Characteristics of Full- and Part-Time Faculty

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Characteristics of Full- and Part-Time Faculty

 

 

  Full time
(56% of total sample)		 Part time
(44% of total sample)
Male 59% 50%
Average age 48 48
Single, never married 12% 13%
White, non-Hispanic 81% 77%
Holds a PhD or first professional degree 67% 27%
Has dependent children 51% 47%
In first postsecondary job 46% 48%
     
Average basic institutional income $65,407 $11,160
Average total individual income $78,553 $51,628
Average total household income $113,831 $91,798
     
Percent with a full-time “other” job 2% 46%
     
Number of other jobs involving instruction:    
  Zero 97% 79%
  One 3% 17%
  Two or more 0% 4%
     
Percent whose first job was part time 26% 77%
     
Fields of teaching:    
  Visual and performing arts 6% 9%
  Business, management, or marketing 6% 8%
  Computer and information systems 3% 5%
  Education 8% 12%
  English language and literature 6% 8%
  Health professions and clinical sciences 13% 11%
  Mathematics and statistics 5% 6%
  Social sciences (except psychology) and history 9% 7%
  All other fields 44% 35%

Note: Full sample includes 1,211,849 faculty members, 681,826 of whom are full time
and 530,023 of whom are part time.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (2004).