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Table 315.10. | Number of faculty in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by employment status, sex, control, and level of institution: Selected years, fall 1970 through fall 2018 |
Year | Total | Employment status | Sex | Control | Level | ||||||||
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Full- time |
Part- time |
Percent full- time |
Males | Females | Per- cent female |
Public | Private | 4-year | 2-year | ||||
Total | Nonprofit | For- profit |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
1970 | 474,000 | 369,000 | 104,000 | 77.8 | --- | --- | --- | 314,000 | 160,000 | --- | --- | 382,000 | 92,000 |
19711 | 492,000 | 379,000 | 113,000 | 77.0 | --- | --- | --- | 333,000 | 159,000 | --- | --- | 387,000 | 105,000 |
1972 | 500,000 | 380,000 | 120,000 | 76.0 | --- | --- | --- | 343,000 | 157,000 | --- | --- | 384,000 | 116,000 |
19731 | 527,000 | 389,000 | 138,000 | 73.8 | --- | --- | --- | 365,000 | 162,000 | --- | --- | 401,000 | 126,000 |
19741 | 567,000 | 406,000 | 161,000 | 71.6 | --- | --- | --- | 397,000 | 170,000 | --- | --- | 427,000 | 140,000 |
19751 |
628,000 | 440,000 | 188,000 | 70.1 | --- | --- | --- | 443,000 | 185,000 | --- | --- | 467,000 | 161,000 |
1976 | 633,000 | 434,000 | 199,000 | 68.6 | --- | --- | --- | 449,000 | 184,000 | --- | --- | 467,000 | 166,000 |
1977 | 678,000 | 448,000 | 230,000 | 66.1 | --- | --- | --- | 492,000 | 186,000 | --- | --- | 485,000 | 193,000 |
19791 | 675,000 | 445,000 | 230,000 | 65.9 | --- | --- | --- | 488,000 | 187,000 | --- | --- | 494,000 | 182,000 |
19801 | 686,000 | 450,000 | 236,000 | 65.6 | --- | --- | --- | 495,000 | 191,000 | --- | --- | 494,000 | 192,000 |
1981 |
705,000 | 461,000 | 244,000 | 65.4 | --- | --- | --- | 509,000 | 196,000 | --- | --- | 493,000 | 212,000 |
19821 | 710,000 | 462,000 | 248,000 | 65.1 | --- | --- | --- | 506,000 | 204,000 | --- | --- | 493,000 | 217,000 |
1983 | 724,000 | 471,000 | 254,000 | 65.1 | --- | --- | --- | 512,000 | 212,000 | --- | --- | 504,000 | 220,000 |
19841 | 717,000 | 462,000 | 255,000 | 64.4 | --- | --- | --- | 505,000 | 212,000 | --- | --- | 504,000 | 213,000 |
19851 | 715,000 | 459,000 | 256,000 | 64.2 | --- | --- | --- | 503,000 | 212,000 | --- | --- | 504,000 | 211,000 |
19861 |
722,000 | 459,000 | 263,000 | 63.6 | --- | --- | --- | 510,000 | 212,000 | --- | --- | 506,000 | 216,000 |
19872 | 793,070 | 523,420 | 269,650 | 66.0 | 529,413 | 263,657 | 33.2 | 552,749 | 240,321 | --- | --- | 547,505 | 245,565 |
19892 | 824,220 | 524,426 | 299,794 | 63.6 | 534,254 | 289,966 | 35.2 | 577,298 | 246,922 | --- | --- | 583,700 | 240,520 |
19912 | 826,252 | 535,623 | 290,629 | 64.8 | 525,599 | 300,653 | 36.4 | 580,908 | 245,344 | 236,066 | 9,278 | 591,269 | 234,983 |
19932 | 915,474 | 545,706 | 369,768 | 59.6 | 561,123 | 354,351 | 38.7 | 650,434 | 265,040 | 254,130 | 10,910 | 625,969 | 289,505 |
19952 |
931,706 | 550,822 | 380,884 | 59.1 | 562,893 | 368,813 | 39.6 | 656,833 | 274,873 | 260,900 | 13,973 | 647,059 | 284,647 |
19972 | 989,813 | 568,719 | 421,094 | 57.5 | 587,420 | 402,393 | 40.7 | 694,560 | 295,253 | 271,257 | 23,996 | 682,650 | 307,163 |
19992 | 1,037,529 | 593,375 | 444,154 | 57.2 | 608,007 | 429,522 | 41.4 | 718,585 | 318,944 | 288,663 | 30,281 | 719,256 | 318,273 |
20012 | 1,113,183 | 617,868 | 495,315 | 55.5 | 644,514 | 468,669 | 42.1 | 771,124 | 342,059 | 306,487 | 35,572 | 764,172 | 349,011 |
20032 | 1,173,593 | 630,092 | 543,501 | 53.7 | 663,723 | 509,870 | 43.4 | 791,766 | 381,827 | 330,097 | 51,730 | 814,289 | 359,304 |
20052 |
1,290,426 | 675,624 | 614,802 | 52.4 | 714,453 | 575,973 | 44.6 | 841,188 | 449,238 | 361,523 | 87,715 | 916,996 | 373,430 |
20072 | 1,371,587 | 703,757 | 667,830 | 51.3 | 744,047 | 627,540 | 45.8 | 876,526 | 495,061 | 386,688 | 108,373 | 992,385 | 379,202 |
20092 | 1,439,074 | 729,152 | 709,922 | 50.7 | 761,002 | 678,072 | 47.1 | 913,788 | 525,286 | 408,382 | 116,904 | 1,038,349 | 400,725 |
20112 | 1,524,469 | 762,114 | 762,355 | 50.0 | 789,567 | 734,902 | 48.2 | 954,159 | 570,310 | 432,630 | 137,680 | 1,115,642 | 408,827 |
20132 | 1,545,381 | 791,378 | 754,003 | 51.2 | 791,971 | 753,410 | 48.8 | 968,734 | 576,647 | 449,072 | 127,575 | 1,151,638 | 393,743 |
20152 |
1,552,256 | 807,109 | 745,147 | 52.0 | 789,405 | 762,851 | 49.1 | 970,991 | 581,265 | 472,638 | 108,627 | 1,180,545 | 371,711 |
20162 | 1,546,081 | 813,978 | 732,103 | 52.6 | 783,495 | 762,586 | 49.3 | 974,239 | 571,842 | 476,872 | 94,970 | 1,196,657 | 349,424 |
20172 | 1,545,653 | 822,513 | 723,140 | 53.2 | 778,873 | 766,780 | 49.6 | 972,689 | 572,964 | 486,761 | 86,203 | 1,209,143 | 336,510 |
20182 | 1,542,613 | 832,119 | 710,494 | 53.9 | 771,594 | 771,019 | 50.0 | 980,835 | 561,778 | 491,014 | 70,764 | 1,216,524 | 326,089 |
---Not available. | |||||||||||||
1 Estimated on the basis of enrollment. For methodological details on estimates, see National Center for Education Statistics, Projections of Education Statistics to 2000. | |||||||||||||
2 Because of revised survey methods, data are not directly comparable with figures for years prior to 1987. | |||||||||||||
NOTE: Includes faculty members with the title of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, assisting professor, adjunct professor, or interim professor (or the equivalent). Excluded are graduate students with titles such as graduate or teaching fellow who assist senior faculty. Data through 1995 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. Beginning in 2007, includes institutions with fewer than 15 full-time employees; these institutions did not report staff data prior to 2007. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | |||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), Employees in Institutions of Higher Education, 1970 and 1972, and "Staff Survey" 1976; Projections of Education Statistics to 2000; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Staff Survey" (IPEDS-S:87-99); IPEDS Winter 2001-02 through Winter 2011-12, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section; IPEDS Spring 2014 and Spring 2016 through Spring 2019, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section; and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Higher Education Staff Information Survey (EEO-6), 1977, 1981, and 1983. (This table was prepared November 2019.) |