Table 315.20.

Full-time faculty in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity, sex, and academic rank: Fall 2017, fall 2018, and fall 2019

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 alien1
			Total	Per- cent2	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
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
20183
Total	832,130	572,573	184,969	24.4	45,755	41,406	86,048	84,818	1,230	3,413	8,347	25,126	49,462
Professors	185,786	145,221	35,409	19.6	7,009	6,826	19,733	19,533	200	606	1,235	3,110	2,046
Associate professors	159,169	114,824	37,467	24.6	9,197	7,684	18,698	18,453	245	580	1,308	3,687	3,191
Assistant professors	181,229	115,376	44,826	28.0	11,627	8,910	21,408	21,137	271	663	2,218	7,580	13,447
Instructors	98,867	70,229	23,336	24.9	7,226	7,891	6,167	5,887	280	786	1,266	3,481	1,821
Lecturers	44,789	32,710	8,770	21.1	2,114	2,979	2,969	2,930	39	161	547	1,543	1,766
Other faculty	162,290	94,213	35,161	27.2	8,582	7,116	17,073	16,878	195	617	1,773	5,725	27,191
Males	443,595	303,997	94,812	23.8	19,354	20,621	49,511	48,876	635	1,617	3,709	13,326	31,460
Professors	123,592	96,189	23,738	19.8	4,092	4,222	14,404	14,274	130	351	669	2,114	1,551
Associate professors	86,106	61,682	20,258	24.7	4,282	4,116	10,962	10,830	132	279	619	2,172	1,994
Assistant professors	86,494	53,677	20,751	27.9	4,333	4,225	10,988	10,852	136	295	910	3,791	8,275
Instructors	42,963	30,711	9,648	23.9	2,617	3,501	2,625	2,502	123	384	521	1,607	997
Lecturers	19,789	14,579	3,571	19.7	903	1,244	1,162	1,145	17	56	206	743	896
Other faculty	84,651	47,159	16,846	26.3	3,127	3,313	9,370	9,273	97	252	784	2,899	17,747
Females	388,535	268,576	90,157	25.1	26,401	20,785	36,537	35,942	595	1,796	4,638	11,800	18,002
Professors	62,194	49,032	11,671	19.2	2,917	2,604	5,329	5,259	70	255	566	996	495
Associate professors	73,063	53,142	17,209	24.5	4,915	3,568	7,736	7,623	113	301	689	1,515	1,197
Assistant professors	94,735	61,699	24,075	28.1	7,294	4,685	10,420	10,285	135	368	1,308	3,789	5,172
Instructors	55,904	39,518	13,688	25.7	4,609	4,390	3,542	3,385	157	402	745	1,874	824
Lecturers	25,000	18,131	5,199	22.3	1,211	1,735	1,807	1,785	22	105	341	800	870
Other faculty	77,639	47,054	18,315	28.0	5,455	3,803	7,703	7,605	98	365	989	2,826	9,444
20193
Total	843,750	573,912	191,964	25.1	47,197	43,253	89,502	88,306	1,196	3,340	8,672	26,626	51,248
Professors	187,550	145,199	37,240	20.4	7,261	7,185	21,013	20,815	198	588	1,193	3,147	1,964
Associate professors	160,932	115,079	38,651	25.1	9,468	7,720	19,457	19,187	270	555	1,451	3,952	3,250
Assistant professors	182,884	114,922	46,376	28.8	12,039	9,335	21,977	21,719	258	703	2,322	7,776	13,810
Instructors	99,412	70,332	23,582	25.1	7,354	8,016	6,149	5,896	253	717	1,346	3,635	1,863
Lecturers	46,568	33,666	9,292	21.6	2,238	3,166	3,173	3,139	34	164	551	1,675	1,935
Other faculty	166,404	94,714	36,823	28.0	8,837	7,831	17,733	17,550	183	613	1,809	6,441	28,426
Males	445,585	301,777	97,626	24.4	19,874	21,439	50,838	50,234	604	1,579	3,896	13,952	32,230
Professors	123,324	95,029	24,680	20.6	4,198	4,401	15,040	14,919	121	333	708	2,136	1,479
Associate professors	86,312	61,339	20,678	25.2	4,338	4,100	11,275	11,136	139	277	688	2,233	2,062
Assistant professors	86,405	52,759	21,310	28.8	4,484	4,407	11,170	11,045	125	294	955	3,895	8,441
Instructors	42,872	30,521	9,699	24.1	2,693	3,558	2,554	2,443	111	350	544	1,627	1,025
Lecturers	20,548	14,946	3,817	20.3	990	1,306	1,243	1,227	16	63	215	798	987
Other faculty	86,124	47,183	17,442	27.0	3,171	3,667	9,556	9,464	92	262	786	3,263	18,236
Females	398,165	272,135	94,338	25.7	27,323	21,814	38,664	38,072	592	1,761	4,776	12,674	19,018
Professors	64,226	50,170	12,560	20.0	3,063	2,784	5,973	5,896	77	255	485	1,011	485
Associate professors	74,620	53,740	17,973	25.1	5,130	3,620	8,182	8,051	131	278	763	1,719	1,188
Assistant professors	96,479	62,163	25,066	28.7	7,555	4,928	10,807	10,674	133	409	1,367	3,881	5,369
Instructors	56,540	39,811	13,883	25.9	4,661	4,458	3,595	3,453	142	367	802	2,008	838
Lecturers	26,020	18,720	5,475	22.6	1,248	1,860	1,930	1,912	18	101	336	877	948
Other faculty	80,280	47,531	19,381	29.0	5,666	4,164	8,177	8,086	91	351	1,023	3,178	10,190

1 Race/ethnicity not collected.

2 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.

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: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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 2018 through Spring 2020 Human Resources component, Fall Staff section. (This table was prepared March 2021.)