Among full-time instructional-staff members over all, tribal colleges had about the same representation of women in 2015-16 as historically black colleges and universities did — just under half. At tribal colleges, which are predominantly two-year institutions, most instructional-staff members held the rank of lecturer. The only category in the table in which women’s average salaries were slightly more than men’s was at the rank of associate professor at historically black institutions.
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Historically black colleges and universities (total = 100)
| Professor | 2,629 | 1,780 | 849 | 32.3% | $71,102 | $72,524 | $69,686 | 96.1% |
| Associate professor | 3,598 | 1,989 | 1,609 | 44.7% | $59,826 | $59,177 | $60,569 | 102.4% |
| Assistant professor | 3,853 | 1,843 | 2,010 | 52.2% | $53,606 | $54,290 | $53,184 | 98.0% |
| Instructor | 1,602 | 659 | 943 | 58.9% | $44,563 | $44,763 | $44,036 | 98.4% |
| Lecturer | 825 | 383 | 442 | 53.6% | $51,742 | $52,892 | $47,317 | 89.5% |
| No academic rank | 1,172 | 590 | 582 | 49.7% | $43,176 | $44,570 | $44,185 | 99.1% |
| All instructional staff | 13,679 | 7,244 | 6,435 | 47.0% | $53,867 | $55,276 | $52,345 | 94.7% |
Tribal colleges (total = 35)
| Professor | 8 | 5 | 3 | 37.5% | $48,686 | $48,011 | - | - |
| Associate professor | 23 | 15 | 8 | 34.8% | $69,786 | $69,867 | $58,433 | 83.6% |
| Assistant professor | 49 | 31 | 18 | 36.7% | $59,865 | $60,120 | $59,694 | 99.3% |
| Instructor | 711 | 353 | 358 | 50.4% | $43,315 | $43,890 | $42,845 | 97.6% |
| Lecturer | 8 | 5 | 3 | 37.5% | $43,065 | $44,073 | - | - |
| No academic rank | 93 | 56 | 37 | 39.8% | $43,615 | $43,329 | $38,774 | 89.5% |
| All instructional staff | 892 | 465 | 427 | 47.9% | $43,303 | $43,733 | $43,150 | 98.7% |
Note: Data cover degree-granting historically black and tribal institutions in the United States that are eligible to participate in Title IV financial-aid programs. Salaries are for full-time instructional staff for 2016-17. They are adjusted to a standard nine-month work year, and averages are weighted. Average salaries in categories with fewer than four employees are suppressed and are represented with a dash. Of the 100 historically black institutions represented in the table, 39 are public four-year institutions, 50 are private nonprofit four-year institutions, 10 are public two-year institutions, and one is a private nonprofit two-year institution. The 35 tribal colleges comprise eight public four-year institutions, five private nonprofit four-year institutions, 19 public two-year colleges, and three private nonprofit two-year colleges. More-detailed institutional and summary faculty-salary data can be viewed online. Questions or comments on the Almanac should be sent to the Almanac editor.
Source: Chronicle analysis of U.S. Department of Education data</small></p>