Table 315.20.

Full-time faculty in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity, sex, and academic rank: Fall 2013, fall 2015, and fall 2016

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
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
20153
Total	807,109	575,752	167,372	22.5	44,106	35,811	77,456	76,298	1,158	3,530	6,469	22,359	41,626
Professors	182,388	147,095	31,171	17.5	6,731	5,957	16,938	16,734	204	599	946	2,486	1,636
Associate professors	158,082	116,754	35,132	23.1	9,090	6,978	17,285	17,067	218	608	1,171	3,070	3,126
Assistant professors	173,409	115,226	40,251	25.9	10,874	7,634	19,432	19,132	300	639	1,672	6,577	11,355
Instructors	99,915	73,052	21,673	22.9	7,264	6,890	5,696	5,467	229	862	961	3,563	1,627
Lecturers	40,894	30,488	7,635	20.0	2,074	2,367	2,690	2,653	37	142	362	1,256	1,515
Other faculty	152,421	93,137	31,510	25.3	8,073	5,985	15,415	15,245	170	680	1,357	5,407	22,367
Males	438,807	312,221	87,771	21.9	19,022	18,265	45,733	45,109	624	1,725	3,026	12,105	26,710
Professors	124,480	99,841	21,613	17.8	4,018	3,827	12,822	12,676	146	364	582	1,742	1,284
Associate professors	87,460	64,149	19,519	23.3	4,344	3,802	10,512	10,401	111	288	573	1,834	1,958
Assistant professors	84,930	55,272	19,138	25.7	4,183	3,705	10,259	10,115	144	290	701	3,429	7,091
Instructors	43,187	31,682	8,977	22.1	2,561	3,122	2,493	2,383	110	426	375	1,664	864
Lecturers	18,375	13,869	3,133	18.4	870	1,007	1,044	1,031	13	58	154	640	733
Other faculty	80,375	47,408	15,391	24.5	3,046	2,802	8,603	8,503	100	299	641	2,796	14,780
Females	368,302	263,531	79,601	23.2	25,084	17,546	31,723	31,189	534	1,805	3,443	10,254	14,916
Professors	57,908	47,254	9,558	16.8	2,713	2,130	4,116	4,058	58	235	364	744	352
Associate professors	70,622	52,605	15,613	22.9	4,746	3,176	6,773	6,666	107	320	598	1,236	1,168
Assistant professors	88,479	59,954	21,113	26.0	6,691	3,929	9,173	9,017	156	349	971	3,148	4,264
Instructors	56,728	41,370	12,696	23.5	4,703	3,768	3,203	3,084	119	436	586	1,899	763
Lecturers	22,519	16,619	4,502	21.3	1,204	1,360	1,646	1,622	24	84	208	616	782
Other faculty	72,046	45,729	16,119	26.1	5,027	3,183	6,812	6,742	70	381	716	2,611	7,587
20163
Total	815,760	575,294	173,461	23.2	44,553	37,513	80,649	79,497	1,152	3,548	7,198	22,366	44,639
Professors	182,924	146,049	32,516	18.2	6,871	6,229	17,783	17,592	191	612	1,021	2,507	1,852
Associate professors	157,820	115,721	35,754	23.6	9,091	7,108	17,725	17,508	217	598	1,232	3,149	3,196
Assistant professors	176,347	115,552	42,085	26.7	11,143	8,138	20,288	19,989	299	624	1,892	6,564	12,146
Instructors	100,789	73,194	22,320	23.4	7,219	7,283	5,845	5,630	215	867	1,106	3,576	1,699
Lecturers	42,150	31,171	7,931	20.3	2,012	2,485	2,827	2,781	46	153	454	1,386	1,662
Other faculty	155,730	93,607	32,855	26.0	8,217	6,270	16,181	15,997	184	694	1,493	5,184	24,084
Males	441,430	310,326	90,504	22.6	19,128	19,086	47,182	46,591	591	1,722	3,386	11,907	28,693
Professors	124,000	98,497	22,342	18.5	4,054	3,966	13,297	13,166	131	376	649	1,726	1,435
Associate professors	86,616	63,068	19,706	23.8	4,316	3,866	10,625	10,514	111	288	611	1,830	2,012
Assistant professors	85,850	54,980	19,896	26.6	4,211	3,960	10,639	10,491	148	275	811	3,406	7,568
Instructors	43,834	32,045	9,288	22.5	2,592	3,270	2,540	2,441	99	430	456	1,586	915
Lecturers	18,915	14,113	3,299	18.9	873	1,051	1,125	1,107	18	62	188	677	826
Other faculty	82,215	47,623	15,973	25.1	3,082	2,973	8,956	8,872	84	291	671	2,682	15,937
Females	374,330	264,968	82,957	23.8	25,425	18,427	33,467	32,906	561	1,826	3,812	10,459	15,946
Professors	58,924	47,552	10,174	17.6	2,817	2,263	4,486	4,426	60	236	372	781	417
Associate professors	71,204	52,653	16,048	23.4	4,775	3,242	7,100	6,994	106	310	621	1,319	1,184
Assistant professors	90,497	60,572	22,189	26.8	6,932	4,178	9,649	9,498	151	349	1,081	3,158	4,578
Instructors	56,955	41,149	13,032	24.1	4,627	4,013	3,305	3,189	116	437	650	1,990	784
Lecturers	23,235	17,058	4,632	21.4	1,139	1,434	1,702	1,674	28	91	266	709	836
Other faculty	73,515	45,984	16,882	26.9	5,135	3,297	7,225	7,125	100	403	822	2,502	8,147

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), Spring 2014, Spring 2016, and Spring 2017 Human Resources component, Fall Staff section. (This table was prepared December 2017.)