Table 315.80.

Full-time and part-time faculty and instructional staff in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity, sex, and program area: Fall 1998 and fall 2003

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Program area	Number (in thousands)					Percentage distribution, fall 2003
						Total	White						Black						Hispanic						Asian/Pacific Islander						American Indian/ Alaska Native
	Fall 1998		Fall 2003				Male			Female			Male			Female			Male			Female			Male			Female			Male			Female
1	2		3			4	5			6			7					8	9			10			11			12			13			14
Full-time faculty and    instructional staff	560	(4.8)	682		(#)	100.0	49.6		(0.39)	30.7		(0.36)	2.9		(0.15)	2.7		(0.13)	2.0		(0.09)	1.5		(0.08)	6.3		(0.15)	2.8		(0.15)	0.8		(0.08)	0.6		(0.07)
Agriculture and    home economics	10	(0.4)	17		(0.8)	100.0	58.9		(3.03)	28.9		(2.72)	‡		(†)	1.8	!	(0.73)	1.2	!	(0.46)	1.3	!	(0.52)	3.6	!	(1.13)	2.8	!	(0.86)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Business	39	(1.1)	43		(1.4)	100.0	53.2		(1.49)	26.2		(1.71)	2.5		(0.73)	2.0		(0.44)	1.8		(0.48)	0.5	!	(0.16)	9.7		(1.06)	2.5		(0.46)	1.3		(0.35)	0.4	!	(0.17)
Communications	10	(1.0)	16		(1.4)	100.0	48.1		(3.39)	38.7		(3.30)	2.0	!	(0.73)	3.3		(0.94)	1.9	!	(0.58)	1.5	!	(0.59)	1.9	!	(0.87)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Education	40	(1.4)	51		(1.9)	100.0	32.5		(1.49)	48.0		(1.64)	3.0		(0.60)	4.9		(0.64)	1.5		(0.34)	3.2		(0.52)	1.3	!	(0.43)	3.5		(0.59)	0.9		(0.25)	1.3		(0.34)
Teacher education	14	(0.6)	18		(1.0)	100.0	31.1		(2.31)	54.4		(2.54)	2.1	!	(0.86)	5.2		(1.10)	‡		(†)	3.1		(0.89)	‡		(†)	2.1	!	(0.87)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Other education	26	(1.3)	33		(1.5)	100.0	33.3		(2.09)	44.4		(2.46)	3.4		(0.84)	4.7		(0.75)	2.2		(0.51)	3.2		(0.57)	1.9	!	(0.64)	4.2		(0.81)	1.1	!	(0.40)	1.5	!	(0.45)
Engineering	25	(0.9)	33		(1.3)	100.0	65.6		(1.93)	5.3		(0.90)	4.9		(0.84)	‡		(†)	2.2		(0.42)	0.4	!	(0.17)	17.9		(1.61)	2.2		(0.63)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Fine arts	33	(1.4)	43		(1.7)	100.0	52.8		(1.68)	33.6		(1.36)	4.4		(0.83)	1.6		(0.34)	2.0		(0.59)	1.3	!	(0.44)	1.5		(0.42)	1.4	!	(0.59)	1.2	!	(0.36)	‡		(†)
Health sciences	84	(2.0)	94		(2.7)	100.0	36.2		(1.23)	43.5		(1.15)	1.6		(0.26)	3.4		(0.44)	1.6		(0.25)	1.4		(0.19)	6.6		(0.60)	4.1		(0.57)	0.7	!	(0.22)	1.0		(0.28)
First-professional	40	(1.6)	45		(1.7)	100.0	53.9		(1.58)	20.1		(1.42)	2.2		(0.49)	2.5		(0.58)	2.2		(0.40)	1.3		(0.30)	10.6		(1.08)	5.3		(0.89)	1.1	!	(0.37)	‡		(†)
Nursing	20	(0.6)	20		(1.2)	100.0	3.5		(0.86)	84.6		(2.21)	‡		(†)	5.3		(1.29)	‡		(†)	0.7	!	(0.27)	‡		(†)	3.4	!	(1.10)	‡		(†)	1.8	!	(0.85)
Other health sciences	24	(1.0)	29		(1.4)	100.0	31.0		(1.98)	52.0		(2.05)	1.5	!	(0.50)	3.6		(0.84)	1.6		(0.44)	1.9		(0.48)	4.8		(1.02)	2.6		(0.71)	‡		(†)	0.7	!	(0.31)
Humanities	81	(1.8)	90		(2.4)	100.0	47.3		(1.40)	35.0		(1.33)	2.4		(0.43)	2.6		(0.39)	2.2		(0.24)	2.9		(0.31)	2.9		(0.48)	2.9		(0.54)	0.9		(0.23)	0.9		(0.25)
English and literature	40	(1.2)	39		(1.5)	100.0	38.8		(1.90)	46.0		(2.10)	2.1		(0.45)	4.5		(0.70)	1.3		(0.27)	1.9		(0.50)	0.8	!	(0.34)	2.7	!	(0.87)	0.5	!	(0.18)	1.4		(0.39)
Foreign languages	15	(0.8)	20		(1.0)	100.0	36.2		(1.86)	36.7		(2.07)	2.7	!	(0.89)	0.9	!	(0.46)	5.1		(0.75)	8.3		(1.07)	4.0		(1.11)	4.5		(1.01)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
History	14	(0.6)	18		(1.0)	100.0	59.4		(2.90)	23.0		(2.12)	2.7		(0.80)	2.4	!	(0.94)	1.9	!	(0.71)	1.2	!	(0.52)	5.0		(1.49)	3.2		(0.91)	1.0	!	(0.45)	‡		(†)
Philosophy	12	(0.8)	13		(1.0)	100.0	72.3		(3.55)	16.6		(2.33)	2.3	!	(1.11)	‡		(†)	1.0	!	(0.35)	‡		(†)	4.0	!	(1.49)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Law	8	(0.6)	10		(1.0)	100.0	54.5		(3.56)	29.9		(3.63)	3.3	!	(1.10)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	2.4	!	(1.15)	2.8	!	(1.36)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Natural sciences	111	(2.1)	151		(2.5)	100.0	57.3		(1.12)	20.3		(0.80)	2.5		(0.31)	1.5		(0.22)	2.0		(0.20)	0.9		(0.15)	11.2		(0.65)	3.3		(0.35)	0.6		(0.16)	0.3	!	(0.09)
Biological sciences	40	(1.3)	59		(1.7)	100.0	55.4		(1.69)	21.6		(1.30)	2.2		(0.48)	1.2		(0.28)	1.9		(0.39)	1.2		(0.31)	11.1		(1.13)	4.8		(0.67)	‡		(†)	0.3	!	(0.12)
Physical sciences	27	(0.8)	36		(1.3)	100.0	68.9		(2.03)	12.8		(1.50)	2.6		(0.59)	0.7	!	(0.31)	1.4		(0.29)	0.6	!	(0.19)	9.4		(1.05)	3.0		(0.64)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Mathematics	26	(1.0)	32		(1.3)	100.0	52.2		(2.15)	22.7		(1.84)	3.8		(0.67)	2.6		(0.67)	2.8		(0.67)	0.7	!	(0.28)	11.7		(1.41)	1.8	!	(0.67)	1.2	!	(0.56)	‡		(†)
Computer sciences	17	(0.9)	24		(1.2)	100.0	51.0		(2.74)	25.1		(2.15)	1.5	!	(0.59)	2.0		(0.58)	2.3		(0.52)	0.9	!	(0.31)	13.5		(1.69)	2.0	!	(0.66)	1.1	!	(0.48)	‡		(†)
Social sciences	58	(1.3)	70		(1.8)	100.0	52.2		(1.46)	29.0		(1.23)	3.7		(0.45)	4.1		(0.81)	2.6		(0.36)	1.7		(0.35)	3.4		(0.58)	1.9		(0.48)	0.9		(0.25)	0.6		(0.15)
Economics	9	(0.6)	12		(0.7)	100.0	62.3		(3.46)	18.0		(3.09)	3.5		(0.92)	‡		(†)	3.1	!	(1.13)	‡		(†)	8.9		(2.18)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Political science	8	(0.5)	10		(0.7)	100.0	67.1		(3.74)	16.8		(2.59)	2.8	!	(1.19)	‡		(†)	5.1	!	(1.57)	‡		(†)	2.9	!	(1.31)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Psychology	20	(0.7)	25		(1.1)	100.0	46.3		(2.33)	37.8		(2.16)	3.4		(1.01)	5.0	!	(1.99)	1.6		(0.42)	2.7		(0.70)	1.1	!	(0.49)	1.2	!	(0.39)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Sociology	9	(0.4)	9		(0.6)	100.0	49.9		(3.72)	30.1		(3.42)	3.9	!	(1.69)	8.0	!	(2.43)	3.0	!	(0.97)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Other social sciences	13	(0.6)	14		(0.9)	100.0	45.2		(3.59)	30.5		(3.09)	4.8		(1.33)	3.9	!	(1.28)	1.9	!	(0.80)	2.4		(0.71)	4.7	!	(1.50)	3.7	!	(1.22)	1.9	!	(0.75)	1.1	!	(0.54)
Occupationally specific    programs	16	(0.8)	27		(1.1)	100.0	60.7		(2.47)	24.2		(2.16)	4.2		(1.16)	1.9		(0.55)	2.5		(0.63)	0.8	!	(0.26)	2.0	!	(0.92)	1.4	!	(0.46)	1.9	!	(0.62)	‡		(†)
All other programs	44	(1.2)	29		(1.4)	100.0	42.0		(2.03)	37.4		(2.00)	4.7		(1.01)	6.0		(1.01)	1.7		(0.44)	1.7	!	(0.53)	3.2	!	(0.99)	2.0	!	(0.64)	0.7	!	(0.31)	0.6	!	(0.28)
Part-time faculty and    instructional staff	416	(5.9)	530		(#)	100.0	44.4		(0.46)	40.8		(0.54)	2.6		(0.17)	3.0		(0.14)	1.9		(0.12)	1.6		(0.10)	2.1		(0.15)	1.8		(0.18)	1.0		(0.15)	0.8		(0.15)
Agriculture and    home economics	3	(0.2)	7		(1.0)	100.0	30.8		(6.24)	60.6		(6.30)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Business	32	(1.8)	45		(3.0)	100.0	60.6		(1.96)	26.2		(1.73)	4.3		(0.70)	2.3		(0.54)	1.7	!	(0.77)	‡		(†)	2.0	!	(0.69)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Communications	10	(1.0)	14		(1.2)	100.0	47.7		(3.71)	39.3		(3.89)	2.1	!	(0.97)	2.8	!	(0.95)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Education	34	(1.6)	64		(2.6)	100.0	25.3		(1.65)	59.8		(2.11)	1.4		(0.41)	5.2		(0.90)	1.7		(0.37)	3.4		(0.49)	0.4	!	(0.19)	1.3	!	(0.38)	0.3	!	(0.15)	1.2	!	(0.36)
Teacher education	13	(1.0)	29		(1.8)	100.0	22.2		(2.41)	63.9		(2.84)	0.9	!	(0.35)	6.4		(1.17)	1.3	!	(0.41)	2.2		(0.52)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	1.6	!	(0.69)
Other education	20	(1.2)	34		(1.8)	100.0	27.9		(2.53)	56.4		(2.98)	1.9	!	(0.66)	4.1		(1.17)	2.0		(0.57)	4.5		(0.77)	‡		(†)	1.6	!	(0.60)	‡		(†)	0.8	!	(0.37)
Engineering	9	(0.8)	14		(1.5)	100.0	78.6		(3.70)	6.8	!	(2.77)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	1.7		(0.46)	‡		(†)	8.0		(2.13)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Fine arts	38	(1.5)	48		(3.6)	100.0	44.8		(2.06)	43.9		(2.44)	1.7	!	(0.54)	1.3		(0.34)	1.8		(0.49)	0.9		(0.25)	1.0	!	(0.36)	1.9	!	(0.58)	2.1	!	(0.84)	0.7	!	(0.30)
Health sciences	49	(2.2)	58		(3.1)	100.0	27.9		(1.65)	57.1		(1.74)	1.2	!	(0.41)	4.0		(0.52)	0.8	!	(0.26)	1.4		(0.38)	4.0		(0.87)	2.4		(0.72)	‡		(†)	0.5	!	(0.23)
First-professional	15	(1.3)	17		(1.2)	100.0	47.2		(3.33)	34.7		(3.64)	‡		(†)	2.1	!	(0.92)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	6.4	!	(2.10)	5.1	!	(2.41)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Nursing	12	(0.8)	13		(1.3)	100.0	‡		(†)	86.3		(2.04)	‡		(†)	8.0		(1.30)	‡		(†)	1.4	!	(0.56)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Other health sciences	21	(1.7)	28		(2.0)	100.0	29.4		(2.86)	56.4		(3.07)	‡		(†)	3.2		(0.76)	0.8	!	(0.32)	1.7	!	(0.70)	4.3		(1.23)	1.4	!	(0.56)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Humanities	74	(2.1)	80		(2.5)	100.0	35.9		(1.52)	49.2		(1.61)	1.6		(0.35)	2.9		(0.45)	2.3		(0.35)	2.9		(0.44)	0.9	!	(0.30)	2.7		(0.55)	1.0	!	(0.33)	0.6	!	(0.22)
English and literature	43	(1.4)	44		(1.9)	100.0	29.5		(2.31)	58.5		(2.47)	1.2		(0.33)	4.3		(0.78)	1.0	!	(0.35)	1.3		(0.37)	1.0	!	(0.41)	1.6		(0.46)	0.8	!	(0.34)	0.8	!	(0.29)
Foreign languages	12	(1.2)	15		(1.2)	100.0	16.6		(3.57)	52.0		(3.38)	‡		(†)	2.0	!	(0.80)	7.2		(1.50)	11.4		(1.97)	‡		(†)	7.9		(2.18)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
History	11	(0.7)	11		(1.0)	100.0	61.1		(4.58)	28.9		(4.15)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	2.5	!	(1.05)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Philosophy	9	(0.6)	10		(1.2)	100.0	65.7		(4.20)	26.0		(4.60)	3.5	!	(1.71)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Law	11	(0.8)	11		(1.2)	100.0	52.6		(4.43)	32.8		(4.18)	4.4	!	(1.41)	2.0	!	(0.82)	2.2	!	(1.05)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Natural sciences	65	(2.2)	90		(2.9)	100.0	50.5		(1.72)	32.4		(1.73)	3.8		(0.44)	2.7		(0.36)	1.9		(0.41)	0.7		(0.16)	4.2		(0.61)	2.3		(0.46)	1.0	!	(0.34)	0.5	!	(0.26)
Biological sciences	11	(0.9)	16		(1.0)	100.0	41.7		(3.76)	40.1		(3.78)	2.2	!	(0.67)	2.1	!	(0.90)	1.0	!	(0.39)	1.0	!	(0.40)	5.6	!	(2.32)	5.3	!	(1.63)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Physical sciences	11	(0.8)	16		(1.1)	100.0	57.8		(3.30)	28.7		(3.42)	3.9	!	(1.37)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	0.9	!	(0.41)	3.1	!	(1.06)	2.6	!	(0.99)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Mathematics	24	(1.4)	32		(2.3)	100.0	46.6		(3.20)	36.0		(3.04)	4.4		(0.78)	3.1		(0.83)	1.4	!	(0.48)	0.5	!	(0.24)	3.9		(0.85)	1.8	!	(0.64)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Computer sciences	19	(1.2)	26		(1.7)	100.0	56.4		(2.98)	25.3		(2.64)	4.1		(1.03)	3.7		(0.60)	3.0	!	(0.93)	‡		(†)	4.2		(1.10)	‡		(†)	1.4	!	(0.63)	‡		(†)
Social sciences	41	(2.4)	42		(2.0)	100.0	49.8		(1.85)	32.9		(2.09)	3.7		(0.68)	3.0		(0.66)	2.5		(0.65)	1.5		(0.31)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	1.5	!	(0.65)	2.0	!	(0.62)
Economics	4	(0.5)	5		(0.8)	100.0	68.6		(7.36)	9.3	!	(4.08)	7.2	!	(3.52)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Political science	4	(0.4)	5		(0.8)	100.0	71.1		(5.32)	11.9	!	(3.93)	5.7	!	(2.79)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Psychology	18	(2.1)	18		(1.2)	100.0	42.2		(3.36)	44.4		(3.12)	2.0	!	(0.76)	3.0	!	(0.91)	1.4	!	(0.64)	1.7	!	(0.58)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	2.2	!	(0.93)
Sociology	6	(0.5)	7		(0.9)	100.0	44.6		(6.09)	30.7		(6.03)	4.0	!	(1.61)	4.1	!	(1.54)	‡		(†)	1.6	!	(0.76)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Other social sciences	10	(0.9)	8		(0.8)	100.0	46.2		(4.24)	36.4		(4.19)	‡		(†)	4.5	!	(1.85)	‡		(†)	1.9	!	(0.83)	‡		(†)	2.8	!	(1.29)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Occupationally specific    programs	17	(1.1)	37		(2.4)	100.0	68.2		(2.51)	18.6		(2.19)	4.5		(1.03)	1.8	!	(0.63)	4.0		(0.92)	0.6	!	(0.23)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	1.1	!	(0.50)	‡		(†)
All other programs	35	(1.6)	19		(1.2)	100.0	41.8		(3.30)	42.6		(2.95)	2.5	!	(0.81)	5.5		(1.46)	1.9	!	(0.58)	2.6	!	(0.90)	‡		(†)	1.2	!	(0.63)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)

†Not applicable.

#Rounds to zero.

!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.

‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Totals may differ from figures reported in other tables because of varying survey methodologies. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and nonresponse to program area question.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1999 and 2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:99;04). (This table was prepared December 2008.)