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Table 12: Distribution of U.S. Medical School Faculty by Gender, Ethnicity and Degree

Males MD PhD/OHD* MD-PhD/MD-OHD* OTHER+
Ethnicity Number % Number % Number % Number %
Native American 60 0.1 15 0.1 5 0.1 2 0.1
Asian 3,097 5.6 1,874 8.3 660 13.0 46 1.5
Black 991 1.8 213 0.9 56 1.1 29 1.0
Mexican American 174 0.3 40 0.2 17 0.3 5 0.2
Puerto Rican 388 0.7 37 0.2 5 0.1 9 0.3
Other Hispanic 867 1.6 190 0.8 82 1.6 16 0.5
White 33,864 61.1 13,039 57.6 3,348 65.8 869 28.7
Declined^ 1,406 2.5 559 2.5 159 3.1 48 1.6
Missing 1,108 2.0 258 1.1 91 1.8 37 1.2
Subtotal 41,955 75.7 16,225 71.7 4,423 86.9 1,061 35.0
Females
Ethnicity Number % Number % Number % Number %
Native American 19 0.0 9 0.0 1 0.0 6 0.2
Asian 1,479 2.7 595 2.6 147 2.9 42 1.4
Black 701 1.3 120 0.5 7 0.1 90 3.0
Mexican American 73 0.1 18 0.1 1 0.0 17 0.6
Puerto Rican 192 0.3 30 0.1 2 0.0 14 0.5
Other Hispanic 273 0.5 110 0.5 11 0.2 21 0.7
White 9,800 17.7 5,207 23.0 472 9.3 1,690 55.8
Declined^ 393 0.7 182 0.8 17 0.3 35 1.2
Missing 535 1.0 143 0.6 10 0.2 54 1.8
Subtotal 13,465 24.3 6,414 28.3 668 13.1 1,969 65.0
TOTAL 55,420 100 22,639 100 5,091 100 3,030 100

*OHD:Other Health Doctorate

+Other: Faculty without Doctoral Degree

^Declined to respond

Missing gender and/or degree data: (1,467)

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