Table 315.20.

Full-time faculty in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity, sex, and academic rank: Fall 2015, fall 2016, and fall 2017

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
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
20163
Total	813,978	574,515	172,618	23.1	44,466	37,406	80,004	78,855	1,149	3,543	7,199	22,370	44,475
Professors	182,604	145,831	32,428	18.2	6,843	6,215	17,737	17,546	191	612	1,021	2,507	1,838
Associate professors	157,586	115,571	35,704	23.6	9,076	7,104	17,695	17,479	216	598	1,231	3,145	3,166
Assistant professors	175,800	115,193	41,984	26.7	11,122	8,130	20,222	19,926	296	622	1,888	6,546	12,077
Instructors	100,688	73,113	22,308	23.4	7,212	7,282	5,841	5,626	215	867	1,106	3,576	1,691
Lecturers	41,401	30,817	7,570	19.7	1,974	2,423	2,569	2,526	43	150	454	1,386	1,628
Other faculty	155,899	93,990	32,624	25.8	8,239	6,252	15,940	15,752	188	694	1,499	5,210	24,075
Males	440,387	309,853	90,021	22.5	19,096	19,022	46,794	46,204	590	1,721	3,388	11,910	28,603
Professors	123,780	98,336	22,292	18.5	4,044	3,957	13,266	13,135	131	376	649	1,726	1,426
Associate professors	86,464	62,971	19,675	23.8	4,307	3,864	10,605	10,495	110	288	611	1,825	1,993
Assistant professors	85,529	54,774	19,832	26.6	4,200	3,956	10,594	10,447	147	274	808	3,395	7,528
Instructors	43,786	32,005	9,285	22.5	2,592	3,270	2,537	2,438	99	430	456	1,585	911
Lecturers	18,494	13,903	3,104	18.3	860	1,013	982	965	17	61	188	677	810
Other faculty	82,334	47,864	15,833	24.9	3,093	2,962	8,810	8,724	86	292	676	2,702	15,935
Females	373,591	264,662	82,597	23.8	25,370	18,384	33,210	32,651	559	1,822	3,811	10,460	15,872
Professors	58,824	47,495	10,136	17.6	2,799	2,258	4,471	4,411	60	236	372	781	412
Associate professors	71,122	52,600	16,029	23.4	4,769	3,240	7,090	6,984	106	310	620	1,320	1,173
Assistant professors	90,271	60,419	22,152	26.8	6,922	4,174	9,628	9,479	149	348	1,080	3,151	4,549
Instructors	56,902	41,108	13,023	24.1	4,620	4,012	3,304	3,188	116	437	650	1,991	780
Lecturers	22,907	16,914	4,466	20.9	1,114	1,410	1,587	1,561	26	89	266	709	818
Other faculty	73,565	46,126	16,791	26.7	5,146	3,290	7,130	7,028	102	402	823	2,508	8,140
20173
Total	821,168	573,560	178,947	23.8	45,427	39,099	83,342	82,142	1,200	3,460	7,619	23,439	45,222
Professors	184,023	145,624	33,895	18.9	6,931	6,518	18,764	18,571	193	631	1,051	2,710	1,794
Associate professors	157,820	114,978	36,492	24.1	9,151	7,241	18,249	18,014	235	569	1,282	3,306	3,044
Assistant professors	178,858	115,706	43,707	27.4	11,505	8,565	20,980	20,700	280	628	2,029	6,875	12,570
Instructors	98,793	71,061	22,506	24.1	7,068	7,430	6,035	5,802	233	851	1,122	3,374	1,852
Lecturers	42,866	31,763	8,054	20.2	1,981	2,693	2,729	2,691	38	153	498	1,480	1,569
Other faculty	158,808	94,428	34,293	26.6	8,791	6,652	16,585	16,364	221	628	1,637	5,694	24,393
Males	440,842	306,914	92,679	23.2	19,423	19,690	48,348	47,759	589	1,689	3,529	12,410	28,839
Professors	123,615	97,303	23,099	19.2	4,125	4,104	13,861	13,733	128	380	629	1,871	1,342
Associate professors	86,158	62,389	19,919	24.2	4,300	3,902	10,805	10,692	113	269	643	1,935	1,915
Assistant professors	86,151	54,381	20,502	27.4	4,344	4,109	10,904	10,771	133	295	850	3,554	7,714
Instructors	42,882	31,062	9,357	23.2	2,585	3,293	2,558	2,458	100	429	492	1,473	990
Lecturers	19,090	14,288	3,300	18.8	838	1,153	1,056	1,038	18	58	195	696	806
Other faculty	82,946	47,491	16,502	25.8	3,231	3,129	9,164	9,067	97	258	720	2,881	16,072
Females	380,326	266,646	86,268	24.4	26,004	19,409	34,994	34,383	611	1,771	4,090	11,029	16,383
Professors	60,408	48,321	10,796	18.3	2,806	2,414	4,903	4,838	65	251	422	839	452
Associate professors	71,662	52,589	16,573	24.0	4,851	3,339	7,444	7,322	122	300	639	1,371	1,129
Assistant professors	92,707	61,325	23,205	27.5	7,161	4,456	10,076	9,929	147	333	1,179	3,321	4,856
Instructors	55,911	39,999	13,149	24.7	4,483	4,137	3,477	3,344	133	422	630	1,901	862
Lecturers	23,776	17,475	4,754	21.4	1,143	1,540	1,673	1,653	20	95	303	784	763
Other faculty	75,862	46,937	17,791	27.5	5,560	3,523	7,421	7,297	124	370	917	2,813	8,321

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 2016 through Spring 2018 Human Resources component, Fall Staff section. (This table was prepared November 2018.)