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Table 232. Full-time and part-time instructional faculty and staff in institutions of higher education, by type and control, academic rank, age, salary, race/ethnicity, and sex: Fall 1992
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                              |        |           |                   |               |             |   Asian/     |  American
          Selected            |Number  |Percent    |     White,        |     Black,    |  Hispanic   |   Pacific    |  Indian/
       characteristics        |        |           |   non-Hispanic    | non-Hispanic  |             |   Islander   |Alaskan Native
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                              |        |           |  Male   |Female   | Male  |Female | Male |Female| Male  |Female| Male |Female
______________________________|________|___________|_________|_________|_______|_______|______|______|_______|______|______|_______
              1               |   2    |     3     |    4    |    5    |   6   |   7   |  8   |  9   |  10   |  11  |  12  |  13
______________________________|________|___________|_________|_________|_______|_______|______|______|_______|______|______|_______
                              |                      Full-time instructional faculty and staff
                              |_____________________________________________________________________________________|______________
  All institutions\1\ ........|528,260 |       --- | 306,477 | 150,265 |14,457 |12,941 |9,289 |4,564 |20,858 |6,851 |1,638 |   920
  Percentage distribution\1\ .|    --- |     100.0 |    58.0 |    28.4 |   2.7 |   2.4 |  1.8 |  0.9 |   3.9 |  1.3 |  0.3 |   0.2
                              |________|___________|_________|_________|_______|_______|______|______|_______|______|______|_______
       Type and control       |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
Public research  .............|107,358 |     100.0 |    67.8 |    20.2 |   1.5 |   1.2 |  1.6 |  0.6 |   5.6 |  1.3 |  0.1 |   0.1
Private research  ............| 32,164 |     100.0 |    58.0 |    25.7 |   3.0 |   2.0 |  1.3 |  0.8 |   6.6 |  2.4 |  0.2 |   ---
Public doctoral ..............| 52,808 |     100.0 |    61.0 |    26.5 |   1.7 |   1.4 |  1.8 |  0.7 |   4.7 |  1.4 |  0.6 |   0.2
Private doctoral .............| 28,684 |     100.0 |    64.8 |    19.4 |   3.4 |   1.5 |  2.6 |  1.1 |   5.6 |  1.6 |  0.1 |   0.1
Public comprehensive .........| 94,477 |     100.0 |    55.0 |    27.7 |   5.0 |   4.1 |  1.8 |  0.8 |   4.1 |  1.0 |  0.2 |   0.3
Private comprehensive ........| 38,561 |     100.0 |    59.7 |    31.6 |   1.7 |   1.9 |  1.0 |  0.6 |   2.5 |  0.9 |(\2\) |   0.1
Private liberal arts .........| 38,052 |     100.0 |    54.4 |    35.6 |   3.7 |   1.7 |  0.8 |  0.5 |   1.9 |  0.9 |  0.3 |   0.2
Public 2-year ................|109,957 |     100.0 |    47.2 |    38.3 |   2.5 |   3.7 |  2.5 |  1.6 |   1.9 |  1.4 |  0.7 |   0.3
Other ........................| 26,200 |     100.0 |    63.6 |    25.5 |   1.7 |   2.1 |  1.1 |  0.4 |   3.8 |  1.4 |  0.3 |   0.2
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        Academic rank         |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
Full professor ...............|160,559 |     100.0 |    75.0 |    14.7 |   2.2 |   1.1 |  1.5 |  0.4 |   4.4 |  0.4 |  0.2 |   0.1
Associate professor ..........|123,708 |     100.0 |    62.3 |    25.2 |   2.9 |   2.3 |  1.5 |  0.8 |   3.6 |  1.0 |  0.3 |   0.1
Assistant professor ..........|124,293 |     100.0 |    46.8 |    36.3 |   2.9 |   3.2 |  2.1 |  1.2 |   4.9 |  2.2 |  0.2 |   0.2
Instructor ...................| 73,897 |     100.0 |    43.2 |    41.3 |   3.2 |   4.0 |  2.2 |  1.1 |   2.4 |  1.8 |  0.6 |   0.3
Lecturer .................... | 11,869 |     100.0 |    28.7 |    54.5 |   2.6 |   3.7 |  2.0 |  1.2 |   3.8 |  2.5 |  --- |   1.1
Other  .......................| 17,072 |     100.0 |    40.3 |    40.6 |   4.2 |   4.8 |  2.2 |  1.8 |   4.1 |  1.7 |  0.2 |   0.1
No rank ....................  | 16,862 |     100.0 |    50.9 |    39.0 |   1.3 |   1.3 |  1.8 |  0.9 |   1.9 |  1.7 |  0.9 |   0.3
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             Age              |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
Under 30  ....................|  7,636 |     100.0 |    39.5 |    39.5 |   2.4 |   5.3 |  2.0 |  1.9 |   6.1 |  3.0 |  0.3 |   0.1
30 to 34 .....................| 35,418 |     100.0 |    45.6 |    33.3 |   4.1 |   3.6 |  3.1 |  1.2 |   6.4 |  2.4 |  0.2 |   ---
35 to 39 .....................| 66,757 |     100.0 |    49.9 |    33.9 |   2.7 |   2.5 |  1.8 |  1.0 |   5.5 |  2.1 |  0.4 |   0.2
40 to 44 ...................  | 90,175 |     100.0 |    51.1 |    33.3 |   2.5 |   3.1 |  2.1 |  1.5 |   4.2 |  1.6 |  0.2 |   0.5
45 to 49 .....................| 97,705 |     100.0 |    56.2 |    31.5 |   2.5 |   2.9 |  2.0 |  0.9 |   2.7 |  1.2 |  0.3 |   0.1
50 to 54 .....................| 94,852 |     100.0 |    63.3 |    26.2 |   2.5 |   1.9 |  1.3 |  0.6 |   3.1 |  0.8 |  0.3 |   0.2
55 to 59 .....................| 67,332 |     100.0 |    67.2 |    21.2 |   2.8 |   1.7 |  1.3 |  0.3 |   4.0 |  0.8 |  0.7 |   0.1
60 to 64 .....................| 44,609 |     100.0 |    70.2 |    18.2 |   2.8 |   1.8 |  1.3 |  0.5 |   4.2 |  0.8 |  0.2 |   0.1
65 or older ..................| 23,778 |     100.0 |    69.5 |    20.0 |   3.9 |   1.1 |  1.6 |  0.7 |   2.3 |  0.5 |  0.1 |   0.3
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         Base salary          |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
Under $10,000 ................| 13,771 |     100.0 |    53.2 |    30.4 |   7.1 |   4.9 |  0.9 |  0.3 |   1.9 |  1.0 |  0.3 |   0.1
10,000 to 24,999 .............| 29,384 |     100.0 |    35.7 |    50.6 |   1.8 |   3.9 |  1.3 |  1.3 |   2.5 |  2.3 |  0.1 |   0.6
25,000 to 39,999 .............|181,830 |     100.0 |    45.4 |    40.7 |   2.8 |   3.4 |  1.8 |  1.2 |   2.5 |  1.6 |  0.4 |   0.2
40,000 to 54,999 .............|163,774 |     100.0 |    61.8 |    23.7 |   2.8 |   2.1 |  1.9 |  1.0 |   5.1 |  1.2 |  0.3 |   0.1
55,000 to 69,999 .............| 76,716 |     100.0 |    73.3 |    15.2 |   2.4 |   1.3 |  2.3 |  0.4 |   4.0 |  0.9 |  0.2 |   0.1
70,000 to 84,999 .............| 32,096 |     100.0 |    78.9 |    11.2 |   2.1 |   0.9 |  1.7 |(\2\) |   4.5 |  0.6 |  0.2 |   ---
85,000 to 99,999 .............| 11,068 |     100.0 |    71.2 |    12.7 |   4.7 |   0.4 |  0.7 |  --- |   9.6 |  0.8 |  --- |   ---
100,000 or more ..............| 19,622 |     100.0 |    78.5 |     9.4 |   1.4 |   0.6 |  0.7 |  0.1 |   7.1 |  1.5 |  0.6 |   0.2
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        Total income          |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
Under $10,000 ................|  6,825 |     100.0 |    47.4 |    39.1 |   3.0 |   4.9 |  0.6 |  0.5 |   2.3 |  1.9 |  --- |   0.3
10,000 to 24,999 .............| 17,522 |     100.0 |    32.5 |    50.3 |   3.4 |   4.6 |  1.6 |  1.5 |   2.8 |  1.8 |  0.4 |   1.0
25,000 to 39,999 .............|129,649 |     100.0 |    40.2 |    46.2 |   2.6 |   3.6 |  1.1 |  1.3 |   2.7 |  1.8 |  0.2 |   0.3
40,000 to 54,999 .............|158,575 |     100.0 |    55.1 |    30.2 |   3.0 |   2.7 |  2.2 |  1.1 |   3.9 |  1.3 |  0.4 |   0.1
55,000 to 69,999 .............| 94,903 |     100.0 |    69.6 |    17.6 |   2.7 |   1.9 |  1.7 |  0.7 |   4.4 |  0.9 |  0.4 |   0.2
70,000 to 84,999 .............| 49,484 |     100.0 |    75.3 |    13.0 |   2.1 |   1.4 |  1.8 |  0.4 |   4.7 |  1.0 |  0.3 | (\2\)
85,000 to 99,999 .............| 23,811 |     100.0 |    76.4 |    11.1 |   4.0 |   0.6 |  1.8 |  0.1 |   5.3 |  0.4 |  0.3 |   ---
100,000 or more ..............| 47,490 |     100.0 |    77.1 |    10.9 |   1.9 |   0.7 |  2.3 |  0.1 |   5.8 |  1.0 |  0.2 |   0.1
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                              |                      Part-time instructional faculty and staff
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  All institutions\1\ ........|376,675 |       --- | 182,976 | 149,814 |10,274 | 7,987 |6,965 |4,232 | 7,016 |5,135 |1,478 |   797
  Percentage distribution\1\ .|    --- |     100.0 |    48.6 |    39.8 |   2.7 |   2.1 |  1.8 |  1.1 |   1.9 |  1.4 |  0.4 |   0.2
                              |________|___________|_________|_________|_______|_______|______|______|_______|______|______|_______
       Type and control       |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
Public research ..............| 25,360 |     100.0 |    49.0 |    38.7 |   0.8 |   1.7 |  2.1 |  1.1 |   4.8 |  1.7 |  --- |   ---
Private research .............| 17,259 |     100.0 |    50.6 |    39.0 |   3.3 |   1.2 |  2.7 |  --- |   1.8 |  1.2 |  0.4 |   ---
Public doctoral ..............| 20,761 |     100.0 |    50.6 |    40.8 |   1.7 |   1.6 |  1.0 |  0.5 |   1.8 |  1.5 |  0.2 |   0.3
Private doctoral .............| 18,014 |     100.0 |    54.6 |    33.1 |   6.0 |   1.2 |  1.3 |  0.2 |   1.0 |  2.5 |  0.2 |   ---
Public comprehensive .........| 47,056 |     100.0 |    40.4 |    44.6 |   4.3 |   2.9 |  1.1 |  1.9 |   2.7 |  1.4 |  0.5 |   0.2
Private comprehensive ........| 36,525 |     100.0 |    51.4 |    39.5 |   2.1 |   2.8 |  0.8 |  0.3 |   1.6 |  0.9 |  0.4 |   0.1
Private liberal arts .........| 20,909 |     100.0 |    40.5 |    49.1 |   3.9 |   2.0 |  1.4 |  1.5 |   0.8 |  0.8 |  0.1 |   ---
Public 2-year ..............  |166,335 |     100.0 |    49.6 |    38.3 |   2.6 |   2.0 |  2.6 |  1.4 |   1.5 |  1.2 |  0.4 |   0.3
Other ........................| 24,454 |     100.0 |    52.4 |    38.4 |   0.7 |   2.5 |  0.6 |  0.5 |   1.6 |  2.2 |  0.8 |   0.3
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        Academic rank         |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
Full professor ...............| 32,269 |     100.0 |    63.2 |    25.0 |   3.5 |   1.7 |  1.7 |  0.4 |   2.9 |  0.7 |  0.8 |   0.2
Associate professor ..........| 22,518 |     100.0 |    59.4 |    30.1 |   1.6 |   1.2 |  1.5 |  0.4 |   3.7 |  1.3 |  0.4 |   0.4
Assistant professor ..........| 24,237 |     100.0 |    49.1 |    37.4 |   5.7 |   2.5 |  0.6 |  0.4 |   2.4 |  1.9 |  --- |   0.1
Instructor ...................|215,442 |     100.0 |    46.1 |    42.4 |   2.5 |   2.2 |  2.4 |  1.2 |   1.4 |  1.2 |  0.5 |   0.2
Lecturer .....................| 45,328 |     100.0 |    48.5 |    39.8 |   2.1 |   2.0 |  1.3 |  1.6 |   2.5 |  1.8 |  0.2 |   0.2
Other ........................| 27,553 |     100.0 |    43.7 |    44.8 |   3.6 |   2.3 |  0.8 |  1.2 |   1.2 |  2.0 |  --- |   0.5
No rank ....................  |  9,328 |     100.0 |    42.4 |    45.9 |   2.1 |   2.8 |  --- |  2.0 |   2.9 |  1.3 |  0.6 |   ---
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             Age              |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
Under 30  ....................| 20,483 |     100.0 |    41.2 |    46.3 |   2.1 |   2.1 |  1.5 |  1.9 |   1.5 |  2.5 |  0.3 |   0.5
30 to 34 .....................| 35,908 |     100.0 |    41.6 |    44.6 |   2.0 |   2.1 |  2.6 |  1.5 |   2.1 |  2.7 |  0.5 |   0.2
35 to 39 .....................| 58,923 |     100.0 |    42.8 |    43.8 |   4.1 |   2.2 |  2.1 |  1.0 |   2.0 |  1.1 |  0.6 |   0.2
40 to 44 .....................| 70,025 |     100.0 |    47.5 |    41.8 |   2.2 |   1.9 |  1.8 |  1.4 |   1.6 |  1.5 |  0.2 |   0.2
45 to 49 .....................| 67,969 |     100.0 |    48.2 |    41.8 |   2.1 |   1.7 |  1.5 |  1.3 |   2.2 |  1.0 |(\2\) |   0.3
50 to 54 ..................   | 45,093 |     100.0 |    49.2 |    36.5 |   3.6 |   2.8 |  2.2 |  0.6 |   2.3 |  1.6 |  0.9 |   0.3
55 to 59 .....................| 28,764 |     100.0 |    55.3 |    34.6 |   3.3 |   1.6 |  1.4 |  0.6 |   2.0 |  1.0 |  0.2 |   ---
60 to 64 .....................| 22,943 |     100.0 |    56.2 |    33.6 |   2.1 |   2.3 |  2.2 |  0.5 |   1.2 |  0.9 |  1.1 |   0.1
65 or older ..................| 26,565 |     100.0 |    65.6 |    25.4 |   2.4 |   2.8 |  1.1 |  0.9 |   1.3 |  0.4 |  --- |   ---
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         Base salary          |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
Under $10,000 ................|280,526 |     100.0 |    49.6 |    39.1 |   2.7 |   2.3 |  1.7 |  1.1 |   1.6 |  1.3 |  0.3 |   0.2
10,000 to 24,999 .............| 68,117 |     100.0 |    43.1 |    44.9 |   2.2 |   1.4 |  2.8 |  1.3 |   2.5 |  1.5 |  0.3 |   0.2
25,000 to 39,999 .............| 15,840 |     100.0 |    49.4 |    38.1 |   4.1 |   2.0 |  1.6 |  0.3 |   2.5 |  1.2 |  0.8 |   ---
40,000 to 54,999 .............|  5,307 |     100.0 |    55.2 |    32.8 |   2.1 |   1.9 |  1.5 |  2.7 |   0.1 |  1.8 |  1.9 |   ---
55,000 to 69,999 .............|  2,157 |       --- |     --- |     --- |   3.5 |   --- |  0.6 |  --- |  22.0 |  8.6 |  --- |   ---
70,000 to 84,999 .............|  1,127 |       --- |     --- |     --- |   7.7 |   4.2 |  --- |  --- |   2.7 |  --- |  8.0 |   ---
85,000 to 99,999 .............|    942 |       --- |     --- |     --- |   --- |   --- |  --- |  --- |   --- |  --- |  --- |   ---
100,000 or more ..............|  2,657 |     100.0 |    46.9 |    39.0 |  10.5 |   0.5 |  1.2 |  --- |   --- |  2.0 |  --- |   ---
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        Total income          |        |           |         |         |       |       |      |      |       |      |      |
Under $10,000 ................| 70,693 |     100.0 |    35.4 |    52.6 |   2.3 |   2.9 |  1.9 |  1.3 |   1.6 |  1.6 |(\2\) |   0.4
10,000 to 24,999 .............| 84,803 |     100.0 |    33.2 |    57.1 |   1.3 |   1.8 |  1.3 |  1.7 |   1.3 |  1.9 |  0.4 |   0.1
25,000 to 39,999 .............| 74,809 |     100.0 |    48.5 |    39.6 |   2.5 |   2.9 |  2.0 |  1.2 |   1.6 |  1.4 |  0.2 |   0.3
40,000 to 54,999 .............| 58,057 |     100.0 |    55.8 |    32.1 |   3.4 |   1.9 |  1.5 |  1.2 |   1.8 |  0.7 |  1.3 |   0.4
55,000 to 69,999 .............| 32,386 |     100.0 |    69.3 |    17.5 |   3.4 |   1.6 |  3.2 |  0.5 |   3.0 |  1.2 |  0.3 |   ---
70,000 to 84,999 .............| 17,199 |     100.0 |    69.4 |    17.8 |   4.7 |   0.7 |  2.9 |  0.7 |   2.8 |  0.5 |  0.5 |   ---
85,000 to 99,999 .............|  8,231 |     100.0 |    70.2 |    18.1 |   4.7 |   0.8 |  4.7 |  --- |   1.4 |  --- |  --- |   ---
100,000 or more ..............| 30,497 |     100.0 |    68.9 |    19.0 |   4.7 |   1.5 |  1.0 |  --- |   3.3 |  1.6 |  0.1 |   ---
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---Not Available.
\1\Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.
\2\Less than 0.05 percent.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF), 1993. (This table was prepared September 1996.)


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