Graduate School

Design (Twin Cities)

Graduate Faculty - Academic Rank

ItemTenuredTenure TrackEmeritusAdjunctOtherTotal

Design (Twin Cities)

Graduate Faculty 25 45% 10 18% 10 18% 1 2% 10 18% 56 100%
  Regents Professor 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
  Professor 14 56% 0 0% 5 50% 0 0% 2 20% 21 38%
  Associate Professor 9 36% 1 10% 1 10% 0 0% 0 0% 11 20%
  Assistant Professor 0 0% 9 90% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 9 16%
  Research Associate 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
  Instructor/Lecturer 0 0% 0 0% 2 20% 1 100% 5 50% 8 14%
  other 1 4% 0 0% 2 20% 0 0% 3 30% 6 11%
  no data 1 4% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 2%

College of Design

Graduate Faculty 36 34% 12 11% 20 19% 13 12% 26 24% 107 100%
  Regents Professor 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
  Professor 17 47% 1 8% 9 45% 1 8% 2 8% 30 28%
  Associate Professor 16 44% 1 8% 6 30% 1 8% 1 4% 25 23%
  Assistant Professor 1 3% 10 83% 0 0% 4 31% 1 4% 16 15%
  Research Associate 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
  Instructor/Lecturer 0 0% 0 0% 4 20% 7 54% 12 46% 23 22%
  other 2 6% 0 0% 1 5% 0 0% 10 39% 13 12%
  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

Design (Twin Cities)

Graduate Faculty 25 45% 10 18% 10 18% 1 2% 10 18% 56 100%
  Post-Doctorate 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
  Doctorate (academic) 14 56% 3 30% 5 50% 0 0% 3 30% 25 45%
  Doctorate (professional) 1 4% 1 10% 1 10% 0 0% 0 0% 3 5%
  Masters level 5 20% 4 40% 4 40% 1 100% 2 20% 16 29%
  other 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 10% 1 2%
  no data 5 20% 2 20% 0 0% 0 0% 4 40% 11 20%

College of Design

Graduate Faculty 36 34% 12 11% 20 19% 13 12% 26 24% 107 100%
  Post-Doctorate 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 4% 1 1%
  Doctorate (academic) 16 44% 3 25% 6 30% 1 8% 5 19% 31 29%
  Doctorate (professional) 1 3% 1 8% 1 5% 0 0% 0 0% 3 3%
  Masters level 12 33% 5 42% 10 50% 3 23% 11 42% 41 38%
  other 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 2 8% 2 2%
  no data 7 19% 3 25% 3 15% 9 69% 7 27% 29 27%

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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