Graduate School

Political Science (Twin Cities)

Graduate Faculty - Academic Rank

ItemTenuredTenure TrackEmeritusAdjunctOtherTotal

Political Science (Twin Cities)

Graduate Faculty 25 81% 6 19% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 31 100%
  Regents Professor 1 4% 0 0% 0 0 0 1 3%
  Professor 14 56% 0 0% 0 0 0 14 45%
  Associate Professor 10 40% 0 0% 0 0 0 10 32%
  Assistant Professor 0 0% 6 100% 0 0 0 6 19%
  Research Associate 0 0% 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0%
  Instructor/Lecturer 0 0% 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0%
  other 0 0% 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0%
  no data 0 0% 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0%

College of Liberal Arts

Graduate Faculty 404 60% 94 14% 79 12% 11 2% 85 13% 673 100%
  Regents Professor 7 2% 0 0% 4 5% 0 0% 0 0% 11 2%
  Professor 224 55% 0 0% 51 65% 3 27% 1 1% 279 42%
  Associate Professor 171 42% 0 0% 20 25% 7 64% 8 9% 206 31%
  Assistant Professor 1 0% 94 100% 1 1% 1 9% 9 11% 106 16%
  Research Associate 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 1% 1 0%
  Instructor/Lecturer 0 0% 0 0% 1 1% 0 0% 19 22% 20 3%
  other 1 0% 0 0% 2 3% 0 0% 47 55% 50 7%
  no data 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%

All University of Minnesota graduate programs

Graduate Faculty 2,106 50% 519 12% 385 9% 208 5% 992 24% 4,210 100%
  Regents Professor 29 1% 0 0% 8 2% 0 0% 0 0% 37 1%
  Professor 1,248 59% 2 0% 268 70% 55 26% 100 10% 1,673 40%
  Associate Professor 726 35% 25 5% 70 18% 46 22% 124 13% 991 24%
  Assistant Professor 6 0% 484 93% 3 1% 94 45% 155 16% 742 18%
  Research Associate 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 0% 1 0%
  Instructor/Lecturer 3 0% 0 0% 12 3% 13 6% 174 18% 202 5%
  other 52 3% 4 1% 24 6% 0 0% 343 35% 423 10%
  no data 42 2% 4 1% 0 0% 0 0% 95 10% 141 3%
    Notes:
  • These tables show the number of graduate faculty, by academic rank and tenure/emeritus/adjunct status.
  • Faculty data by graduate program is from https://faculty-roles.umn.edu/. Not all graduate programs identify graduate faculty in this way.
  • Tenure/position data is from the University's DWHR data warehouse (see dw.umn.edu).
  • "Professor" may include a small number of faculty in the "Clinical Professor," "Research Professor," "Adjunct Professor," etc., jobcodes.
  • "Associate Professor" may include a small number of faculty in the "Clinical Associate Professor," "Research Associate Professor," "Teaching Associate Professor," etc., jobcodes.
  • "Assistant Professor" may include a small number of faculty in the "Clinical Assistant Professor," "Research Assistant Professor," "Teaching Assistant Professor," etc., jobcodes.
  • "Research Associate" includes faculty in the "Senior Research Associate" and "Research Associate" jobcodes.
  • "Instructor/Lecturer" includes various Instructor and Lecturer jobcodes.
  • Depending on your view, you will see one or more of: a table for a specific graduate program, followed a table for the college of that graduate program, followed by the table for faculty in all University of Minnesota graduate programs.
  • This is a snapshot of the data as of February 24, 2023.

Graduate Faculty - Highest Education Level

ItemTenuredTenure TrackEmeritusAdjunctOtherTotal

Political Science (Twin Cities)

Graduate Faculty 25 81% 6 19% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 31 100%
  Post-Doctorate 0 0% 1 17% 0 0 0 1 3%
  Doctorate (academic) 18 72% 3 50% 0 0 0 21 68%
  Doctorate (professional) 2 8% 0 0% 0 0 0 2 7%
  Masters level 0 0% 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0%
  other 1 4% 0 0% 0 0 0 1 3%
  no data 4 16% 2 33% 0 0 0 6 19%

College of Liberal Arts

Graduate Faculty 404 60% 94 14% 79 12% 11 2% 85 13% 673 100%
  Post-Doctorate 20 5% 9 10% 0 0% 1 9% 0 0% 30 5%
  Doctorate (academic) 259 64% 25 27% 63 80% 5 46% 26 31% 378 56%
  Doctorate (professional) 16 4% 4 4% 3 4% 0 0% 2 2% 25 4%
  Masters level 18 5% 11 12% 3 4% 0 0% 15 18% 47 7%
  other 2 1% 1 1% 2 3% 0 0% 11 13% 16 2%
  no data 89 22% 44 47% 8 10% 5 46% 31 37% 177 26%

All University of Minnesota graduate programs

Graduate Faculty 2,106 50% 519 12% 385 9% 208 5% 992 24% 4,210 100%
  Post-Doctorate 241 11% 78 15% 22 6% 16 8% 69 7% 426 10%
  Doctorate (academic) 1,224 58% 184 36% 270 70% 68 33% 329 33% 2,075 49%
  Doctorate (professional) 179 9% 21 4% 41 11% 23 11% 128 13% 392 9%
  Masters level 41 2% 41 8% 24 6% 10 5% 138 14% 254 6%
  other 4 0% 5 1% 6 2% 2 1% 40 4% 57 1%
  no data 417 20% 190 37% 22 6% 89 43% 288 29% 1,006 24%
    Notes:
  • These tables show the number of graduate faculty, by self-reported highest education level and tenure/emeritus/adjunct status.
  • Faculty data by graduate program is from https://faculty-roles.umn.edu/. Not all graduate programs identify graduate faculty in this way.
  • All other data is from the University's DWHR data warehouse (see dw.umn.edu).
  • This is a snapshot of the data as of February 24, 2023.

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