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Faculties by Academic Rank and Status at Florida State University

Faculties by Academic Rank

A total of 1,644 faculty members (Instructional/teaching staffs). including both full-time and part-time, are working at Florida State University. By academic rank, there are 516 full professors, 388 associate professors, and 328 assistant professors. The full-professors account for 31.39% of the total 1,644 faculties.
By faculty status, 853 faculties have been tenured (51.89% ) and 309 faculties are on tenure track. 476 faculties which is 28.95% of total faculties are not on tenure track/system. The next table summarizes the number of faculty by tenure status and academic rank.
Full-time Instructional Staffs By Faculty Status
Florida State University
Tenure StatusTotalProfessorsAssociate professorsAssistant professorsInstructors/ Lecturers
All Full-time Instructional Staffs1,6445163883280
With faculty status, total1,6385163883280
Tenured85349535800
On tenure track3096142890
Not on tenure track/No tenure system4761516390
Without faculty status60000
*** Tenure-Status of a personnel position with respect to permanence of the position.
Tenure trackPersonnel positions that lead to consideration for tenure.
Not on tenure trackPersonnel positions that are considered non-tenure earning positions
Multi-year contractA contract or employment agreement that is in effect for more than one year where subsequent years of the contract may be contingent upon other factors such as the appropriation of funds.
Annual contractAn annually-renewable contract or employment agreement that is in effect for a stated annual period within one year of execution, and may be equal to a period of 365 days, or a standard academic year, or the equivalent.
Less-than-annual-contractA contract or employment agreement that is in effect for a partial year period of less than 365 days, or less than a standard academic year or the equivalent.

What is Faculty / Academic Personnel?

According to IPEDS, Faculty Persons identified by the institution as such and typically those whose initial assignments are made for the purpose of conducting instruction, research or public service as a principal activity (or activities). They may hold academic rank titles of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor, lecturer or the equivalent of any of those academic ranks. Faculty may also include the chancellor/president, provost, vice provosts, deans, directors or the equivalent, as well as associate deans, assistant deans and executive officers of academic departments if their principal activity is instruction combined with research and/or public service.