Table 284.

Employees in degree-granting institutions, by sex, employment status, control and level of institution, and primary occupation: Selected years, fall 1991 through fall 2011

Sex, employment status, control and level of institution, and primary occupation	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	Percent change, 2001 to 2011
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
All institutions	2,545,235	2,602,612	2,662,075	2,752,504	2,883,175	3,083,353	3,187,907	3,379,087	3,561,428	3,723,419	3,840,980	24.6
Professional staff	1,595,460	1,687,287	1,744,867	1,835,916	1,950,861	2,132,150	2,268,268	2,459,885	2,629,401	2,782,149	2,923,961	37.1
Executive/administrative/managerial	144,755	143,675	147,445	151,363	159,888	152,038	184,913	196,324	217,518	230,579	238,718	57.0
Faculty (instruction/research/     public service)	826,252	915,474	931,706	989,813	1,027,830	1,113,183	1,173,593	1,290,426	1,371,390	1,439,144	1,523,615	36.9
Graduate assistants	197,751	202,819	215,909	222,724	239,738	261,136	292,061	317,141	328,979	342,393	355,916	36.3
Other professional	426,702	425,319	449,807	472,016	523,405	605,793	617,701	655,994	711,514	770,033	805,712	33.0
Nonprofessional staff	949,775	915,325	917,208	916,588	932,314	951,203	919,639	919,202	932,027	941,270	917,019	-3.6
Males	1,227,591	1,256,037	1,274,676	1,315,311	1,365,812	1,451,773	1,496,867	1,581,498	1,650,350	1,709,636	1,754,713	20.9
Professional staff	895,591	930,933	946,134	982,870	1,026,882	1,105,053	1,160,417	1,240,030	1,302,131	1,353,915	1,402,698	26.9
Executive/administrative/managerial	85,423	82,748	82,127	81,931	83,883	79,348	91,604	95,223	102,258	106,892	109,374	37.8
Faculty (instruction/research/     public service)	525,599	561,123	562,893	587,420	602,469	644,514	663,723	714,453	743,812	761,035	789,197	22.4
Graduate assistants	119,125	120,384	123,962	125,873	132,607	142,120	156,881	167,529	173,121	180,941	188,468	32.6
Other professional	165,444	166,678	177,152	187,646	207,923	239,071	248,209	262,825	282,940	305,047	315,659	32.0
Nonprofessional staff	332,000	325,104	328,542	332,441	338,930	346,720	336,450	341,468	348,219	355,721	352,015	1.5
Females	1,317,644	1,346,575	1,387,399	1,437,193	1,517,363	1,631,580	1,691,040	1,797,589	1,911,078	2,013,783	2,086,267	27.9
Professional staff	699,869	756,354	798,733	853,046	923,979	1,027,097	1,107,851	1,219,855	1,327,270	1,428,234	1,521,263	48.1
Executive/administrative/managerial	59,332	60,927	65,318	69,432	76,005	72,690	93,309	101,101	115,260	123,687	129,344	77.9
Faculty (instruction/research/     public service)	300,653	354,351	368,813	402,393	425,361	468,669	509,870	575,973	627,578	678,109	734,418	56.7
Graduate assistants	78,626	82,435	91,947	96,851	107,131	119,016	135,180	149,612	155,858	161,452	167,448	40.7
Other professional	261,258	258,641	272,655	284,370	315,482	366,722	369,492	393,169	428,574	464,986	490,053	33.6
Nonprofessional staff	617,775	590,221	588,666	584,147	593,384	604,483	583,189	577,734	583,808	585,549	565,004	-6.5
Full-time	1,812,912	1,783,510	1,801,371	1,828,507	1,918,676	2,043,208	2,083,142	2,179,864	2,281,223	2,381,702	2,435,533	19.2
Professional staff	1,031,797	1,039,094	1,066,510	1,104,834	1,180,173	1,283,684	1,337,568	1,432,107	1,526,823	1,619,517	1,693,088	31.9
Executive/administrative/managerial	139,116	137,834	140,990	144,529	153,722	146,523	178,691	190,078	210,257	222,282	231,602	58.1
Faculty (instruction/research/     public service)	535,623	545,706	550,822	568,719	590,937	617,868	630,092	675,624	703,463	728,977	761,619	23.3
Other professional	357,058	355,554	374,698	391,586	435,514	519,293	528,785	566,405	613,103	668,258	699,867	34.8
Nonprofessional staff	781,115	744,416	734,861	723,673	738,503	759,524	745,574	747,757	754,400	762,185	742,445	-2.2
Part-time	732,323	819,102	860,704	923,997	964,499	1,040,145	1,104,765	1,199,223	1,280,205	1,341,717	1,405,447	35.1
Professional staff	563,663	648,193	678,357	731,082	770,688	848,466	930,700	1,027,778	1,102,578	1,162,632	1,230,873	45.1
Executive/administrative/managerial	5,639	5,841	6,455	6,834	6,166	5,515	6,222	6,246	7,261	8,297	7,116	29.0
Faculty (instruction/research/     public service)	290,629	369,768	380,884	421,094	436,893	495,315	543,501	614,802	667,927	710,167	761,996	53.8
Graduate assistants	197,751	202,819	215,909	222,724	239,738	261,136	292,061	317,141	328,979	342,393	355,916	36.3
Other professional	69,644	69,765	75,109	80,430	87,891	86,500	88,916	89,589	98,411	101,775	105,845	22.4
Nonprofessional staff	168,660	170,909	182,347	192,915	193,811	191,679	174,065	171,445	177,627	179,085	174,574	-8.9
Public 4-year	1,341,914	1,333,533	1,383,476	1,418,661	1,470,842	1,558,576	1,569,870	1,656,709	1,741,699	1,803,724	1,843,204	18.3
Professional staff	826,633	855,913	893,345	932,972	987,622	1,069,161	1,115,312	1,200,168	1,278,894	1,336,958	1,390,625	30.1
Executive/administrative/managerial	63,674	59,678	60,590	61,984	64,336	60,245	70,397	74,241	81,364	84,355	84,911	40.9
Faculty (instruction/research/     public service)	358,376	374,021	384,399	404,109	417,086	438,459	450,123	486,691	518,221	539,901	575,534	31.3
Graduate assistants	144,344	170,916	178,342	182,481	196,393	218,260	239,600	257,578	266,429	275,872	285,905	31.0
Other professional	260,239	251,298	270,014	284,398	309,807	352,197	355,192	381,658	412,880	436,830	444,275	26.1
Nonprofessional staff	515,281	477,620	490,131	485,689	483,220	489,415	454,558	456,541	462,805	466,766	452,579	-7.5
Private 4-year	734,509	762,034	770,004	786,634	857,820	912,924	988,895	1,073,764	1,157,226	1,229,784	1,297,486	42.1
Professional staff	442,524	473,372	495,383	517,485	569,579	627,364	701,244	789,179	867,234	934,298	1,008,814	60.8
Executive/administrative/managerial	57,148	59,230	62,314	62,580	69,626	65,739	84,306	90,415	103,183	111,616	118,268	79.9
Faculty (instruction/research/     public service)	232,893	251,948	262,660	278,541	296,737	325,713	364,166	430,305	472,628	498,582	540,093	65.8
Graduate assistants	23,989	28,880	33,853	36,064	38,597	41,611	52,101	59,147	62,550	66,521	70,011	68.3
Other professional	128,494	133,314	136,556	140,300	164,619	194,301	200,671	209,312	228,873	257,579	280,442	44.3
Nonprofessional staff	291,985	288,662	274,621	269,149	288,241	285,560	287,651	284,585	289,992	295,486	288,672	1.1
Public 2-year	441,414	478,980	482,454	512,086	517,967	578,394	593,466	610,978	620,784	638,352	641,616	10.9
Professional staff	306,631	337,371	336,661	358,367	364,703	408,792	422,756	440,536	449,372	467,760	474,644	16.1
Executive/administrative/managerial	20,772	21,531	21,806	22,822	21,459	22,566	25,872	26,770	27,363	27,827	27,562	22.1
Faculty (instruction/research/     public service)	222,532	276,413	272,434	290,451	296,239	332,665	341,643	354,497	358,925	373,778	377,696	13.5
Graduate assistants	29,216	2,762	3,401	3,561	4,170	1,215	323	374	0	0	0	-100.0
Other professional	34,111	36,665	39,020	41,533	42,835	52,346	54,918	58,895	63,084	66,155	69,386	32.6
Nonprofessional staff	134,783	141,609	145,793	153,719	153,264	169,602	170,710	170,442	171,412	170,592	166,972	-1.6
Private 2-year	27,398	28,065	26,141	35,123	36,546	33,459	35,676	37,636	41,719	51,559	58,674	75.4
Professional staff	19,672	20,631	19,478	27,092	28,957	26,833	28,956	30,002	33,901	43,133	49,878	85.9
Executive/administrative/managerial	3,161	3,236	2,735	3,977	4,467	3,488	4,338	4,898	5,608	6,781	7,977	128.7
Faculty (instruction/research/     public service)	12,451	13,092	12,213	16,712	17,768	16,346	17,661	18,933	21,616	26,883	30,292	85.3
Graduate assistants	202	261	313	618	578	50	37	42	0	0	0	-100.0
Other professional	3,858	4,042	4,217	5,785	6,144	6,949	6,920	6,129	6,677	9,469	11,609	67.1
Nonprofessional staff	7,726	7,434	6,663	8,031	7,589	6,626	6,720	7,634	7,818	8,426	8,796	32.7

NOTE: Data through 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. 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.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Staff Survey" (IPEDS-S:91-99); and IPEDS Winter 2001-02 through Winter 2011-12, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section. (This table was prepared July 2012.)