Table 2. Longitudinal Relative Percentage of URPOC Professors in the (Same) Top 50 Chemistry Departments Listed in the 2016 NSF Ranking by Federally Funded Expenditures in Chemistrya.
| Rank | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant | 7.0% | 7.9% | 7.2% | 6.9% | 8.8% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Associate | 8.4% | 8.3% | 7.5% | 8.1% | 6.6% | 6.5% | 7.3% |
| Full | 2.9% | 2.9% | 3.4% | 3.7% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 3.8% |
| All | 4.4% | 4.6% | 4.7% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 5.1% | 5.4% |
a
These numbers are updates from the longitudinal data reported in ref (21) based on the 2015 NSF rankings and extended to include the reported values above using the raw data from which ref (10) reported slightly different congruent relative percentages (which use the rankings from a given year as a basis for determining that set’s demographics).