Faculty Hiring Trends — Week of September 6, 2026
Faculty Atlas is currently tracking 22,854 open faculty positions — +445 compared to last week. Among listings matched to institution type, 71.1% are at public institutions and 28.9% are at private nonprofit institutions. Adjunct roles represent the largest category with 9,187 listings. Among positions with a known appointment track, 18.6% are tenure-track and 81.4% are non-tenure-track. 792 listings (3.5%) explicitly reference artificial intelligence or a core AI method.
Most active systems
| NY | 2,253 |
| TX | 2,173 |
| FL | 1,060 |
| NC | 1,058 |
| OH | 1,010 |
| CA Private | 927 |
| PA | 869 |
| IL | 797 |
| NJ | 713 |
| IN | 712 |
Top disciplines
| Nursing | 217 |
| Computer Science | 139 |
| Psychology | 93 |
| Mathematics | 83 |
| Biology | 78 |
| Accounting | 65 |
| Chemistry | 63 |
| History | 51 |
| Physics | 49 |
| Economics | 47 |
AI hiring pulse
| Explicitly AI-related openings | 792 |
| Share of all listings | 3.5% |
| Vs prior week | +2 |
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 | 2,980 · 18.6% of classified |
| Non-tenure-track | 13,075 · 81.4% of classified |
| Variable / candidate-dependent track | 0 |
| Unclassified | 6,799 |
Position types
| Adjunct | 9,187 |
| Assistant Professor | 2,943 |
| Other | 2,490 |
| Instructor | 2,293 |
| Clinical | 1,418 |
| Professor (Full/Open Rank) | 1,335 |
| Associate Professor | 1,122 |
| Lecturer | 914 |
| Postdoctoral | 782 |
| Visiting | 252 |
| Research Faculty | 118 |