Table 222. | Percentage distribution of full-time and part-time instructional faculty and staff in institutions of higher education, by program area, race/ethnicity, and sex: Fall 1992 |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Program | | | | | | Asian/ | American area | Number |Percent| White, | Black, | Hispanic | Pacific | Indian/ | | |non-Hispanic |non-Hispanic | | Islander |Alaskan native | | |_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|______________ | | | Male |Female|Male |Female| Male |Female| Male |Female| Male |Female _____________________________|________|_______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 _____________________________|________|_______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_______ | Full-time instructional faculty and staff |_______________________________________________________________________________________ Total .......................|526,222 | 100.0 | 58.9 | 27.9 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |________|_______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_______ Agriculture and | | | | | | | | | | | | home economics ..........| 11,466 | 100.0 | 71.3 | 19.6 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.8 | --- | 0.7 Business ..................| 39,848 | 100.0 | 62.3 | 26.6 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 Communications ............| 10,344 | 100.0 | 56.3 | 29.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1.6 | --- | 4.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 Education .................| 36,851 | 100.0 | 43.9 | 41.2 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 Teacher education .......| 12,429 | 100.0 | 40.6 | 49.8 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 Other education .........| 24,422 | 100.0 | 45.6 | 36.9 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | Engineering ...............| 24,680 | 100.0 | 73.0 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 15.6 | 1.3 | 0.7 | --- Fine arts .................| 31,682 | 100.0 | 60.4 | 28.3 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 Health sciences ...........| 77,996 | 100.0 | 43.1 | 43.5 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 First-professional ......| 36,854 | 100.0 | 64.7 | 18.8 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 7.2 | 2.0 | 0.2 | --- Nursing .................| 20,931 | 100.0 | 0.9 | 88.3 | 0.5 | 6.7 | --- | 0.9 | 0.1 | 2.3 | --- | 0.2 Other health sciences ...| 20,211 | 100.0 | 47.4 | 42.1 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | Humanities ................| 74,086 | 100.0 | 53.5 | 34.8 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 English and literature ..| 37,476 | 100.0 | 45.2 | 45.0 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 Foreign languages .......| 13,684 | 100.0 | 40.0 | 36.6 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 1.8 | 6.4 | --- | 0.4 History .................| 14,644 | 100.0 | 70.6 | 20.0 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | --- Philosophy ..............| 8,283 | 100.0 | 82.5 | 12.3 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | Law .......................| 7,337 | 100.0 | 57.8 | 30.0 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | Natural sciences ..........|101,681 | 100.0 | 69.0 | 17.4 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 7.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 Biological sciences .....| 34,303 | 100.0 | 68.4 | 20.5 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 Physical sciences .......| 28,299 | 100.0 | 77.4 | 10.1 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 7.3 | 0.8 | --- | --- Mathematics .............| 25,407 | 100.0 | 61.7 | 21.2 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 9.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 Computer sciences .......| 13,671 | 100.0 | 66.5 | 17.2 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 10.4 | 0.8 | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | Social sciences ...........| 58,526 | 100.0 | 65.4 | 22.3 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 Economics ...............| 9,881 | 100.0 | 70.4 | 11.9 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 7.9 | 1.6 | --- | --- Political science .......| 9,434 | 100.0 | 75.7 | 14.5 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | --- Psychology ..............| 17,692 | 100.0 | 58.0 | 31.8 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 Sociology ...............| 9,586 | 100.0 | 68.2 | 20.1 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | --- Other social sciences ...| 11,934 | 100.0 | 62.1 | 24.5 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | Occupationally specific | | | | | | | | | | | | programs ................| 15,395 | 100.0 | 75.9 | 13.5 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 All other programs ........| 27,466 | 100.0 | 58.1 | 30.1 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 0.6 | --- | 0.1 |========|=======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======= | Part-time instructional faculty and staff |_______________________________________________________________________________________ Total .......................|263,215 | 100.0 | 48.7 | 40.1 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 |________|_______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_______ Agriculture and | | | | | | | | | | | | home economics ..........| 1,936 | 100.0 | 47.8 | 51.2 | --- | --- | 1.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Business ..................| 24,291 | 100.0 | 63.6 | 26.3 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 Communications ............| 7,132 | 100.0 | 42.6 | 51.1 | 3.5 | 0.7 | --- | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 Education .................| 21,821 | 100.0 | 29.2 | 59.2 | 2.3 | 5.1 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 Teacher education .......| 8,791 | 100.0 | 20.1 | 69.2 | 2.1 | 6.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 | --- | --- Other education .........| 13,030 | 100.0 | 35.3 | 52.5 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | Engineering ...............| 7,872 | 100.0 | 79.3 | 7.6 | 1.7 | --- | 1.8 | --- | 6.7 | 0.7 | 2.1 | --- Fine arts .................| 23,228 | 100.0 | 46.5 | 43.5 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 Health sciences ...........| 30,336 | 100.0 | 36.6 | 51.9 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 First-professional ......| 12,070 | 100.0 | 58.0 | 27.0 | 6.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 4.6 | 2.3 | --- | --- Nursing .................| 7,398 | 100.0 | 5.6 | 85.0 | --- | 5.4 | -- | 0.9 | --- | 2.4 | --- | 0.6 Other health sciences ...| 10,869 | 100.0 | 33.8 | 57.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | Humanities ................| 42,562 | 100.0 | 36.0 | 51.6 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 English and literature ..| 26,525 | 100.0 | 29.5 | 61.0 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 Foreign languages .......| 7,408 | 100.0 | 26.7 | 44.8 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 6.0 | 12.3 | 2.3 | 4.9 | --- | 0.5 History .................| 5,561 | 100.0 | 62.7 | 30.0 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 1.8 | --- | 0.4 | --- Philosophy ..............| 3,068 | 100.0 | 65.4 | 25.0 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 3.0 | --- | 2.2 | 1.2 | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | Law .......................| 8,608 | 100.0 | 68.8 | 23.0 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.4 | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | Natural sciences ..........| 42,544 | 100.0 | 58.6 | 29.6 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | --- Biological sciences .....| 8,322 | 100.0 | 49.8 | 38.3 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 3.4 | --- | --- Physical sciences .......| 7,555 | 100.0 | 68.2 | 21.4 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 5.2 | 1.3 | --- | --- Mathematics .............| 17,373 | 100.0 | 53.4 | 35.0 | 4.1 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 Computer sciences .......| 9,294 | 100.0 | 68.6 | 18.2 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 2.4 | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | Social sciences ...........| 23,556 | 100.0 | 49.4 | 38.3 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 Economics ...............| 2,166 | 100.0 | 69.2 | 14.0 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 2.8 | --- | 9.1 | 2.5 | --- | --- Political science .......| 2,106 | 100.0 | 73.6 | 17.5 | 4.5 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 0.7 | --- | --- | --- | --- Psychology ..............| 10,973 | 100.0 | 45.9 | 46.0 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 Sociology ...............| 3,029 | 100.0 | 35.0 | 50.7 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 | --- | --- Other social sciences ...| 5,282 | 100.0 | 47.1 | 33.4 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.2 | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | Occupationally specific | | | | | | | | | | | | programs ................| 11,757 | 100.0 | 71.8 | 17.6 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 5.2 | --- | 1.3 | --- | 0.1 | --- All other programs ........| 14,033 | 100.0 | 45.1 | 43.6 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.9 | --- | --- _____________________________|________|_______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_______ |
---Data not available NOTE.--Because of rounding and nonresponse to program area question, details may not add to totals. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF), 1993. (This table was prepared May 1995.) |