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Table 270. | Full-time and part-time faculty and instructional staff in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity, sex, and program area: Fall 1998 and fall 2003 |
Program area | Number (in thousands) | Percentage distribution, fall 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/Pacific Islander | American Indian/ Alaska Native | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fall 1998 | Fall 2003 | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | ||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||||||||||
Full-time faculty and instructional staff |
560 | (4.8) | 682 | (#) | 100.0 | 49.6 | (0.39) | 30.7 | (0.36) | 2.9 | (0.15) | 2.7 | (0.13) | 2.0 | (0.09) | 1.5 | (0.08) | 6.3 | (0.15) | 2.8 | (0.15) | 0.8 | (0.08) | 0.6 | (0.07) |
Agriculture and home economics |
10 | (0.4) | 17 | (0.8) | 100.0 | 58.9 | (3.03) | 28.9 | (2.72) | ‡ | (†) | 1.8 | (0.73) | 1.2 | (0.46) | 1.3 | (0.52) | 3.6 | (1.13) | 2.8 | (0.86) | ‡ | (†) | 0.6 | (0.35) |
Business | 39 | (1.1) | 43 | (1.4) | 100.0 | 53.2 | (1.49) | 26.2 | (1.71) | 2.5 | (0.73) | 2.0 | (0.44) | 1.8 | (0.48) | 0.5 | (0.16) | 9.7 | (1.06) | 2.5 | (0.46) | 1.3 | (0.35) | 0.4 | (0.17) |
Communications | 10 | (1.0) | 16 | (1.4) | 100.0 | 48.1 | (3.39) | 38.7 | (3.30) | 2.0 | (0.73) | 3.3 | (0.94) | 1.9 | (0.58) | 1.5 | (0.59) | 1.9 | (0.87) | 0.6 | (0.39) | 1.1 | (0.77) | 0.9 | (0.64) |
Education | 40 | (1.4) | 51 | (1.9) | 100.0 | 32.5 | (1.49) | 48.0 | (1.64) | 3.0 | (0.60) | 4.9 | (0.64) | 1.5 | (0.34) | 3.2 | (0.52) | 1.3 | (0.43) | 3.5 | (0.59) | 0.9 | (0.25) | 1.3 | (0.34) |
Teacher education | 14 | (0.6) | 18 | (1.0) | 100.0 | 31.1 | (2.31) | 54.4 | (2.54) | 2.1 | (0.86) | 5.2 | (1.10) | 0.4 | (0.24) | 3.1 | (0.89) | ‡ | (†) | 2.1 | (0.87) | 0.5 | (0.25) | 0.9 | (0.44) |
Other education | 26 | (1.3) | 33 | (1.5) | 100.0 | 33.3 | (2.09) | 44.4 | (2.46) | 3.4 | (0.84) | 4.7 | (0.75) | 2.2 | (0.51) | 3.2 | (0.57) | 1.9 | (0.64) | 4.2 | (0.81) | 1.1 | (0.40) | 1.5 | (0.45) |
Engineering | 25 | (0.9) | 33 | (1.3) | 100.0 | 65.6 | (1.93) | 5.3 | (0.90) | 4.9 | (0.84) | 0.5 | (0.26) | 2.2 | (0.42) | 0.4 | (0.17) | 17.9 | (1.61) | 2.2 | (0.63) | 0.8 | (0.53) | ‡ | (†) |
Fine arts | 33 | (1.4) | 43 | (1.7) | 100.0 | 52.8 | (1.68) | 33.6 | (1.36) | 4.4 | (0.83) | 1.6 | (0.34) | 2.0 | (0.59) | 1.3 | (0.44) | 1.5 | (0.42) | 1.4 | (0.59) | 1.2 | (0.36) | 0.3 | (0.18) |
Health sciences | 84 | (2.0) | 94 | (2.7) | 100.0 | 36.2 | (1.23) | 43.5 | (1.15) | 1.6 | (0.26) | 3.4 | (0.44) | 1.6 | (0.25) | 1.4 | (0.19) | 6.6 | (0.60) | 4.1 | (0.57) | 0.7 | (0.22) | 1.0 | (0.28) |
First-professional | 40 | (1.6) | 45 | (1.7) | 100.0 | 53.9 | (1.58) | 20.1 | (1.42) | 2.2 | (0.49) | 2.5 | (0.58) | 2.2 | (0.40) | 1.3 | (0.30) | 10.6 | (1.08) | 5.3 | (0.89) | 1.1 | (0.37) | 0.8 | (0.39) |
Nursing | 20 | (0.6) | 20 | (1.2) | 100.0 | 3.5 | (0.86) | 84.6 | (2.21) | ‡ | (†) | 5.3 | (1.29) | ‡ | (†) | 0.7 | (0.27) | ‡ | (†) | 3.4 | (1.10) | ‡ | (†) | 1.8 | (0.85) |
Other health sciences | 24 | (1.0) | 29 | (1.4) | 100.0 | 31.0 | (1.98) | 52.0 | (2.05) | 1.5 | (0.50) | 3.6 | (0.84) | 1.6 | (0.44) | 1.9 | (0.48) | 4.8 | (1.02) | 2.6 | (0.71) | ‡ | (†) | 0.7 | (0.31) |
Humanities | 81 | (1.8) | 90 | (2.4) | 100.0 | 47.3 | (1.40) | 35.0 | (1.33) | 2.4 | (0.43) | 2.6 | (0.39) | 2.2 | (0.24) | 2.9 | (0.31) | 2.9 | (0.48) | 2.9 | (0.54) | 0.9 | (0.23) | 0.9 | (0.25) |
English and literature | 40 | (1.2) | 39 | (1.5) | 100.0 | 38.8 | (1.90) | 46.0 | (2.10) | 2.1 | (0.45) | 4.5 | (0.70) | 1.3 | (0.27) | 1.9 | (0.50) | 0.8 | (0.34) | 2.7 | (0.87) | 0.5 | (0.18) | 1.4 | (0.39) |
Foreign languages | 15 | (0.8) | 20 | (1.0) | 100.0 | 36.2 | (1.86) | 36.7 | (2.07) | 2.7 | (0.89) | 0.9 | (0.46) | 5.1 | (0.75) | 8.3 | (1.07) | 4.0 | (1.11) | 4.5 | (1.01) | 0.7 | (0.43) | 0.8 | (0.44) |
History | 14 | (0.6) | 18 | (1.0) | 100.0 | 59.4 | (2.90) | 23.0 | (2.12) | 2.7 | (0.80) | 2.4 | (0.94) | 1.9 | (0.71) | 1.2 | (0.52) | 5.0 | (1.49) | 3.2 | (0.91) | 1.0 | (0.45) | ‡ | (†) |
Philosophy | 12 | (0.8) | 13 | (1.0) | 100.0 | 72.3 | (3.55) | 16.6 | (2.33) | 2.3 | (1.11) | ‡ | (†) | 1.0 | (0.35) | ‡ | (†) | 4.0 | (1.49) | ‡ | (†) | 2.0 | (1.20) | ‡ | (†) |
Law | 8 | (0.6) | 10 | (1.0) | 100.0 | 54.5 | (3.56) | 29.9 | (3.63) | 3.3 | (1.10) | 4.0 | (2.03) | 0.9 | (0.68) | 2.4 | (1.15) | 2.8 | (1.36) | 2.0 | (1.12) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
Natural sciences | 111 | (2.1) | 151 | (2.5) | 100.0 | 57.3 | (1.12) | 20.3 | (0.80) | 2.5 | (0.31) | 1.5 | (0.22) | 2.0 | (0.20) | 0.9 | (0.15) | 11.2 | (0.65) | 3.3 | (0.35) | 0.6 | (0.16) | 0.3 | (0.09) |
Biological sciences | 40 | (1.3) | 59 | (1.7) | 100.0 | 55.4 | (1.69) | 21.6 | (1.30) | 2.2 | (0.48) | 1.2 | (0.28) | 1.9 | (0.39) | 1.2 | (0.31) | 11.1 | (1.13) | 4.8 | (0.67) | 0.3 | (0.17) | 0.3 | (0.12) |
Physical sciences | 27 | (0.8) | 36 | (1.3) | 100.0 | 68.9 | (2.03) | 12.8 | (1.50) | 2.6 | (0.59) | 0.7 | (0.31) | 1.4 | (0.29) | 0.6 | (0.19) | 9.4 | (1.05) | 3.0 | (0.64) | 0.4 | (0.33) | ‡ | (†) |
Mathematics | 26 | (1.0) | 32 | (1.3) | 100.0 | 52.2 | (2.15) | 22.7 | (1.84) | 3.8 | (0.67) | 2.6 | (0.67) | 2.8 | (0.67) | 0.7 | (0.28) | 11.7 | (1.41) | 1.8 | (0.67) | 1.2 | (0.56) | 0.3 | (0.18) |
Computer sciences | 17 | (0.9) | 24 | (1.2) | 100.0 | 51.0 | (2.74) | 25.1 | (2.15) | 1.5 | (0.59) | 2.0 | (0.58) | 2.3 | (0.52) | 0.9 | (0.31) | 13.5 | (1.69) | 2.0 | (0.66) | 1.1 | (0.48) | 0.6 | (0.36) |
Social sciences | 58 | (1.3) | 70 | (1.8) | 100.0 | 52.2 | (1.46) | 29.0 | (1.23) | 3.7 | (0.45) | 4.1 | (0.81) | 2.6 | (0.36) | 1.7 | (0.35) | 3.4 | (0.58) | 1.9 | (0.48) | 0.9 | (0.25) | 0.6 | (0.15) |
Economics | 9 | (0.6) | 12 | (0.7) | 100.0 | 62.3 | (3.46) | 18.0 | (3.09) | 3.5 | (0.92) | ‡ | (†) | 3.1 | (1.13) | ‡ | (†) | 8.9 | (2.18) | 3.2 | (2.24) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
Political science | 8 | (0.5) | 10 | (0.7) | 100.0 | 67.1 | (3.74) | 16.8 | (2.59) | 2.8 | (1.19) | 3.2 | (1.62) | 5.1 | (1.57) | ‡ | (†) | 2.9 | (1.31) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
Psychology | 20 | (0.7) | 25 | (1.1) | 100.0 | 46.3 | (2.33) | 37.8 | (2.16) | 3.4 | (1.01) | 5.0 | (1.99) | 1.6 | (0.42) | 2.7 | (0.70) | 1.1 | (0.49) | 1.2 | (0.39) | 0.6 | (0.34) | ‡ | (†) |
Sociology | 9 | (0.4) | 9 | (0.6) | 100.0 | 49.9 | (3.72) | 30.1 | (3.42) | 3.9 | (1.69) | 8.0 | (2.43) | 3.0 | (0.97) | 1.4 | (0.92) | 1.1 | (0.89) | 1.3 | (0.75) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
Other social sciences | 13 | (0.6) | 14 | (0.9) | 100.0 | 45.2 | (3.59) | 30.5 | (3.09) | 4.8 | (1.33) | 3.9 | (1.28) | 1.9 | (0.80) | 2.4 | (0.71) | 4.7 | (1.50) | 3.7 | (1.22) | 1.9 | (0.75) | 1.1 | (0.54) |
Occupationally specific programs |
16 | (0.8) | 27 | (1.1) | 100.0 | 60.7 | (2.47) | 24.2 | (2.16) | 4.2 | (1.16) | 1.9 | (0.55) | 2.5 | (0.63) | 0.8 | (0.26) | 2.0 | (0.92) | 1.4 | (0.46) | 1.9 | (0.62) | 0.5 | (0.36) |
All other programs | 44 | (1.2) | 29 | (1.4) | 100.0 | 42.0 | (2.03) | 37.4 | (2.00) | 4.7 | (1.01) | 6.0 | (1.01) | 1.7 | (0.44) | 1.7 | (0.53) | 3.2 | (0.99) | 2.0 | (0.64) | 0.7 | (0.31) | 0.6 | (0.28) |
Part-time faculty and instructional staff |
416 | (5.9) | 530 | (#) | 100.0 | 44.4 | (0.46) | 40.8 | (0.54) | 2.6 | (0.17) | 3.0 | (0.14) | 1.9 | (0.12) | 1.6 | (0.10) | 2.1 | (0.15) | 1.8 | (0.18) | 1.0 | (0.15) | 0.8 | (0.15) |
Agriculture and home economics |
3 | (0.2) | 7 | (1.0) | 100.0 | 30.8 | (6.24) | 60.6 | (6.30) | ‡ | (†) | 2.1 | (1.46) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
Business | 32 | (1.8) | 45 | (3.0) | 100.0 | 60.6 | (1.96) | 26.2 | (1.73) | 4.3 | (0.70) | 2.3 | (0.54) | 1.7 | (0.77) | 0.5 | (0.28) | 2.0 | (0.69) | 1.0 | (0.50) | 1.0 | (0.52) | 0.4 | (0.23) |
Communications | 10 | (1.0) | 14 | (1.2) | 100.0 | 47.7 | (3.71) | 39.3 | (3.89) | 2.1 | (0.97) | 2.8 | (0.95) | 0.5 | (0.36) | 1.5 | (0.99) | ‡ | (†) | 0.8 | (0.52) | 3.5 | (1.82) | 1.1 | (0.86) |
Education | 34 | (1.6) | 64 | (2.6) | 100.0 | 25.3 | (1.65) | 59.8 | (2.11) | 1.4 | (0.41) | 5.2 | (0.90) | 1.7 | (0.37) | 3.4 | (0.49) | 0.4 | (0.19) | 1.3 | (0.38) | 0.3 | (0.15) | 1.2 | (0.36) |
Teacher education | 13 | (1.0) | 29 | (1.8) | 100.0 | 22.2 | (2.41) | 63.9 | (2.84) | 0.9 | (0.35) | 6.4 | (1.17) | 1.3 | (0.41) | 2.2 | (0.52) | ‡ | (†) | 0.9 | (0.52) | ‡ | (†) | 1.6 | (0.69) |
Other education | 20 | (1.2) | 34 | (1.8) | 100.0 | 27.9 | (2.53) | 56.4 | (2.98) | 1.9 | (0.66) | 4.1 | (1.17) | 2.0 | (0.57) | 4.5 | (0.77) | 0.5 | (0.24) | 1.6 | (0.60) | ‡ | (†) | 0.8 | (0.37) |
Engineering | 9 | (0.8) | 14 | (1.5) | 100.0 | 78.6 | (3.70) | 6.8 | (2.77) | 1.4 | (1.22) | ‡ | (†) | 1.7 | (0.46) | 0.9 | (0.46) | 8.0 | (2.13) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
Fine arts | 38 | (1.5) | 48 | (3.6) | 100.0 | 44.8 | (2.06) | 43.9 | (2.44) | 1.7 | (0.54) | 1.3 | (0.34) | 1.8 | (0.49) | 0.9 | (0.25) | 1.0 | (0.36) | 1.9 | (0.58) | 2.1 | (0.84) | 0.7 | (0.30) |
Health sciences | 49 | (2.2) | 58 | (3.1) | 100.0 | 27.9 | (1.65) | 57.1 | (1.74) | 1.2 | (0.41) | 4.0 | (0.52) | 0.8 | (0.26) | 1.4 | (0.38) | 4.0 | (0.87) | 2.4 | (0.72) | 0.5 | (0.32) | 0.5 | (0.23) |
First-professional | 15 | (1.3) | 17 | (1.2) | 100.0 | 47.2 | (3.33) | 34.7 | (3.64) | 2.0 | (1.03) | 2.1 | (0.92) | 1.2 | (0.72) | 0.9 | (0.45) | 6.4 | (2.10) | 5.1 | (2.41) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
Nursing | 12 | (0.8) | 13 | (1.3) | 100.0 | ‡ | (†) | 86.3 | (2.04) | ‡ | (†) | 8.0 | (1.30) | ‡ | (†) | 1.4 | (0.56) | ‡ | (†) | 1.3 | (1.03) | ‡ | (†) | 0.9 | (0.47) |
Other health sciences | 21 | (1.7) | 28 | (2.0) | 100.0 | 29.4 | (2.86) | 56.4 | (3.07) | 1.2 | (0.66) | 3.2 | (0.76) | 0.8 | (0.32) | 1.7 | (0.70) | 4.3 | (1.23) | 1.4 | (0.56) | ‡ | (†) | 0.7 | (0.40) |
Humanities | 74 | (2.1) | 80 | (2.5) | 100.0 | 35.9 | (1.52) | 49.2 | (1.61) | 1.6 | (0.35) | 2.9 | (0.45) | 2.3 | (0.35) | 2.9 | (0.44) | 0.9 | (0.30) | 2.7 | (0.55) | 1.0 | (0.33) | 0.6 | (0.22) |
English and literature | 43 | (1.4) | 44 | (1.9) | 100.0 | 29.5 | (2.31) | 58.5 | (2.47) | 1.2 | (0.33) | 4.3 | (0.78) | 1.0 | (0.35) | 1.3 | (0.37) | 1.0 | (0.41) | 1.6 | (0.46) | 0.8 | (0.34) | 0.8 | (0.29) |
Foreign languages | 12 | (1.2) | 15 | (1.2) | 100.0 | 16.6 | (3.57) | 52.0 | (3.38) | 1.4 | (0.83) | 2.0 | (0.80) | 7.2 | (1.50) | 11.4 | (1.97) | ‡ | (†) | 7.9 | (2.18) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
History | 11 | (0.7) | 11 | (1.0) | 100.0 | 61.1 | (4.58) | 28.9 | (4.15) | 1.5 | (0.89) | 0.5 | (0.38) | 2.5 | (1.05) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 1.0 | (0.63) | 3.7 | (1.99) | ‡ | (†) |
Philosophy | 9 | (0.6) | 10 | (1.2) | 100.0 | 65.7 | (4.20) | 26.0 | (4.60) | 3.5 | (1.71) | 0.5 | (0.28) | 0.6 | (0.46) | ‡ | (†) | 1.8 | (1.18) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
Law | 11 | (0.8) | 11 | (1.2) | 100.0 | 52.6 | (4.43) | 32.8 | (4.18) | 4.4 | (1.41) | 2.0 | (0.82) | 2.2 | (1.05) | ‡ | (†) | 3.5 | (1.89) | ‡ | (†) | 1.0 | (0.86) | ‡ | (†) |
Natural sciences | 65 | (2.2) | 90 | (2.9) | 100.0 | 50.5 | (1.72) | 32.4 | (1.73) | 3.8 | (0.44) | 2.7 | (0.36) | 1.9 | (0.41) | 0.7 | (0.16) | 4.2 | (0.61) | 2.3 | (0.46) | 1.0 | (0.34) | 0.5 | (0.26) |
Biological sciences | 11 | (0.9) | 16 | (1.0) | 100.0 | 41.7 | (3.76) | 40.1 | (3.78) | 2.2 | (0.67) | 2.1 | (0.90) | 1.0 | (0.39) | 1.0 | (0.40) | 5.6 | (2.32) | 5.3 | (1.63) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
Physical sciences | 11 | (0.8) | 16 | (1.1) | 100.0 | 57.8 | (3.30) | 28.7 | (3.42) | 3.9 | (1.37) | 0.9 | (0.52) | 1.9 | (1.05) | 0.9 | (0.41) | 3.1 | (1.06) | 2.6 | (0.99) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
Mathematics | 24 | (1.4) | 32 | (2.3) | 100.0 | 46.6 | (3.20) | 36.0 | (3.04) | 4.4 | (0.78) | 3.1 | (0.83) | 1.4 | (0.48) | 0.5 | (0.24) | 3.9 | (0.85) | 1.8 | (0.64) | 1.3 | (0.85) | 0.9 | (0.59) |
Computer sciences | 19 | (1.2) | 26 | (1.7) | 100.0 | 56.4 | (2.98) | 25.3 | (2.64) | 4.1 | (1.03) | 3.7 | (0.60) | 3.0 | (0.93) | 0.7 | (0.39) | 4.2 | (1.10) | 0.9 | (0.45) | 1.4 | (0.63) | ‡ | (†) |
Social sciences | 41 | (2.4) | 42 | (2.0) | 100.0 | 49.8 | (1.85) | 32.9 | (2.09) | 3.7 | (0.68) | 3.0 | (0.66) | 2.5 | (0.65) | 1.5 | (0.31) | 0.9 | (0.48) | 2.3 | (1.23) | 1.5 | (0.65) | 2.0 | (0.62) |
Economics | 4 | (0.5) | 5 | (0.8) | 100.0 | 68.6 | (7.36) | 9.3 | (4.08) | 7.2 | (3.52) | ‡ | (†) | 7.0 | (4.24) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
Political science | 4 | (0.4) | 5 | (0.8) | 100.0 | 71.1 | (5.32) | 11.9 | (3.93) | 5.7 | (2.79) | 1.7 | (1.32) | 3.9 | (2.30) | 1.0 | (0.67) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
Psychology | 18 | (2.1) | 18 | (1.2) | 100.0 | 42.2 | (3.36) | 44.4 | (3.12) | 2.0 | (0.76) | 3.0 | (0.91) | 1.4 | (0.64) | 1.7 | (0.58) | ‡ | (†) | 0.6 | (0.52) | 1.9 | (1.11) | 2.2 | (0.93) |
Sociology | 6 | (0.5) | 7 | (0.9) | 100.0 | 44.6 | (6.09) | 30.7 | (6.03) | 4.0 | (1.61) | 4.1 | (1.54) | 1.7 | (0.98) | 1.6 | (0.76) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 1.7 | (1.52) | 5.7 | (3.43) |
Other social sciences | 10 | (0.9) | 8 | (0.8) | 100.0 | 46.2 | (4.24) | 36.4 | (4.19) | 3.8 | (2.28) | 4.5 | (1.85) | 1.8 | (1.04) | 1.9 | (0.83) | ‡ | (†) | 2.8 | (1.29) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
Occupationally specific programs |
17 | (1.1) | 37 | (2.4) | 100.0 | 68.2 | (2.51) | 18.6 | (2.19) | 4.5 | (1.03) | 1.8 | (0.63) | 4.0 | (0.92) | 0.6 | (0.23) | 0.6 | (0.32) | 0.3 | (0.19) | 1.1 | (0.50) | 0.4 | (0.25) |
All other programs | 35 | (1.6) | 19 | (1.2) | 100.0 | 41.8 | (3.30) | 42.6 | (2.95) | 2.5 | (0.81) | 5.5 | (1.46) | 1.9 | (0.58) | 2.6 | (0.90) | 0.9 | (0.75) | 1.2 | (0.63) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
†Not applicable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
#Rounds to zero. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
‡Reporting standards not met. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Totals may differ from figures reported in other tables because of varying survey methodologies. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and nonresponse to program area question. Standard errors appear in parentheses. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1999 and 2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:99;04). (This table was prepared December 2008.) |