Status of underrepresented minority and female faculty at medical schools located within Historically Black Colleges and in Puerto Rico

Figures & data

Table 1 Summary statistics of racial/ethnic and sex composition of faculty and chair positions at U.S. Allopathic Medical Schools, 2013

	Mean (SD)	Minimum	Maximum
Medical school faculty composition (N=129)
% Female	36.62 (5.35)	25.73	51.34
% African American	3.92 (8.86)	0.00	71.30
% Asian	12.42 (5.77)	0.94	34.94
% Native American	0.16 (0.29)	0.00	2.50
% Hawaiian-OPI	0.13 (0.39)	0.00	3.01
% Hispanic/Latino^a	5.43 (12.73)	0.00	92.31
% White	58.76 (14.48)	0.94	86.10
Medical school chair composition (N=126)
% Female	15.93 (90.4)	0.00	50.00
% African American	3.88 (11.33)	0.00	80.00
% Asian	5.36 (5.80)	0.00	37.50
% Native American^b	N/A	N/A	N/A
% Hawaiian-OPI	0.05 (0.56)	0.00	6.25
% Hispanic/Latino	5.24 (14.22)	0.00	95.45
% White	80.81 (19.78)	0.00	100.00

^a N=126.

^bNo chair positions were filled by Native American/Alaska Native individuals in 2013.

Table 2 Mean percentages of U.S. Allopathic Medical School faculty and chair composition, by Historically Black College and University Designation and Puerto Rico Location, 2013

	HBCU	Non-HBCU	p ^a	PR medical school	Non-PR medical school	p ^a
Medical school faculty composition
% Female	43.5	36.5	0.024	42.85	36.48	NS
% African American	59.5	2.6	0.011	0.00	4.01	≤0.001
% Asian	11.9	12.4	NS	3.17	12.64	0.019
% Native American	0.419	0.154	NS	0.00	0.16	≤0.001
% Hawaiian-OPI	0.0	0.14	NS	0.00	0.14	≤0.001
% Hispanic/Latino^b	3.3	5.5	NS	75.40	3.72	≤0.001
% White	15.23	59.79	0.004	23.68	59.60	NS
Medical school chair composition
% Female	30.1	15.6	0.005	38.23	15.38	0.016
% African American	73.1	2.2	≤0.001	0.00	3.98	≤0.001
% Asian	3.3	5.4	NS	0.00	5.50	≤0.001
% Native American^c	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
% Hawaiian-OPI	0.0	0.1	NS	0.00	0.05	NS
% Hispanic/Latino	2.6	5.3	NS	75.00	3.54	≤0.001
% White	13.33	81.19	0.007	5.96	81.37	0.001

^aIndependent sample t-test.

^bHBCU (N=3), Non-HBCU (N=123).

^cNo chair positions were filled by Native American/Alaska Native individuals in 2013.