Table 249.

Full-time instructional faculty in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity, sex, and academic rank: Fall 2003, fall 2005, and fall 2007

Sex and academic rank	Total	White	Minority						Race/ethnicity unknown	Nonresident alien2
			Number	Percent1	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/Alaska Native
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
2003
Total	630,092	505,186	97,164	15.6	33,106	20,046	41,043	2,969	6,589	21,153
Professors	165,521	144,116	19,402	11.8	5,323	3,415	10,161	503	821	1,182
Associate professors	132,729	109,106	20,763	15.8	7,199	3,860	9,178	526	902	1,958
Assistant professors	152,688	112,657	28,579	19.0	9,449	5,301	13,172	657	2,008	9,444
Instructors	93,087	73,292	16,688	18.2	6,757	4,786	4,314	831	1,349	1,758
Lecturers	23,307	18,338	3,578	15.6	1,202	1,078	1,198	100	315	1,076
Other faculty	62,760	47,677	8,154	13.2	3,176	1,606	3,020	352	1,194	5,735
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
Males	401,507	313,685	62,923	15.9	17,029	12,486	31,711	1,697	5,668	19,231
Professors	126,788	109,128	15,706	12.5	3,498	2,680	9,180	348	764	1,190
Associate professors	84,783	68,383	13,893	16.5	3,947	2,551	7,099	296	835	1,672
Assistant professors	86,182	60,244	16,671	19.7	4,459	3,003	8,903	306	1,601	7,666
Instructors	46,481	36,034	8,360	18.4	2,987	2,581	2,320	472	978	1,109
Lecturers	12,976	9,898	1,980	15.6	595	495	839	51	264	834
Other faculty	44,297	29,998	6,313	14.7	1,543	1,176	3,370	224	1,226	6,760
Females	274,117	214,215	47,041	17.4	18,429	10,332	16,746	1,534	4,035	8,826
Professors	42,404	36,808	5,150	12.2	1,986	1,113	1,880	171	250	196
Associate professors	53,661	44,124	8,536	16.0	3,455	1,768	3,045	268	461	540
Assistant professors	73,507	54,226	14,582	20.2	5,438	2,725	6,019	400	1,208	3,491
Instructors	52,074	40,325	10,008	19.5	4,475	2,680	2,420	433	875	866
Lecturers	14,239	11,084	2,362	16.8	691	738	875	58	216	577
Other faculty	38,232	27,648	6,403	17.2	2,384	1,308	2,507	204	1,025	3,156
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

1 Minority faculty as a percentage of total faculty, excluding race/ethnicity unknown. 2 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. By definition, all graduate assistants are part-time. 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, 2003, 2005 and 2007 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2003–04, Winter 2005–06, and Winter 2007–08. (This table was prepared October 2008.)