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Supplemental Digital Appendix 1
National Proportions of U.S. Medical School Faculty by Gender and Rank, 2017a
Rank Men
N (%)
Women N (%)
Total by Rank Full Professor 29,065
(76%) 9,390
(24%) 38,455 Associate Professor 22,460
(63%)
13,322 (37%)
35,782 Assistant Professor 43,966
(54%)
38,181 (46%)
82,147 Total by Gender 95,491 60,893 156,384
aTotals exclude faculty with missing gender data, which was not reported by AAMC.
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Supplemental Digital Appendix 2
National Proportions of U.S. Medical School Faculty by Gender, Department, and Rank, 2017a
Department Full Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Total by Department Men
N (%)
Women
N (%) Men N (%)
Women
N (%) Men
N (%) Women N (%) Internal
Medicine 6,811
(77%) 2,021
(23%) 5,344
(63%) 3,086
(37%) 11,087
(55%) 9,093
(45%) 37,442 Pediatrics 2,659
(65%)
1,415 (35%)
2,345 (49%)
2,436 (51%)
4,115 (36%)
7,179 (64%)
20,149 Surgery 3,509
(88%)
471 (12%)
2,686 (79%)
698 (21%)
5,006 (71%)
2,000 (29%)
14,370 Basic
Sciences
5,240 (74%)
1,811 (26%)
2,924 (64%)
1,618 (36%)
3,569 (58%)
2,624 (42%)
17,786
aTotals exclude faculty with missing gender data, which was not reported by AAMC.
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Supplemental Digital Appendix 3
National Proportions of U.S. Medical School Faculty by Race/Ethnicity and Rank, 2017a
Race/Ethnicity Full
Professor N (%)
Associate Professor
N (%)
Assistant Professor
N (%)
Total by Race/Ethnicity
Asian 4,679 (12%)
6,787 (19%)
18,696 (23%)
30,162 Black or African American 711
(2%) 1,140
(3%) 3,659
(4%) 5,510
Hispanic/Latinx 972 (3%)
1,231 (3%)
2,871 (3%)
5,074 White 29,942
(78%)
23,930 (67%)
48,630 (59%)
102,502 Multiple Race – Hispanic/Latinx 544
(1%)
635 (2%)
2,496 (3%)
3,675 Multiple Race - Non-
Hispanic/Latinx
727 (2%)
812 (2%)
1,598 (2%)
3,137
Total by Ranka 38,455 35,782 82,147 156,384
aTotals exclude faculty with missing gender data, which was not reported by AAMC. We excluded [American Indian or Alaskan Native] and [Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander] from this table because their proportions at all ranks were <1%. The percentages were too small for aggregation into meaningful Rank Equity Indices (REIs). We did, however, include these groups and unknown race/ethnicity in the total denominator.
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Supplemental Digital Appendix 4
National Proportions of U.S. Medical School Faculty by Race/Ethnicity, Department, and Rank, 2017a Department/
Rank Asian
N (%)
Black or African American
N (%)
Hispanic /Latinx
N (%)
White N (%)
Multiple Race Hispanic/
Latinx N (%)
Multiple Race Non-
Hispanic/
Latinx N (%)
Total by Rank and Departmenta
Internal Medicine
Full Professor
1,093 (12%)
166 (2%)
231 (3%)
6,873 (78%)
132 (2%)
167 (2%)
8,832 Associate
Professor
1,759 (21%)
269 (3%)
292 (4%)
5,498 (65%)
180 (2%)
210 (3%)
8,430 Assistant
Professor
5,988 (30%)
878 (4%)
702 (4%)
10,675 (53%)
691 (3%)
379 (2%)
20,180
Pediatrics
Full
Professor 425
(10%) 90
(2%) 121
(3%) 3,238
(80%) 70
(2%) 74
(2%) 4,074 Associate
Professor
826 (17%)
173 (4%)
191 (4%)
3,265 (68%)
100 (2%)
122 (3%)
4,781 Assistant
Professor
2,350 (21%)
581 (5%)
483 (4%)
6,809 (60%)
401 (4%)
219 (2%)
11,294
Surgery
Full Professor
465 (12%)
96 (2%)
121 (3%)
3,114 (78%)
57 (1%)
64 (2%)
3,980 Associate
Professor 657
(19%) 119
(4%) 118
(4%) 2,290
(68%) 61
(2%) 53
(2%) 3,384 Assistant
Professor 1,392
(20%) 271
(4%) 253
(4%) 4,468
(64%) 206
(3%) 147
(2%) 7,006 Basic
Sciences
Full Professor
955 (14%)
78 (1%)
143 (2%)
5,324 (76%)
110 (2%)
154 (2%)
7,051 Associate
Professor
1,006 (22%)
100 (2%)
137 (3%)
2,748 (61%)
89 (2%)
141 (3%)
4,542 Assistant
Professor
1,570 (25%)
163 (3%)
195 (3%)
3,263 (53%)
117 (2%)
128 (2%)
6,193
aTotals exclude faculty with missing gender data, which was not reported by AAMC. We excluded [American Indian or Alaskan Native] and [Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander] from this table because their proportions at all ranks were <1% or 0%. The percentages were too small for aggregation into meaningful Rank Equity Indices (REIs). We did, however, include these groups and unknown race/ethnicity in the total denominator.
