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
		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.)