Faculty Hiring Trends — Week of September 6, 2026
Faculty Atlas is currently tracking 22,314 open faculty positions — -95 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 9,056 listings. Among positions with a known appointment track, 17.1% are tenure-track and 82.9% are non-tenure-track. 826 listings (3.7%) explicitly reference artificial intelligence or a core AI method.
Most active systems
| NY | 2,200 |
| TX | 2,071 |
| FL | 1,086 |
| OH | 1,018 |
| NC | 994 |
| CA Private | 927 |
| PA | 849 |
| NJ | 747 |
| IL | 727 |
| IN | 702 |
Most active institutions
| Columbia University in the City of New York | 361 |
| Ivy Tech Community College | 309 |
| University of Washington | 268 |
| University of Miami | 218 |
| Ohio State University | 201 |
| University of Rochester | 190 |
| University of Hawaii System | 182 |
| Harvard University | 162 |
| Cuyahoga Community College District | 153 |
| Medical College of Wisconsin | 140 |
AI hiring pulse
| Explicitly AI-related openings | 826 |
| Share of all listings | 3.7% |
| Vs prior week | +36 |
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 | 2,664 · 17.1% of classified |
| Non-tenure-track | 12,904 · 82.9% of classified |
| Unclassified | 6,746 |
Position types
| Adjunct | 9,056 |
| Assistant Professor | 2,696 |
| Other | 2,557 |
| Instructor | 2,223 |
| Clinical | 1,341 |
| Professor (Full/Open Rank) | 1,309 |
| Associate Professor | 1,072 |
| Lecturer | 952 |
| Postdoctoral | 754 |
| Visiting | 249 |
| Research Faculty | 105 |