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Faculties by Academic Rank and Status at University of California-Los Angeles

Faculties by Academic Rank

A total of 4,302 faculty members (Instructional/teaching staffs). including both full-time and part-time, are working at University of California-Los Angeles. By academic rank, there are 1,776 full professors, 688 associate professors, and 1,210 assistant professors. The full-professors account for 41.28% of the total 4,302 faculties.
By faculty status, 1,509 faculties have been tenured (35.08% ) and 292 faculties are on tenure track. 2,485 faculties which is 57.76% 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
University of California-Los Angeles
Tenure StatusTotalProfessorsAssociate professorsAssistant professorsInstructors/ Lecturers
All Full-time Instructional Staffs4,3021,7766881,210605
With faculty status, total4,2861,7766881,210605
Tenured1,5091,22327808
On tenure track292002884
Not on tenure track/No tenure system2,485553410922593
Without faculty status160000
*** 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.