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Table 315.20. Full-time faculty in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity, sex, and academic rank: Fall 2011, fall 2013, and fall 2015
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
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
                           
20133                           
Total 791,378 575,507 157,476 21.5 43,148 33,207 72,266 71,057 1,209 3,567 5,288 19,988 38,407
Professors 181,524 148,603 29,070 16.4 6,653 5,587 15,419 15,249 170 569 842 2,328 1,523
Associate professors 155,449 117,136 32,602 21.8 8,817 6,385 15,836 15,653 183 592 972 2,867 2,844
Assistant professors 166,562 112,641 38,080 25.3 10,555 7,136 18,454 18,121 333 685 1,250 5,736 10,105
Instructors 99,301 73,882 20,677 21.9 7,426 6,343 5,248 4,962 286 875 785 3,158 1,584
Lecturers 37,810 28,415 6,675 19.0 1,743 2,038 2,474 2,441 33 125 295 1,161 1,559
Other faculty 150,732 94,830 30,372 24.3 7,954 5,718 14,835 14,631 204 721 1,144 4,738 20,792
                           
Males 436,470 316,923 83,904 20.9 18,899 17,193 43,525 42,933 592 1,742 2,545 10,817 24,826
Professors 125,905 102,593 20,438 16.6 4,013 3,662 11,888 11,778 110 347 528 1,669 1,205
Associate professors 87,615 65,493 18,567 22.1 4,324 3,535 9,911 9,824 87 287 510 1,731 1,824
Assistant professors 82,600 54,889 18,423 25.1 4,173 3,510 9,913 9,751 162 305 522 2,978 6,310
Instructors 42,942 32,065 8,671 21.3 2,709 2,890 2,311 2,186 125 428 333 1,356 850
Lecturers 17,066 12,891 2,788 17.8 767 839 1,007 998 9 44 131 585 802
Other faculty 80,342 48,992 15,017 23.5 2,913 2,757 8,495 8,396 99 331 521 2,498 13,835
                           
Females 354,908 258,584 73,572 22.1 24,249 16,014 28,741 28,124 617 1,825 2,743 9,171 13,581
Professors 55,619 46,010 8,632 15.8 2,640 1,925 3,531 3,471 60 222 314 659 318
Associate professors 67,834 51,643 14,035 21.4 4,493 2,850 5,925 5,829 96 305 462 1,136 1,020
Assistant professors 83,962 57,752 19,657 25.4 6,382 3,626 8,541 8,370 171 380 728 2,758 3,795
Instructors 56,359 41,817 12,006 22.3 4,717 3,453 2,937 2,776 161 447 452 1,802 734
Lecturers 20,744 15,524 3,887 20.0 976 1,199 1,467 1,443 24 81 164 576 757
Other faculty 70,390 45,838 15,355 25.1 5,041 2,961 6,340 6,235 105 390 623 2,240 6,957
                           
20153                           
Total 807,032 575,657 167,367 22.5 44,146 35,786 77,422 76,265 1,157 3,533 6,480 22,364 41,644
Professors 182,204 146,964 31,142 17.5 6,720 5,956 16,924 16,720 204 598 944 2,478 1,620
Associate professors 157,799 116,511 35,107 23.2 9,077 6,967 17,259 17,041 218 609 1,195 3,066 3,115
Assistant professors 173,031 114,994 40,194 25.9 10,850 7,615 19,421 19,122 299 639 1,669 6,535 11,308
Instructors 99,286 72,487 21,630 23.0 7,280 6,881 5,667 5,438 229 860 942 3,551 1,618
Lecturers 40,958 30,568 7,649 20.0 2,084 2,368 2,691 2,654 37 142 364 1,228 1,513
Other faculty 153,754 94,133 31,645 25.2 8,135 5,999 15,460 15,290 170 685 1,366 5,506 22,470
                           
Males 438,789 312,185 87,781 21.9 19,032 18,259 45,718 45,095 623 1,727 3,045 12,092 26,731
Professors 124,364 99,759 21,598 17.8 4,010 3,827 12,816 12,670 146 364 581 1,740 1,267
Associate professors 87,317 64,010 19,520 23.4 4,333 3,800 10,501 10,390 111 288 598 1,833 1,954
Assistant professors 84,762 55,186 19,118 25.7 4,171 3,692 10,263 10,120 143 290 702 3,398 7,060
Instructors 42,936 31,457 8,964 22.2 2,570 3,118 2,485 2,375 110 425 366 1,654 861
Lecturers 18,372 13,885 3,136 18.4 871 1,009 1,043 1,030 13 58 155 623 728
Other faculty 81,038 47,888 15,445 24.4 3,077 2,813 8,610 8,510 100 302 643 2,844 14,861
                           
Females 368,243 263,472 79,586 23.2 25,114 17,527 31,704 31,170 534 1,806 3,435 10,272 14,913
Professors 57,840 47,205 9,544 16.8 2,710 2,129 4,108 4,050 58 234 363 738 353
Associate professors 70,482 52,501 15,587 22.9 4,744 3,167 6,758 6,651 107 321 597 1,233 1,161
Assistant professors 88,269 59,808 21,076 26.1 6,679 3,923 9,158 9,002 156 349 967 3,137 4,248
Instructors 56,350 41,030 12,666 23.6 4,710 3,763 3,182 3,063 119 435 576 1,897 757
Lecturers 22,586 16,683 4,513 21.3 1,213 1,359 1,648 1,624 24 84 209 605 785
Other faculty 72,716 46,245 16,200 25.9 5,058 3,186 6,850 6,780 70 383 723 2,662 7,609
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 2011-12, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section; and IPEDS Spring 2014 and Spring 2016, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section. (This table was prepared December 2016.)

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