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Table 316.81. | Percentage of full-time faculty (instruction, research, and public service) with tenure at degree-granting postsecondary institutions with a tenure system, by control, level, and state: 2013-14 |
State | All institutions | Public institutions | Nonprofit institutions | For-profit institutions | ||||||||||
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Total | 4-year institutions | 2-year | Total | 4-year institutions | 2-year | |||||||||
Total | Doctoral1 | Master's2 | Other | Total | Doctoral1 | Master's2 | Other | |||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
United States | 48.3 | 50.4 | 47.3 | 44.9 | 55.4 | 52.2 | 67.2 | 43.8 | 43.8 | 39.5 | 51.7 | 55.9 | 31.5 | 19.8 |
Alabama | 49.5 | 51.2 | 45.9 | 46.1 | 43.7 | 81.0 | 73.5 | 36.3 | 36.3 | 42.7 | 30.1 | 29.2 | † | † |
Alaska | 40.7 | 40.7 | 40.7 | 40.6 | 40.8 | † | 37.5 | † | † | † | † | † | † | † |
Arizona | 49.0 | 51.8 | 46.6 | 47.3 | 36.4 | † | 73.9 | 33.2 | 33.2 | 26.0 | 61.5 | 35.0 | † | 3.0 |
Arkansas | 44.3 | 43.3 | 44.6 | 46.9 | 45.8 | 10.0 | 11.9 | 56.0 | 56.0 | † | † | 56.0 | † | † |
California | 60.6 | 64.8 | 56.9 | 54.5 | 63.9 | 44.1 | 76.5 | 47.2 | 47.1 | 44.9 | 52.0 | 64.8 | 100.0 | 70.0 |
Colorado | 36.9 | 35.6 | 34.1 | 31.7 | 48.6 | 54.7 | 67.0 | 47.5 | 47.5 | 42.9 | 67.0 | † | † | † |
Connecticut | 47.5 | 60.8 | 60.0 | 52.9 | 70.8 | † | 63.8 | 38.5 | 38.5 | 35.4 | 52.7 | 49.8 | † | 37.5 |
Delaware | 59.7 | 59.2 | 59.2 | 60.3 | 54.0 | † | † | 65.4 | 65.4 | 71.4 | 62.5 | † | † | † |
District of Columbia | 46.7 | 55.3 | 55.3 | 38.9 | 57.5 | † | † | 46.1 | 46.1 | 46.3 | 35.2 | † | † | † |
Florida | 44.9 | 49.3 | 48.6 | 40.9 | 38.1 | 68.4 | 67.2 | 30.8 | 30.8 | 27.0 | 38.0 | 48.9 | † | 20.4 |
Georgia | 41.8 | 44.7 | 45.5 | 46.7 | 44.9 | 37.5 | 34.3 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 32.4 | 38.1 | 46.4 | 22.7 | 30.0 |
Hawaii | 53.6 | 58.6 | 57.2 | 56.9 | † | 61.2 | 62.8 | 12.3 | 12.3 | † | 12.3 | † | † | † |
Idaho | 55.2 | 53.0 | 52.0 | 50.6 | 55.7 | 47.5 | 66.9 | 62.0 | 62.0 | † | 51.0 | 63.9 | † | † |
Illinois | 52.4 | 59.1 | 49.1 | 48.6 | 51.5 | † | 80.6 | 44.9 | 44.9 | 41.2 | 53.8 | 55.2 | † | † |
Indiana | 48.8 | 46.5 | 46.5 | 47.1 | 45.3 | 34.2 | † | 53.9 | 54.1 | 53.7 | 49.9 | 61.2 | ‡ | † |
Iowa | 53.9 | 54.5 | 54.5 | 54.5 | † | † | † | 53.1 | 53.1 | 49.1 | 42.4 | 60.8 | † | 39.0 |
Kansas | 52.8 | 54.0 | 50.6 | 49.8 | 55.0 | † | 69.5 | 42.3 | 42.3 | 55.1 | 37.9 | 45.5 | † | † |
Kentucky | 49.6 | 49.9 | 50.3 | 48.6 | 53.7 | † | 47.9 | 47.8 | 47.8 | 43.9 | 45.4 | 55.1 | † | † |
Louisiana | 40.5 | 40.8 | 46.3 | 44.2 | 51.5 | 64.7 | 14.6 | 39.1 | 39.1 | 38.3 | 47.1 | 46.6 | † | † |
Maine | 59.3 | 65.0 | 65.0 | 66.2 | † | 61.9 | † | 51.5 | 51.5 | 35.9 | 44.0 | 60.4 | † | † |
Maryland | 34.3 | 36.9 | 36.5 | 33.3 | 56.1 | 56.4 | 39.0 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 25.7 | 55.7 | 60.6 | † | † |
Massachusetts | 51.0 | 54.1 | 50.8 | 44.3 | 65.2 | † | 65.4 | 49.5 | 49.5 | 47.6 | 54.1 | 55.7 | † | † |
Michigan | 50.5 | 50.1 | 48.0 | 47.5 | 56.1 | 55.5 | 79.1 | 53.8 | 53.8 | 44.2 | 55.7 | 59.0 | † | † |
Minnesota | 64.7 | 67.8 | 61.6 | 60.2 | 63.0 | 65.5 | 80.9 | 57.1 | 57.1 | 53.0 | 56.3 | 61.3 | † | † |
Mississippi | 40.4 | 41.2 | 41.2 | 41.3 | 40.5 | † | † | 35.0 | 35.0 | 36.0 | 33.0 | 40.8 | † | † |
Missouri | 43.4 | 48.4 | 48.1 | 45.6 | 54.8 | 17.4 | 53.8 | 37.8 | 37.8 | 34.5 | 54.4 | 37.6 | † | † |
Montana | 57.3 | 57.4 | 57.9 | 63.6 | 45.1 | 32.1 | 51.9 | 56.1 | 56.1 | † | 59.1 | 54.6 | † | † |
Nebraska | 47.0 | 44.1 | 42.6 | 40.5 | 54.1 | † | 83.0 | 57.9 | 57.9 | 60.7 | 55.1 | 52.2 | † | † |
Nevada | 55.7 | 55.7 | 54.7 | 52.7 | † | 60.5 | 70.8 | † | † | † | † | † | † | † |
New Hampshire | 57.3 | 65.9 | 65.9 | 66.2 | 64.7 | 78.6 | † | 49.1 | 49.1 | 48.8 | 34.7 | 54.8 | † | † |
New Jersey | 56.6 | 56.3 | 51.7 | 42.8 | 69.4 | † | 73.1 | 57.3 | 57.3 | 56.9 | 57.5 | 64.6 | † | † |
New Mexico | 43.0 | 42.6 | 43.0 | 42.3 | 46.3 | 42.9 | 40.2 | 82.2 | 82.2 | † | 82.2 | † | † | † |
New York | 49.0 | 59.7 | 56.8 | 50.5 | 62.2 | 52.2 | 67.4 | 42.0 | 42.0 | 37.3 | 57.8 | 59.8 | 60.0 | † |
North Carolina | 43.6 | 47.6 | 47.6 | 46.6 | 50.2 | 56.6 | † | 37.3 | 37.3 | 34.7 | 40.2 | 49.0 | 20.0 | ‡ |
North Dakota | 51.7 | 51.7 | 52.0 | 53.3 | 47.5 | 50.4 | 48.5 | † | † | † | † | † | † | † |
Ohio | 52.6 | 52.1 | 50.6 | 50.8 | 54.7 | 47.4 | 62.8 | 54.0 | 54.0 | 48.2 | 56.8 | 62.5 | † | 83.3 |
Oklahoma | 43.3 | 43.1 | 42.9 | 40.8 | 50.2 | 44.5 | 46.1 | 45.1 | 45.1 | 49.6 | 40.9 | 17.9 | † | † |
Oregon | 40.1 | 37.5 | 31.8 | 29.2 | 50.6 | 46.6 | 74.7 | 52.1 | 52.1 | 48.6 | 50.6 | 64.1 | † | † |
Pennsylvania | 45.8 | 46.3 | 43.3 | 36.2 | 63.2 | 40.0 | 75.0 | 45.3 | 45.4 | 39.2 | 53.1 | 60.4 | 28.6 | † |
Rhode Island | 63.9 | 68.0 | 66.8 | 63.2 | 74.6 | † | 72.0 | 60.6 | 60.6 | 56.6 | 65.2 | † | † | † |
South Carolina | 42.7 | 41.6 | 41.8 | 37.2 | 54.8 | 38.1 | 32.7 | 47.6 | 47.6 | † | 47.6 | 47.7 | 44.8 | 37.5 |
South Dakota | 42.0 | 42.4 | 42.4 | 40.3 | 47.2 | † | † | 40.3 | 40.3 | † | 45.8 | 37.3 | † | † |
Tennessee | 44.7 | 53.2 | 53.8 | 53.2 | 57.2 | † | 50.6 | 32.9 | 32.9 | 27.7 | 51.5 | 45.0 | † | † |
Texas | 42.9 | 43.3 | 41.7 | 42.8 | 43.7 | 21.8 | 54.7 | 41.6 | 41.6 | 40.2 | 46.6 | 43.5 | † | 76.9 |
Utah | 40.9 | 36.6 | 35.6 | 30.7 | 52.9 | 49.3 | 58.1 | 65.9 | 65.9 | 65.9 | † | † | † | † |
Vermont | 47.1 | 42.7 | 42.7 | 39.1 | 58.5 | 58.3 | † | 56.5 | 56.5 | 35.7 | 57.1 | 68.3 | † | 57.9 |
Virginia | 42.1 | 45.3 | 45.3 | 43.9 | 52.6 | 56.9 | 63.9 | 32.8 | 32.8 | 22.7 | 50.7 | 59.4 | † | † |
Washington | 48.1 | 47.2 | 40.1 | 32.6 | 53.3 | 69.7 | 70.2 | 52.5 | 52.5 | 51.6 | 57.1 | 44.0 | † | † |
West Virginia | 39.7 | 39.2 | 41.9 | 40.1 | 49.4 | 44.3 | 18.2 | 46.2 | 46.2 | 38.6 | 47.7 | 49.2 | † | † |
Wisconsin | 44.7 | 48.7 | 48.4 | 46.7 | 50.8 | 49.7 | 56.2 | 35.3 | 35.3 | 25.8 | 53.5 | 60.7 | † | † |
Wyoming | 48.4 | 48.4 | 42.6 | 42.6 | † | † | 64.1 | † | † | † | † | † | † | † |
U.S. Service Academies | 58.6 | 58.6 | 58.6 | † | † | 58.6 | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † |
†Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||
‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases). | ||||||||||||||
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Includes only institutions with a tenure system. Data include imputations for nonrespondent institutions. 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), Spring 2014, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section. (This table was prepared April 2016.) |