TECH TRENDS
| 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | Fall / Year | ||
| 363 | 368 | 369 | 366 | 371 | 362 | 372 | 380 | 390 | 388 | Number of Faculty | ||
| 155 | 157 | 157 | 157 | 152 | 150 | 155 | 153 | 153 | 154 | Professor | ||
| 108 | 100 | 94 | 83 | 80 | 82 | 80 | 82 | 90 | 95 | Associate Professor | ||
| 77 | 83 | 85 | 97 | 108 | 103 | 105 | 114 | 109 | 98 | Assistant Professor | ||
| 23 | 28 | 33 | 29 | 31 | 27 | 32 | 31 | 38 | 41 | Instructor | ||
| 81.5 | 81.0 | 78.3 | 74.9 | 70.6 | 72.1 | 68.8 | 69.7 | 67.9 | 68.3 | Percent Tenured | ||
| 98.7 | 98.7 | 99.4 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 99.4 | 99.3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Professor | ||
| 94.4 | 96.0 | 93.6 | 90.4 | 92.5 | 91.5 | 91.3 | 95.1 | 93.3 | 96.8 | Associate Professor | ||
| 31.2 | 37.3 | 36.5 | 30.9 | 25.0 | 26.2 | 19.0 | 20.2 | 22.9 | 19.4 | Assistant Professor | ||
| 73.9 | 57.1 | 42.4 | 41.4 | 29.0 | 33.3 | 28.1 | 38.7 | 28.9 | 29.3 | Instructor | ||
| Source: Tennessee Technological University data for the annual faculty compensation survey of AAUP | ||||||||||||