 56.3 69.1 69.3 71.6 65.6 68.6 64.0 35.3 35.3 25.8 56.1 59.0
Wyoming 48.4 48.4 42.6 42.6 64.1
                             
U.S. Service Academies 58.6 58.6 58.6 58.6
†Not applicable.
‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases).
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Includes only institutions with a tenure system. Data include imputations for nonrespondent institutions.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2014, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section. (This table was prepared June 2015.)

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