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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: 2018-19
State All insti-
tutions
Public institutions Nonprofit institutions For-profit
insti-
tutions
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 45.1 46.9 44.5 42.2 52.8 54.7 62.8 41.4 41.4 37.6 50.0 55.2 28.9 12.8
Alabama 46.1 47.3 41.8 40.6 48.1 72.7 37.0 37.0 43.0 34.2 28.1
Alaska 48.4 48.4 48.4 48.1 48.7
Arizona 42.3 44.8 40.8 41.2 35.8 66.2 28.1 28.1 23.7 36.7 1.0
Arkansas 40.4 39.3 40.1 43.2 38.0 5.7 15.7 54.2 54.2 54.2
California 51.1 53.1 48.1 47.2 49.1 53.9 63.2 44.4 44.4 42.1 48.4 64.5

Colorado
32.9 31.7 30.5 27.3 50.4 61.3 69.9 43.5 43.5 39.8 59.5
Connecticut 44.5 57.9 55.7 46.8 69.5 67.5 36.2 36.2 34.9 43.2 52.7 42.9
Delaware 55.2 54.7 54.7 54.7 65.4 65.4 65.4
District of Columbia 48.0 52.7 52.7 60.9 51.7 47.7 47.7 47.8 43.9
Florida 41.6 44.9 44.6 37.7 41.8 61.7 70.7 30.2 30.2 26.7 37.5 43.8 42.3

Georgia
42.5 46.6 46.3 46.2 49.3 43.1 53.2 32.4 32.3 28.2 35.3 52.0 35.2 93.8
Hawaii 56.2 60.1 59.9 60.8 50.9 60.8 15.4 15.4 15.4
Idaho 46.4 46.1 44.9 45.2 41.1 63.7 50.6 50.6 50.0 51.3
Illinois 51.9 60.4 48.9 47.1 59.8 86.4 43.0 43.0 40.1 52.0 56.5
Indiana 45.2 43.0 43.0 42.6 46.6 25.0 50.6 50.8 48.6 50.4 59.5 5.6

Iowa
50.4 48.8 48.8 48.8 53.8 53.8 54.7 49.3 56.7 32.6
Kansas 47.7 48.3 44.8 43.8 50.1 67.2 42.4 42.4 44.5 41.3 43.1
Kentucky 44.9 45.0 46.2 45.7 54.4 38.4 44.7 44.7 36.8 45.0 54.8
Louisiana 36.4 36.1 41.3 38.5 47.8 45.1 8.2 37.7 37.7 36.7 50.8 37.9
Maine 50.5 52.9 52.9 50.2 61.3 60.8 47.6 47.6 34.2 36.8 55.2

Maryland
32.4 34.4 36.4 34.3 53.9 58.6 24.6 28.8 28.8 25.6 54.4 49.1
Massachusetts 47.6 51.5 48.1 41.5 63.7 64.5 45.6 45.6 44.1 47.2 56.9
Michigan 48.5 47.9 46.4 45.4 54.2 74.8 79.6 54.2 54.2 46.8 58.4 56.0
Minnesota 61.1 63.8 55.2 52.6 60.0 59.7 85.5 54.0 54.0 49.4 56.2 59.7
Mississippi 37.2 37.6 37.6 37.5 38.8 34.4 34.4 25.3 50.6 53.3

Missouri
40.4 44.1 43.2 41.9 46.7 33.3 57.6 36.3 36.3 33.0 53.9 50.8
Montana 55.3 55.8 55.6 61.2 39.1 50.0 58.4 51.5 51.5 50.4 52.9
Nebraska 40.4 37.8 37.1 35.0 49.1 77.1 50.5 50.5 51.4 46.6 51.7
Nevada 47.4 47.4 47.4 41.3 62.4
New Hampshire 55.0 54.0 54.0 50.5 62.1 42.5 56.2 56.2 57.7 29.7 58.9

New Jersey
51.8 51.4 45.8 42.2 74.9 78.5 53.1 53.1 51.7 55.3 69.7
New Mexico 40.9 40.5 39.4 39.2 40.7 35.7 48.5 72.5 72.5 72.5
New York 45.2 58.5 55.5 49.5 62.8 52.1 67.0 37.2 37.1 33.0 57.3 57.5 66.7
North Carolina 41.9 46.4 46.4 45.6 51.5 50.6 35.0 35.0 32.6 41.1 45.3
North Dakota 50.7 50.7 50.4 49.9 50.0 53.4 53.4

Ohio
49.0 48.0 45.8 44.9 46.9 54.8 68.5 51.6 51.6 47.0 57.5 56.8
Oklahoma 40.4 39.5 39.1 37.3 46.1 42.3 44.3 46.8 46.8 49.6 41.9 61.5
Oregon 39.7 37.2 32.1 29.6 52.5 49.7 74.0 51.6 51.6 49.1 12.0 64.4
Pennsylvania 42.3 43.2 40.2 34.5 63.6 37.1 72.8 41.4 41.5 35.8 52.0 57.2 5.2
Rhode Island 58.5 58.4 55.2 50.1 67.1 70.3 58.5 58.5 54.7 63.3

South Carolina
42.3 41.5 41.5 37.2 50.3 37.9 43.4 45.3 45.3 67.7 41.1 50.9 48.3 63.6
South Dakota 41.4 40.7 40.7 38.3 45.9 44.5 44.5 49.5 9.3
Tennessee 45.6 47.3 47.4 45.3 59.9 47.2 41.8 41.8 38.3 52.8 38.0
Texas 40.3 40.8 39.5 39.6 39.7 33.1 50.3 38.4 38.4 35.7 46.8 56.0
Utah 44.0 40.1 39.2 36.2 48.0 35.9 55.1 63.6 63.6 63.6

Vermont
43.1 36.9 36.9 33.3 63.4 44.9 56.6 56.6 10.6 59.8 61.8 77.8
Virginia 41.4 43.0 43.0 42.5 45.7 52.0 45.7 35.9 35.9 28.3 44.0 59.5
Washington 53.9 54.2 53.4 48.4 51.3 65.1 68.3 52.7 52.7 52.5 53.6 50.8
West Virginia 38.4 37.9 40.6 38.0 54.3 38.7 7.8 46.1 46.1 49.1 41.3 50.0
Wisconsin 42.9 48.7 48.7 47.7 51.5 30.4 30.4 22.4 48.0 58.7
Wyoming 45.4 45.4 38.3 38.3 63.9

U.S. Service Academies
57.5 57.5 57.5 57.5
†Not applicable.
‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases).
1 Institutions that awarded 20 or more doctor's degrees during the previous academic year.
2 Institutions that awarded 20 or more master's degrees, but less than 20 doctor's degrees, during the previous academic year.
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 2019, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section. (This table was prepared May 2020.)

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