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| Year | Total | Employment status | Sex | Control | Level | ||||||||
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| Full-time | Part-time | Percent full-time | Male | Female | Percent 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 |
| 1987 | 793,070 | 523,420 | 269,650 | 66.0 | 529,413 | 263,657 | 33.2 | 552,749 | 240,321 | --- | --- | 547,505 | 245,565 |
| 1989 | 824,220 | 524,426 | 299,794 | 63.6 | 534,254 | 289,966 | 35.2 | 577,298 | 246,922 | --- | --- | 583,700 | 240,520 |
| 1991 | 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 |
| 1993 | 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 |
1995 | 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 |
| 1997 | 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 |
| 1999 | 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 |
| 2001 | 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 |
| 2003 | 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 |
2005 | 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 |
| 2007 | 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 |
| 2009 | 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 |
| 2011 | 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 |
| 2013 | 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 |
2015 | 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 |
| 2016 | 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 |
| 2017 | 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 |
| 2018 | 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 |
| 2019 | 1,548,824 | 843,820 | 705,004 | 54.5 | 768,404 | 780,420 | 50.4 | 984,220 | 564,604 | 495,776 | 68,828 | 1,233,784 | 315,040 |
2020 | 1,489,565 | 836,632 | 652,933 | 56.2 | 734,806 | 754,759 | 50.7 | 941,250 | 548,315 | 482,387 | 65,928 | 1,209,030 | 280,535 |
| 2021 | 1,499,236 | 837,024 | 662,212 | 55.8 | 732,404 | 766,832 | 51.1 | 944,898 | 554,338 | 488,938 | 65,400 | 1,225,101 | 274,135 |
| 2022 | 1,505,927 | 841,936 | 663,991 | 55.9 | 730,492 | 775,435 | 51.5 | 946,497 | 559,430 | 495,098 | 64,332 | 1,240,761 | 265,166 |
| 2023 | 1,530,513 | 859,825 | 670,688 | 56.2 | 738,027 | 792,486 | 51.8 | 962,940 | 567,573 | 502,810 | 64,763 | 1,270,883 | 259,630 |
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| 1Estimated on the basis of enrollment. For methodological details on estimates, see National Center for Education Statistics, Projections of Education Statistics to 2000 available at https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED312793. | |||||||||||||
| NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Includes all instructional, research, and public service staff. Excluded are graduate students with titles such as graduate or teaching fellow who assist senior faculty. Because of revised survey methods, data from 1987 onward are not directly comparable with figures for prior years. Data through fall 1995 are for institutions of higher education and U.S. service academies, while later data are for degree-granting institutions that participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs and U.S. service academies. Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees. 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; HEGIS, "Staff Survey", 1976; Projections of Education Statistics to 2000; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Staff Survey" (IPEDS-S:87-99, selected years); IPEDS, Human Resources component, Staff section, selected years, Winter 2001-02 through Winter 2011-12; and IPEDS, Human Resources component, Staff section, Spring 2014 and Spring 2016 through Spring 2023 (final data) and Spring 2024 (provisional data). U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Higher Education Staff Information Survey (EEO-6), 1977, 1981, and 1983. (This table was prepared November 2024.) | |||||||||||||