Faculty Hiring Trends — Week of August 30, 2026
Faculty Atlas is currently tracking 22,409 open faculty positions — +5985 compared to last week. Among listings matched to institution type, 71% are at public institutions and 29% are at private nonprofit institutions. Adjunct roles represent the largest category with 9,039 listings. Among positions with a known appointment track, 16.1% are tenure-track and 83.9% are non-tenure-track. 790 listings (3.5%) explicitly reference artificial intelligence or a core AI method.
Most active systems
| NY | 2,232 |
| TX | 2,068 |
| FL | 1,066 |
| OH | 1,028 |
| NC | 1,001 |
| CA Private | 934 |
| PA | 860 |
| IL | 740 |
| NJ | 734 |
| IN | 706 |
Most active institutions
| Columbia University in the City of New York | 361 |
| Ivy Tech Community College | 310 |
| University of Washington | 268 |
| University of Miami | 218 |
| Ohio State University | 200 |
| University of Rochester | 189 |
| University of Hawaii System | 183 |
| Harvard University | 162 |
| Cuyahoga Community College District | 153 |
| Medical College of Wisconsin | 140 |
AI hiring pulse
| Explicitly AI-related openings | 790 |
| Share of all listings | 3.5% |
Strict classifier v1 counts explicit references to artificial intelligence and core methods including machine learning, generative AI, natural language processing, computer vision, and neural networks. Broad data-science and robotics listings are excluded unless an AI signal is present.
Appointment track
| Tenure-track | 2,432 · 16.1% of classified |
| Non-tenure-track | 12,661 · 83.9% of classified |
| Unclassified | 7,316 |
Position types
| Adjunct | 9,039 |
| Assistant Professor | 2,699 |
| Other | 2,671 |
| Instructor | 2,245 |
| Clinical | 1,336 |
| Professor (Full/Open Rank) | 1,302 |
| Associate Professor | 1,073 |
| Lecturer | 930 |
| Postdoctoral | 762 |
| Visiting | 245 |
| Research Faculty | 107 |