Nonwhites make up a comparatively small share of U.S. college faculty % ofpostsecondary faculty who are by academic rank, fall 2017 Note: Nonwhite includes blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Pacific Islanders, American Indians or Alaska Natives, and those of two or more races. Those categorized as it non-resident alien and is race/ethnicity unknown are not included in this analysis.
Overall, a larger share of assistant professors (junior faculty without tenure) were nonwhite in fall 2017, compared with fully tenured professors (27% vs. 19%). But junior faculty haven’t diversified much faster than their senior, fully tenured counterparts. Between fall 1997 and fall 2017, the share of nonwhite assistant professors grew by 10 percentage points, compared with 8 points for professors.
Nonwhites make up a comparatively  | small share of U.S. college faculty  | % ofpostsecondary faculty who are  | by academic rank, fall 2017  | Nonwhite  | White  | 81  | Professors  | 19  | I  | Associate professors  | 24  | 76  | Assistant professors  | 27  | 73  | Instructors  | 24  | 76  | Lecturers  | 20  | 80  | Other faculty  | 27  | 73  | Note: Nonwhite includes blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Pacific  | Islanders, American Indians or Alaska Natives, and those of  | two or more races. Those categorized as it non-resident alien  | and is race/ethnicity unknown are not included in this analysis.  | Source: National Center for Education Statistics.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 