Table 315.20.

Full-time instructional faculty in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity, sex, and academic rank: Fall 2007, fall 2009, and fall 2011

Sex and academic rank	Total	White	Black, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, and two or more races									Race/ ethnicity unknown	Non-resident alien2
			Total	Per-cent1	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander			American Indian/Alaska Native	Two or more races
							Total	Asian	Pacific Islander
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
2007
Total	703,463	540,460	119,906	18.2	37,930	24,975	53,661	—	—	3,340	—	11,875	31,222
Professors	173,395	147,867	22,734	13.3	5,839	4,128	12,239	—	—	528	—	1,309	1,485
Associate professors	143,692	115,274	24,255	17.4	7,855	4,714	11,082	—	—	604	—	1,628	2,535
Assistant professors	168,508	117,618	34,940	22.9	10,642	6,329	17,290	—	—	679	—	3,593	12,357
Instructors	101,429	77,609	19,470	20.1	7,480	5,800	5,225	—	—	965	—	2,350	2,000
Lecturers	31,264	23,470	5,326	18.5	1,602	1,492	2,081	—	—	151	—	661	1,807
Other faculty	85,175	58,622	13,181	18.4	4,512	2,512	5,744	—	—	413	—	2,334	11,038
2009
Total	728,977	551,271	130,903	19.2	39,715	28,040	59,691	—	—	3,457	—	16,058	30,745
Professors	177,581	149,568	24,633	14.1	6,086	4,683	13,284	—	—	580	—	1,923	1,457
Associate professors	148,981	117,270	26,779	18.6	8,163	5,383	12,632	—	—	601	—	2,387	2,545
Assistant professors	171,639	117,892	37,199	24.0	10,979	6,789	18,712	—	—	719	—	4,617	11,931
Instructors	104,521	78,329	20,951	21.1	7,806	6,577	5,566	—	—	1,002	—	3,396	1,845
Lecturers	33,332	24,895	5,851	19.0	1,812	1,583	2,318	—	—	138	—	882	1,704
Other faculty	92,923	63,317	15,490	19.7	4,869	3,025	7,179	—	—	417	—	2,853	11,263
Males	415,821	314,712	71,889	18.6	18,026	14,865	37,261	—	—	1,737	—	8,973	20,247
Professors	127,931	107,315	18,013	14.4	3,755	3,209	10,684	—	—	365	—	1,405	1,198
Associate professors	87,965	68,747	15,935	18.8	4,180	3,096	8,338	—	—	321	—	1,497	1,786
Assistant professors	88,665	59,607	18,954	24.1	4,568	3,422	10,658	—	—	306	—	2,477	7,627
Instructors	46,762	35,137	9,003	20.4	2,880	3,078	2,568	—	—	477	—	1,583	1,039
Lecturers	15,724	11,702	2,620	18.3	822	650	1,084	—	—	64	—	466	936
Other faculty	48,774	32,204	7,364	18.6	1,821	1,410	3,929	—	—	204	—	1,545	7,661
Females	313,156	236,559	59,014	20.0	21,689	13,175	22,430	—	—	1,720	—	7,085	10,498
Professors	49,650	42,253	6,620	13.5	2,331	1,474	2,600	—	—	215	—	518	259
Associate professors	61,016	48,523	10,844	18.3	3,983	2,287	4,294	—	—	280	—	890	759
Assistant professors	82,974	58,285	18,245	23.8	6,411	3,367	8,054	—	—	413	—	2,140	4,304
Instructors	57,759	43,192	11,948	21.7	4,926	3,499	2,998	—	—	525	—	1,813	806
Lecturers	17,608	13,193	3,231	19.7	990	933	1,234	—	—	74	—	416	768
Other faculty	44,149	31,113	8,126	20.7	3,048	1,615	3,250	—	—	213	—	1,308	3,602
2011
Total	761,619	563,689	147,517	20.7	41,649	31,331	66,887	65,438	1,449	3,529	4,121	17,000	33,413
Professors	181,508	150,334	27,588	15.5	6,517	5,180	14,646	14,425	221	589	656	2,202	1,384
Associate professors	155,200	119,371	30,648	20.4	8,695	6,143	14,409	14,129	280	597	804	2,477	2,704
Assistant professors	174,045	118,014	39,988	25.3	10,994	7,428	19,822	19,443	379	701	1,043	4,926	11,117
Instructors	109,054	80,703	23,160	22.3	8,600	6,906	5,808	5,449	359	981	865	3,263	1,928
Lecturers	34,477	25,823	6,262	19.5	1,688	1,773	2,456	2,421	35	135	210	849	1,543
Other faculty	107,335	69,444	19,871	22.2	5,155	3,901	9,746	9,571	175	526	543	3,283	14,737
Males	426,982	315,801	79,805	20.2	18,660	16,345	41,057	40,357	700	1,749	1,994	9,602	21,774
Professors	128,648	106,039	19,841	15.8	3,984	3,499	11,579	11,420	159	362	417	1,643	1,125
Associate professors	89,741	68,447	17,865	20.7	4,373	3,437	9,305	9,142	163	313	437	1,574	1,855
Assistant professors	88,168	58,531	19,881	25.4	4,458	3,692	10,974	10,820	154	303	454	2,693	7,063
Instructors	48,130	35,870	9,749	21.4	3,136	3,133	2,669	2,526	143	463	348	1,487	1,024
Lecturers	15,689	11,720	2,740	18.9	751	753	1,110	1,090	20	47	79	410	819
Other faculty	56,606	35,194	9,729	21.7	1,958	1,831	5,420	5,359	61	261	259	1,795	9,888
Females	334,637	247,888	67,712	21.5	22,989	14,986	25,830	25,081	749	1,780	2,127	7,398	11,639
Professors	52,860	44,295	7,747	14.9	2,533	1,681	3,067	3,005	62	227	239	559	259
Associate professors	65,459	50,924	12,783	20.1	4,322	2,706	5,104	4,987	117	284	367	903	849
Assistant professors	85,877	59,483	20,107	25.3	6,536	3,736	8,848	8,623	225	398	589	2,233	4,054
Instructors	60,924	44,833	13,411	23.0	5,464	3,773	3,139	2,923	216	518	517	1,776	904
Lecturers	18,788	14,103	3,522	20.0	937	1,020	1,346	1,331	15	88	131	439	724
Other faculty	50,729	34,250	10,142	22.8	3,197	2,070	4,326	4,212	114	265	284	1,488	4,849

—Not available.

1 Combined total of faculty who were Black, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, and of two or more races as a percentage of total faculty, excluding race/ethnicity unknown and nonresident alien.

2 Race/ethnicity not collected.

NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Includes institutions with fewer than 15 full-time employees; these institutions did not report staff data prior to 2007. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2007-08, Winter 2009-10, and Winter 2011-12, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section. (This table was prepared July 2012.)