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 2019

Year	Total	Employment status			Sex			Control				Level
		Full-time	Part-time	Percent full- time	Males	Females	Per- cent female	Public	Private			4-year	2-year
									Total	Nonprofit	For-profit
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	1,543,212	832,130	711,082	53.9	771,861	771,351	50.0	981,749	561,463	490,713	70,750	1,216,463	326,749
20192	1,548,726	843,750	704,976	54.5	768,434	780,292	50.4	984,040	564,686	495,817	68,869	1,233,659	315,067

---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: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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 2020, 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 March 2021.)