Table 227.

Total and full-time-equivalent staff in degree-granting institutions, by employment status, control of institution, and occupation: Fall 1976, fall 1995, and fall 2005

Control of institution and primary occupation	Fall 1976					Fall 1995				Fall 2005
	Total			Full-time equivalent (FTE)		Total		Full-time equivalent (FTE)		Total		Full-time equivalent (FTE)
	Total	Percent	Full-time	Total	FTE students per FTE staff	Total	Percent	Total	FTE students per FTE staff	Number	Percent	Total	FTE students per FTE staff
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
All institutions	1,863,790	100.0	1,339,911	1,541,339	5.4	2,662,075	100.0	2,129,260	4.9	3,379,087	100.0	2,630,636	5.0
Professional staff	1,073,119	57.6	709,400	845,456	9.8	1,744,867	65.5	1,319,947	7.8	2,459,885	72.8	1,812,925	7.3
Executive/administrative/managerial	101,263	5.4	97,003	98,972	84.0	147,445	5.5	143,965	71.8	196,324	5.8	192,963	68.4
Faculty (instruction and research)	633,210	34.0	434,071	500,533	16.6	931,706	35.0	677,736	15.2	1,290,426	38.2	881,306	15.0
Instruction and research assistants	160,086	8.6	28,007	82,684	100.5	215,909	8.1	89,238	115.8	317,141	9.4	131,415	100.5
Other professionals	178,560	9.6	150,319	163,267	50.9	449,807	16.9	409,008	25.3	655,994	19.4	607,240	21.7
Nonprofessional staff	790,671	42.4	630,511	695,883	11.9	917,208	34.5	809,313	12.8	919,202	27.2	817,712	16.1
Public	1,329,122	100.0	946,354	1,092,558	5.8	1,865,930	100.0	1,469,140	5.3	2,267,687	100.0	1,743,382	5.4
Professional staff	769,836	57.9	502,325	601,942	10.5	1,230,006	65.9	910,408	8.5	1,640,704	72.4	1,190,902	7.9
Executive/administrative/managerial	60,733	4.6	58,649	59,579	106.6	82,396	4.4	80,504	96.3	101,011	4.5	99,292	94.6
Faculty (instruction and research)	448,733	33.8	313,367	357,761	17.7	656,833	35.2	475,208	16.3	841,188	37.1	578,693	16.2
Instruction and research assistants	127,925	9.6	19,076	63,420	100.1	181,743	9.7	74,040	104.7	257,952	11.4	105,087	89.4
Other professionals	132,445	10.0	111,233	121,182	52.4	309,034	16.6	280,655	27.6	440,553	19.4	407,831	23.0
Nonprofessional staff	559,286	42.1	444,029	490,616	12.9	635,924	34.1	558,732	13.9	626,983	27.6	552,480	17.0
Private	534,668	100.0	393,557	448,781	4.4	796,145	100.0	660,119	3.9	1,111,400	100.0	887,254	4.3
Professional staff	303,283	56.7	207,075	243,514	8.1	514,861	64.7	409,539	6.3	819,181	73.7	622,023	6.1
Executive/administrative/managerial	40,530	7.6	38,354	39,393	49.8	65,049	8.2	63,461	40.7	95,313	8.6	93,672	40.7
Faculty (instruction and research)	184,477	34.5	120,704	142,772	13.7	274,873	34.5	202,527	12.8	449,238	40.4	302,614	12.6
Instruction and research assistants	32,161	6.0	8,931	19,264	101.9	34,166	4.3	15,197	170.0	59,189	5.3	26,328	144.7
Other professionals	46,115	8.6	39,086	42,085	46.6	140,773	17.7	128,353	20.1	215,441	19.4	199,409	19.1
Nonprofessional staff	231,385	43.3	186,482	205,267	9.6	281,284	35.3	250,580	10.3	292,219	26.3	265,231	14.4

NOTE: Data for 1976 and 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 Guide to Sources for details.) 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), "Staff Survey," 1976; and 1995 and 2005 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Staff Survey" (IPEDS-S:95), and Winter 2005–06. (This table was prepared August 2006.)