Close to 45 percent of all non-tenure-track faculty members were both part time and held less-than-annual contracts. Non-tenure-track faculty members at two-year and four-year for-profit institutions and at two-year private nonprofit colleges were more likely than those in other sectors to have multiyear contracts.
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| 4-year public | full-time | 52,669 | 15.3% | 101,081 | 29.3% | 7,764 | 2.2% | 161,514 | 46.8% |
| 4-year public | part-time | 20,686 | 6.0% | 43,558 | 12.6% | 119,589 | 34.6% | 183,833 | 53.2% |
| 4-year public | total | 73,355 | 21.2% | 144,639 | 41.9% | 127,353 | 36.9% | 345,347 | 100.0% |
| 4-year private nonprofit | full-time | 46,153 | 18.2% | 60,017 | 23.6% | 3,948 | 1.6% | 110,118 | 43.3% |
| 4-year private nonprofit | part-time | 12,668 | 5.0% | 21,103 | 8.3% | 110,176 | 43.4% | 143,947 | 56.7% |
| 4-year private nonprofit | total | 58,821 | 23.2% | 81,120 | 31.9% | 114,124 | 44.9% | 254,065 | 100.0% |
| 4-year for-profit | full-time | 9,790 | 14.1% | 2,055 | 3.0% | 535 | 0.8% | 12,380 | 17.9% |
| 4-year for-profit | part-time | 18,089 | 26.1% | 13,430 | 19.4% | 25,429 | 36.7% | 56,948 | 82.1% |
| 4-year for-profit | total | 27,879 | 40.2% | 15,485 | 22.3% | 25,964 | 37.5% | 69,328 | 100.0% |
| 2-year public | full-time | 7,992 | 3.5% | 40,547 | 17.8% | 4,832 | 2.1% | 53,371 | 23.4% |
| 2-year public | part-time | 10,536 | 4.6% | 14,328 | 6.3% | 149,814 | 65.7% | 174,678 | 76.6% |
| 2-year public | total | 18,528 | 8.1% | 54,875 | 24.1% | 154,646 | 67.8% | 228,049 | 100.0% |
| 2-year private nonprofit | full-time | 845 | 35.5% | 406 | 17.1% | 50 | 2.1% | 1,301 | 54.7% |
| 2-year private nonprofit | part-time | 177 | 7.4% | 57 | 2.4% | 843 | 35.4% | 1,077 | 45.3% |
| 2-year private nonprofit | total | 1,022 | 43.0% | 463 | 19.5% | 893 | 37.6% | 2,378 | 100.0% |
| 2-year for-profit | full-time | 4,255 | 35.1% | 421 | 3.5% | 550 | 4.5% | 5,226 | 43.1% |
| 2-year for-profit | part-time | 3,479 | 28.7% | 123 | 1.0% | 3,295 | 27.2% | 6,897 | 56.9% |
| 2-year for-profit | total | 7,734 | 63.8% | 544 | 4.5% | 3,845 | 31.7% | 12,123 | 100.0% |
| All institutions | full-time | 121,704 | 13.4% | 204,527 | 22.4% | 17,679 | 1.9% | 343,910 | 37.7% |
| All institutions | part-time | 65,635 | 7.2% | 92,599 | 10.2% | 409,146 | 44.9% | 567,380 | 62.3% |
| All institutions | total | 187,339 | 20.6% | 297,126 | 32.6% | 426,825 | 46.8% | 911,290 | 100.0% |
Note: The data cover medical and nonmedical staff who perform faculty duties like instruction, research, and/or public service at 4,367 degree-granting institutions in the United States that are eligible to participate in the Title IV federal student-aid program, and who have neither tenured nor tenure-track status, or who work at colleges with no tenure system. Medical schools are counted in the data. Employees with multiyear contracts include those with continuing contracts or indefinite at-will employment agreements. Non-tenure-track faculty members include faculty memnbers at institutions with no tenure system, and adjuncts. Percentage columns show the percentage of faculty members with a particular contract arrangement within the indicated sector. 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>