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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: 2015-16 |
State | All insti-tutions | Public institutions | Nonprofit institutions | For-profit institutions | ||||||||||
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Total | 4-year institutions | 2-year | Total | 4-year institutions | 2-year | |||||||||
Total | Doc-toral1 | Mas- ter's2 | Other | Total | Doc-toral1 | Mas- ter's2 | Other | |||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
United States | 47.3 | 49.3 | 46.6 | 44.2 | 54.7 | 53.4 | 65.1 | 42.8 | 42.9 | 38.6 | 51.6 | 55.6 | 33.9 | 17.0 |
Alabama | 48.8 | 50.2 | 44.3 | 43.6 | 44.5 | 88.8 | 75.9 | 37.6 | 37.6 | 45.2 | 32.5 | 27.7 | † | † |
Alaska | 44.4 | 44.4 | 44.4 | 46.4 | 42.6 | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † |
Arizona | 45.2 | 48.1 | 43.6 | 44.0 | 38.3 | † | 69.6 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 21.8 | 42.9 | 28.7 | † | 2.5 |
Arkansas | 43.6 | 42.5 | 44.1 | 46.7 | 44.2 | 23.1 | 14.2 | 57.7 | 57.7 | † | † | 57.7 | † | † |
California | 56.9 | 60.4 | 53.1 | 51.5 | 57.4 | 37.9 | 71.1 | 45.7 | 45.7 | 43.5 | 51.4 | 62.7 | † | 60.0 |
Colorado | 35.2 | 34.1 | 32.3 | 30.2 | 45.6 | 50.0 | 75.3 | 45.2 | 45.2 | 41.5 | 59.8 | † | † | † |
Connecticut | 45.3 | 59.2 | 57.6 | 49.8 | 69.2 | † | 65.6 | 36.2 | 36.2 | 34.3 | 44.9 | 47.3 | † | 37.5 |
Delaware | 59.3 | 59.0 | 59.0 | 59.6 | 56.1 | † | † | 63.0 | 63.0 | 68.6 | 60.3 | † | † | † |
District of Columbia | 46.9 | 49.2 | 49.2 | 42.9 | 50.0 | † | † | 46.8 | 46.8 | 46.2 | 58.4 | † | † | † |
Florida | 44.3 | 48.4 | 47.9 | 39.8 | 40.3 | 68.4 | 64.5 | 31.1 | 31.1 | 26.7 | 39.8 | 45.9 | † | 25.0 |
Georgia | 41.8 | 45.5 | 45.5 | 45.7 | 48.2 | 40.9 | 44.3 | 33.1 | 32.9 | 30.1 | 38.0 | 44.3 | 42.5 | 63.9 |
Hawaii | 57.3 | 61.3 | 60.1 | 60.9 | † | 51.8 | 64.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | † | 14.0 | † | † | † |
Idaho | 52.4 | 48.3 | 46.9 | 46.8 | 47.5 | 45.0 | 66.5 | 65.1 | 65.1 | 48.1 | † | 67.9 | † | † |
Illinois | 52.3 | 59.0 | 48.7 | 47.5 | 55.1 | † | 81.4 | 44.7 | 44.7 | 41.2 | 56.2 | 58.9 | † | † |
Indiana | 47.3 | 45.1 | 45.1 | 45.4 | 45.8 | 34.4 | † | 52.4 | 52.5 | 51.7 | 49.6 | 59.5 | ‡ | † |
Iowa | 51.5 | 50.8 | 50.8 | 49.3 | 60.7 | † | † | 53.1 | 53.1 | 49.8 | 42.6 | 62.0 | † | 37.2 |
Kansas | 50.5 | 51.6 | 47.8 | 46.8 | 52.8 | † | 70.2 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 47.2 | 37.3 | 41.8 | † | † |
Kentucky | 47.3 | 47.1 | 48.1 | 46.8 | 52.5 | † | 42.5 | 48.9 | 48.9 | 42.4 | 49.9 | 54.9 | † | † |
Louisiana | 38.3 | 38.0 | 44.4 | 42.4 | 52.3 | 51.3 | 10.2 | 39.8 | 39.8 | 39.1 | 52.0 | 37.5 | † | † |
Maine | 55.7 | 59.2 | 59.2 | 59.6 | 64.6 | 54.5 | † | 51.4 | 51.4 | 36.7 | 45.1 | 59.3 | † | † |
Maryland | 33.3 | 35.8 | 37.6 | 34.6 | 57.2 | † | 27.6 | 28.4 | 28.4 | 25.0 | 53.0 | 58.0 | † | † |
Massachusetts | 49.7 | 52.3 | 49.2 | 42.6 | 63.8 | † | 63.5 | 48.4 | 48.4 | 46.7 | 51.3 | 56.4 | † | † |
Michigan | 49.6 | 48.9 | 47.2 | 46.5 | 54.5 | 69.9 | 77.1 | 54.6 | 54.6 | 45.4 | 59.0 | 57.7 | † | † |
Minnesota | 62.8 | 65.9 | 57.6 | 56.6 | 59.0 | 65.7 | 84.8 | 54.8 | 54.8 | 52.0 | 50.6 | 60.3 | † | † |
Mississippi | 39.5 | 40.4 | 40.4 | 40.3 | 40.8 | † | † | 33.5 | 33.5 | 24.8 | 48.9 | 40.8 | † | † |
Missouri | 40.9 | 45.6 | 45.2 | 43.9 | 48.8 | 21.4 | 50.6 | 35.8 | 35.8 | 32.2 | 54.5 | 40.4 | † | † |
Montana | 53.1 | 53.2 | 53.4 | 57.2 | 41.2 | 53.8 | 51.0 | 51.8 | 51.8 | † | 53.3 | 50.0 | † | † |
Nebraska | 43.9 | 40.9 | 40.2 | 37.8 | 53.5 | † | 78.9 | 55.4 | 55.4 | 58.1 | 49.5 | 53.2 | † | † |
Nevada | 52.9 | 52.9 | 52.1 | 48.5 | † | 61.9 | 66.0 | † | † | † | † | † | † | † |
New Hampshire | 55.9 | 62.7 | 62.7 | 61.1 | 65.3 | 66.7 | † | 49.0 | 49.0 | 49.1 | 29.4 | 54.5 | † | † |
New Jersey | 56.1 | 56.1 | 50.2 | 44.8 | 73.5 | † | 79.1 | 56.0 | 56.0 | 55.5 | 57.0 | 55.4 | † | † |
New Mexico | 42.1 | 41.7 | 41.4 | 40.1 | 47.4 | 45.9 | 44.2 | 77.3 | 77.3 | † | 77.3 | † | † | † |
New York | 48.4 | 60.6 | 58.0 | 49.9 | 65.5 | 54.4 | 67.7 | 40.5 | 40.5 | 36.2 | 59.7 | 58.7 | † | † |
North Carolina | 44.2 | 49.1 | 49.1 | 47.6 | 55.7 | 53.0 | † | 36.7 | 36.7 | 33.9 | 40.4 | 49.5 | † | 33.3 |
North Dakota | 49.4 | 49.4 | 49.6 | 49.7 | 49.8 | 49.0 | 47.2 | † | † | † | † | † | † | † |
Ohio | 50.7 | 49.3 | 47.4 | 47.3 | 49.0 | 48.6 | 64.0 | 54.2 | 54.2 | 48.6 | 57.4 | 61.3 | † | † |
Oklahoma | 41.8 | 41.0 | 40.8 | 38.2 | 49.8 | 44.4 | 43.7 | 47.4 | 47.4 | 53.0 | 41.6 | 29.2 | † | † |
Oregon | 40.9 | 38.5 | 33.1 | 30.8 | 50.0 | † | 73.5 | 51.6 | 51.6 | 48.5 | 49.4 | 62.5 | † | † |
Pennsylvania | 45.0 | 45.2 | 42.5 | 36.3 | 64.2 | 39.8 | 70.8 | 44.7 | 44.8 | 39.4 | 52.9 | 58.4 | 26.1 | † |
Rhode Island | 63.5 | 66.3 | 63.5 | 59.5 | 71.9 | † | 75.3 | 61.2 | 61.2 | 57.2 | 65.7 | † | † | † |
South Carolina | 44.3 | 43.6 | 43.6 | 38.6 | 55.4 | 42.3 | 38.2 | 47.4 | 47.4 | 59.4 | 49.7 | 41.8 | 46.4 | 36.4 |
South Dakota | 41.9 | 41.9 | 41.9 | 39.8 | 46.8 | † | † | 42.2 | 42.2 | † | 47.5 | 10.2 | † | † |
Tennessee | 41.8 | 49.9 | 50.0 | 48.8 | 56.8 | † | 49.6 | 30.9 | 30.9 | 25.8 | 48.8 | 41.3 | † | † |
Texas | 42.3 | 42.6 | 41.0 | 42.3 | 39.6 | 27.1 | 54.2 | 41.1 | 41.1 | 39.1 | 46.4 | 51.4 | † | † |
Utah | 47.4 | 43.8 | 43.1 | 40.9 | 49.4 | 41.3 | 55.8 | 64.4 | 64.4 | 64.4 | † | † | † | † |
Vermont | 47.5 | 42.7 | 42.7 | 38.3 | 59.1 | 65.9 | † | 58.1 | 58.1 | 41.3 | 58.4 | 73.0 | † | 31.3 |
Virginia | 41.4 | 44.3 | 44.3 | 43.6 | 50.7 | 54.5 | 30.8 | 32.6 | 32.6 | 23.4 | 48.0 | 57.4 | † | † |
Washington | 53.4 | 53.6 | 51.6 | 47.6 | 50.1 | 65.5 | 65.1 | 52.1 | 52.1 | 51.5 | 54.7 | 44.1 | † | † |
West Virginia | 38.7 | 38.4 | 41.6 | 39.7 | 49.4 | 44.7 | 12.0 | 41.7 | 41.7 | 42.9 | 43.1 | 39.2 | † | † |
Wisconsin | 45.4 | 49.8 | 49.4 | 46.9 | 52.7 | 60.9 | 60.9 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 25.0 | 54.4 | 62.6 | † | † |
Wyoming | 47.3 | 47.3 | 41.1 | 41.1 | † | † | 64.5 | † | † | † | † | † | † | † |
U.S. Service Academies | 58.8 | 58.8 | 58.8 | † | † | 58.8 | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † |
†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. | ||||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2015, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section. (This table was prepared June 2017.) |