Table 1 Summary Statistics for the IPEDS and L&K Datasets in 2015-16.

From: Diversity trends among faculty in STEM and non-STEM fields at selective public universities in the U.S. from 2016 to 2023

 

IPEDS: All Public R1 Universities

IPEDS: L&K University Sample

L&K Dataset

L&K Dataset: STEM

L&K Dataset: Non-STEM

Faculty Rank

 Assistant professor

23.8%

21.6%

19.2%

21.7%

15.2%

 Associate professor

32.0

29.7

28.1

22.5

36.7

 Professor

44.2

48.7

52.8

55.7

48.2

Racial-ethnic shares

 Asian or Pacific Islander

13.3

13.3

11.8

15.0

7.0

 Black

3.4

3.4

4.7

1.3

9.9

 Hispanic

4.3

4.2

4.1

3.3

5.2

 White

71.0

71.6

79.0

80.3

76.9

 American Indian/Alaska Native

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.0

0.5

 Two or more races

0.7

0.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

 Race unknown

2.5

2.0

0.2

0.1

0.5

 Non-resident alien

4.4

4.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

Gender shares

 Female

34.0

32.8

34.6

25.5

48.6

 Male

66.0

67.2

65.4

74.5

51.3

 Gender Unknown

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

 N (universities)

106

40

40

40

40

 N (faculty)

111,055

55,421

4139

2517

1622

  1. Notes. Each cell reports the percentage of the sample indicated by the column accounted for by the group indicated by the row. IPEDS = Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. L&K = Li and Koedel. The “Asian or Pacific Islander” group is approximated in the L&K dataset by the “Asian” category.