Table 315.20.

Full-time faculty in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity, sex, and academic rank: Fall 2015, fall 2017, and fall 2018

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
20173
Total	822,513	574,364	179,251	23.8	45,461	39,190	83,516	82,316	1,200	3,477	7,607	23,467	45,431
Professors	184,428	145,927	33,971	18.9	6,936	6,535	18,817	18,624	193	633	1,050	2,714	1,816
Associate professors	157,975	115,065	36,527	24.1	9,157	7,253	18,269	18,033	236	573	1,275	3,308	3,075
Assistant professors	179,051	115,830	43,727	27.4	11,507	8,571	20,993	20,713	280	631	2,025	6,876	12,618
Instructors	98,673	70,967	22,469	24.0	7,048	7,431	6,019	5,787	232	851	1,120	3,378	1,859
Lecturers	43,222	32,031	8,121	20.2	1,994	2,708	2,760	2,722	38	160	499	1,493	1,577
Other faculty	159,164	94,544	34,436	26.7	8,819	6,692	16,658	16,437	221	629	1,638	5,698	24,486
Males	441,472	307,287	92,804	23.2	19,432	19,732	48,424	47,835	589	1,693	3,523	12,422	28,959
Professors	123,867	97,492	23,146	19.2	4,127	4,115	13,895	13,767	128	381	628	1,874	1,355
Associate professors	86,222	62,422	19,927	24.2	4,300	3,908	10,808	10,694	114	269	642	1,937	1,936
Assistant professors	86,236	54,432	20,503	27.4	4,345	4,111	10,905	10,772	133	295	847	3,556	7,745
Instructors	42,843	31,031	9,348	23.2	2,577	3,298	2,554	2,455	99	429	490	1,472	992
Lecturers	19,219	14,396	3,318	18.7	847	1,154	1,061	1,043	18	60	196	699	806
Other faculty	83,085	47,514	16,562	25.8	3,236	3,146	9,201	9,104	97	259	720	2,884	16,125
Females	381,041	267,077	86,447	24.5	26,029	19,458	35,092	34,481	611	1,784	4,084	11,045	16,472
Professors	60,561	48,435	10,825	18.3	2,809	2,420	4,922	4,857	65	252	422	840	461
Associate professors	71,753	52,643	16,600	24.0	4,857	3,345	7,461	7,339	122	304	633	1,371	1,139
Assistant professors	92,815	61,398	23,224	27.4	7,162	4,460	10,088	9,941	147	336	1,178	3,320	4,873
Instructors	55,830	39,936	13,121	24.7	4,471	4,133	3,465	3,332	133	422	630	1,906	867
Lecturers	24,003	17,635	4,803	21.4	1,147	1,554	1,699	1,679	20	100	303	794	771
Other faculty	76,079	47,030	17,874	27.5	5,583	3,546	7,457	7,333	124	370	918	2,814	8,361
20183
Total	832,119	572,586	184,941	24.4	45,748	41,403	86,035	84,806	1,229	3,413	8,342	25,180	49,412
Professors	185,758	145,207	35,404	19.6	7,005	6,826	19,729	19,529	200	606	1,238	3,107	2,040
Associate professors	159,135	114,804	37,463	24.6	9,196	7,684	18,696	18,451	245	578	1,309	3,686	3,182
Assistant professors	181,239	115,381	44,822	28.0	11,628	8,913	21,408	21,137	271	663	2,210	7,591	13,445
Instructors	98,798	70,171	23,327	24.9	7,225	7,885	6,165	5,885	280	786	1,266	3,480	1,820
Lecturers	44,969	32,808	8,790	21.1	2,120	2,986	2,975	2,936	39	162	547	1,594	1,777
Other faculty	162,220	94,215	35,135	27.2	8,574	7,109	17,062	16,868	194	618	1,772	5,722	27,148
Males	443,589	304,009	94,801	23.8	19,351	20,621	49,507	48,872	635	1,617	3,705	13,352	31,427
Professors	123,569	96,178	23,736	19.8	4,091	4,222	14,401	14,271	130	351	671	2,109	1,546
Associate professors	86,082	61,665	20,259	24.7	4,282	4,117	10,963	10,831	132	279	618	2,171	1,987
Assistant professors	86,493	53,673	20,748	27.9	4,334	4,227	10,987	10,851	136	295	905	3,798	8,274
Instructors	42,923	30,679	9,642	23.9	2,616	3,497	2,624	2,501	123	384	521	1,605	997
Lecturers	19,891	14,637	3,577	19.6	904	1,247	1,164	1,147	17	56	206	772	905
Other faculty	84,631	47,177	16,839	26.3	3,124	3,311	9,368	9,271	97	252	784	2,897	17,718
Females	388,530	268,577	90,140	25.1	26,397	20,782	36,528	35,934	594	1,796	4,637	11,828	17,985
Professors	62,189	49,029	11,668	19.2	2,914	2,604	5,328	5,258	70	255	567	998	494
Associate professors	73,053	53,139	17,204	24.5	4,914	3,567	7,733	7,620	113	299	691	1,515	1,195
Assistant professors	94,746	61,708	24,074	28.1	7,294	4,686	10,421	10,286	135	368	1,305	3,793	5,171
Instructors	55,875	39,492	13,685	25.7	4,609	4,388	3,541	3,384	157	402	745	1,875	823
Lecturers	25,078	18,171	5,213	22.3	1,216	1,739	1,811	1,789	22	106	341	822	872
Other faculty	77,589	47,038	18,296	28.0	5,450	3,798	7,694	7,597	97	366	988	2,825	9,430

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. 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 2019 Human Resources component, Fall Staff section. (This table was prepared November 2019.)