Table 315.20.

Full-time faculty in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity, sex, and academic rank: Fall 2009, fall 2011, and fall 2013

Year, 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
2009
Total	729,152	551,230	130,903	19.2	39,706	28,022	59,480	—	—	3,458	—	16,059	31,197
Professors	177,566	149,553	24,633	14.1	6,086	4,683	13,281	—	—	580	—	1,923	1,460
Associate professors	148,959	117,241	26,779	18.6	8,162	5,382	12,626	—	—	601	—	2,387	2,560
Assistant professors	171,622	117,794	37,199	24.0	10,974	6,783	18,634	—	—	717	—	4,616	12,104
Instructors	104,554	78,346	20,951	21.1	7,807	6,575	5,546	—	—	1,002	—	3,399	1,879
Lecturers	33,372	24,925	5,851	19.0	1,813	1,583	2,319	—	—	139	—	882	1,711
Other faculty	93,079	63,371	15,490	19.7	4,864	3,016	7,074	—	—	419	—	2,852	11,483
2011
Total	762,114	564,218	147,495	20.7	41,662	31,335	66,842	65,469	1,373	3,534	4,122	16,999	33,402
Professors	181,509	150,364	27,559	15.5	6,517	5,180	14,617	14,425	192	589	656	2,202	1,384
Associate professors	155,201	119,415	30,605	20.4	8,695	6,144	14,364	14,129	235	597	805	2,477	2,704
Assistant professors	174,052	118,022	39,986	25.3	10,994	7,428	19,820	19,445	375	701	1,043	4,926	11,118
Instructors	109,042	80,690	23,162	22.3	8,602	6,907	5,807	5,448	359	981	865	3,262	1,928
Lecturers	34,473	25,821	6,261	19.5	1,688	1,773	2,455	2,420	35	135	210	848	1,543
Other faculty	107,837	69,906	19,922	22.2	5,166	3,903	9,779	9,602	177	531	543	3,284	14,725
Males	427,214	316,133	79,707	20.1	18,636	16,341	40,989	40,368	621	1,752	1,989	9,600	21,774
Professors	128,649	106,069	19,812	15.7	3,984	3,499	11,550	11,420	130	362	417	1,643	1,125
Associate professors	89,742	68,493	17,820	20.6	4,373	3,437	9,260	9,142	118	313	437	1,574	1,855
Assistant professors	88,173	58,538	19,877	25.3	4,458	3,692	10,970	10,820	150	303	454	2,694	7,064
Instructors	48,124	35,864	9,750	21.4	3,138	3,133	2,668	2,525	143	463	348	1,486	1,024
Lecturers	15,690	11,721	2,740	18.9	751	753	1,110	1,090	20	47	79	410	819
Other faculty	56,836	35,448	9,708	21.5	1,932	1,827	5,431	5,371	60	264	254	1,793	9,887
Females	334,900	248,085	67,788	21.5	23,026	14,994	25,853	25,101	752	1,782	2,133	7,399	11,628
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	50,922	12,785	20.1	4,322	2,707	5,104	4,987	117	284	368	903	849
Assistant professors	85,879	59,484	20,109	25.3	6,536	3,736	8,850	8,625	225	398	589	2,232	4,054
Instructors	60,918	44,826	13,412	23.0	5,464	3,774	3,139	2,923	216	518	517	1,776	904
Lecturers	18,783	14,100	3,521	20.0	937	1,020	1,345	1,330	15	88	131	438	724
Other faculty	51,001	34,458	10,214	22.9	3,234	2,076	4,348	4,231	117	267	289	1,491	4,838
20133
Total	791,391	575,491	157,480	21.5	43,188	33,217	72,246	71,038	1,208	3,538	5,291	20,013	38,407
Professors	181,530	148,577	29,111	16.4	6,665	5,604	15,417	15,247	170	573	852	2,323	1,519
Associate professors	155,095	116,817	32,580	21.8	8,812	6,381	15,809	15,626	183	591	987	2,859	2,839
Assistant professors	166,045	112,262	38,011	25.3	10,542	7,130	18,402	18,070	332	683	1,254	5,695	10,077
Instructors	99,304	73,859	20,684	21.9	7,448	6,340	5,236	4,950	286	879	781	3,180	1,581
Lecturers	36,728	27,453	6,591	19.4	1,728	2,015	2,436	2,403	33	117	295	1,151	1,533
Other faculty	152,689	96,523	30,503	24.0	7,993	5,747	14,946	14,742	204	695	1,122	4,805	20,858
Males	436,456	316,912	83,905	20.9	18,905	17,198	43,519	42,928	591	1,736	2,547	10,813	24,826
Professors	125,836	102,520	20,450	16.6	4,018	3,669	11,882	11,772	110	350	531	1,664	1,202
Associate professors	87,420	65,320	18,552	22.1	4,321	3,533	9,897	9,810	87	287	514	1,727	1,821
Assistant professors	82,331	54,700	18,387	25.2	4,169	3,506	9,887	9,725	162	304	521	2,957	6,287
Instructors	42,877	32,014	8,665	21.3	2,714	2,888	2,304	2,179	125	430	329	1,349	849
Lecturers	16,588	12,464	2,756	18.1	760	834	992	983	9	39	131	580	788
Other faculty	81,404	49,894	15,095	23.2	2,923	2,768	8,557	8,459	98	326	521	2,536	13,879
Females	354,935	258,579	73,575	22.2	24,283	16,019	28,727	28,110	617	1,802	2,744	9,200	13,581
Professors	55,694	46,057	8,661	15.8	2,647	1,935	3,535	3,475	60	223	321	659	317
Associate professors	67,675	51,497	14,028	21.4	4,491	2,848	5,912	5,816	96	304	473	1,132	1,018
Assistant professors	83,714	57,562	19,624	25.4	6,373	3,624	8,515	8,345	170	379	733	2,738	3,790
Instructors	56,427	41,845	12,019	22.3	4,734	3,452	2,932	2,771	161	449	452	1,831	732
Lecturers	20,140	14,989	3,835	20.4	968	1,181	1,444	1,420	24	78	164	571	745
Other faculty	71,285	46,629	15,408	24.8	5,070	2,979	6,389	6,283	106	369	601	2,269	6,979

—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.

3 Only instructional faculty were classified by academic rank. Primarily research and primarily public service faculty, as well as faculty without ranks, appear under "other faculty."

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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2009-10 and Winter 2011-12, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section; and IPEDS Spring 2014, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section. (This table was prepared March 2015.)