National Center for Education Statistics

Full-time faculty at Title IV degree-granting institutions and administrative offices, by faculty status and Carnegie classification: United States, fall 2007
		Staff with faculty status
Carnegie classification¹	Total faculty²	With tenure	On tenure track	Not on tenure track	No tenure system	Staff without faculty status
Total	702,491	290,581	134,826	171,144	80,217	25,723
Doctorate-granting universities	320,851	137,671	58,314	101,723	1,426	21,717
Research universities (very high research activity)	209,980	84,718	33,752	72,185	0	19,325
Research universities (high research activity)	82,111	39,520	17,260	22,984	226	2,121
Doctoral/research universities	28,760	13,433	7,302	6,554	1,200	271

Master's colleges and universities	137,333	66,513	34,824	28,500	6,938	558
Master's colleges and universities (larger programs)	96,282	47,783	23,887	20,662	3,615	335
Master's colleges and universities (medium programs)	28,358	13,456	7,311	5,609	1,814	168
Master's colleges and universities (smaller programs)	12,693	5,274	3,626	2,229	1,509	55

Baccalaureate colleges	61,208	27,320	15,249	11,108	7,062	469
Baccalaureate colleges— diverse fields	22,427	7,706	5,947	4,546	3,961	267
Baccalaureate colleges— arts — sciences	32,391	17,286	7,916	5,757	1,240	192
Baccalaureate/associate's colleges	6,390	2,328	1,386	805	1,861	10

Associate's colleges	128,791	48,815	17,939	10,727	50,436	874
Public 4-year primarily associate's	2,338	1,411	641	162	123	1
Public 2-year colleges under 4-year universities	3,252	1,452	761	697	331	11
Public urban-serving multicampus	27,183	11,996	4,783	1,882	8,489	33
Public urban-serving single campus	5,185	2,401	686	359	1,730	9
Public suburban-serving multicampus	15,834	7,508	2,337	2,210	3,755	24
Public suburban-serving single campus	13,631	7,899	2,605	959	2,137	31
Public rural-serving large	21,170	8,214	2,752	1,393	8,766	45
Public rural-serving medium	24,194	6,625	2,813	2,501	11,756	499
Public rural-serving small	4,327	1,045	410	355	2,485	32
Public special use	572	33	24	60	337	118
Private not-for-profit 4-year primarily associate's	358	22	12	34	284	6
Private not-for-profit	1,648	129	99	106	1,310	4
Private for-profit 4-year primarily associate's	1,593	0	0	0	1,591	2
Private for-profit	7,506	80	16	9	7,342	59
Special focus institutions	49,340	9,788	8,123	18,381	11,430	1,618
Theological seminaries, bible colleges, and other faith-related institutions	3,218	995	415	199	1,548	61
Medical schools and medical centers	31,294	6,466	6,740	16,430	337	1,321
Other health professions schools	4,756	794	400	1,163	2,302	97
Schools of engineering	427	237	110	40	10	30
Other technology-related schools	913	0	0	0	912	1
Schools of business and management	1,111	164	59	78	808	2
Schools of art, music, and design	5,827	396	117	175	5,070	69
Schools of law	1,185	633	257	270	5	20
Other special-focus institutions	609	103	25	26	438	17

Tribal colleges	747	24	6	0	696	21

Other 4-year institutions	2,654	396	349	634	823	452
Other 2-year institutions	1,567	54	22	71	1,406	14

¹ Based on the Carnegie Foundation's Basic Classification, which is an update of the traditional classification framework developed by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education in 1970 to support its research program and published in 1973 for use by other researchers.

² Staff whose primary responsibility is instruction, research, and/or public service.

NOTE: Data are for degree-granting institutions and administrative offices with 15 or more full-time staff.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2007-08, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section.

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