Postsecondary
Faculty and Staff

Half of all full-time faculty in fall 2021 were employed at public four-year institutions (50.3 percent). Private nonprofit four-year institutions employed 31.3 percent of full-time faculty, public two-year institutions employed 16.5 percent, and for-profit institutions employed just 2.0 percent.

• Over half of all international faculty (67.9 percent) and Asian faculty (61 percent) were employed at public four-year institutions. In contrast, Black or African American (44.3 percent) and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (36.5 percent) full-time faculty held the lowest percentages employed within public four-year institutions.
• While almost one-third of all full-time faculty (31.3 percent) were employed at private nonprofit four-year institutions, only 18.2 percent of American Indian or Alaska Native and 25.7 percent of Hispanic full-time faculty were at these institutions—the lowest percentages of any group.
• American Indian or Alaska Native (32.2 percent) and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (29.8 percent) full-time faculty had their second-highest concentrations of employees at two-year public institutions, while the second-highest concentrations of Asian (30.5 percent), Black or African American (30.5 percent), and Hispanic or Latino (25.7 percent) full-time faculty were at private nonprofit four-year institutions.
• A larger share of Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander faculty (6.0 percent) than those of other groups were in the for-profit sector. International and Asian faculty made up the smallest shares in that sector.