Faculty Hiring Trends — Week of September 13, 2026
Faculty Atlas is currently tracking 23,141 open faculty positions — +287 compared to last week. Among listings matched to institution type, 71.4% are at public institutions and 28.6% are at private nonprofit institutions. Adjunct roles represent the largest category with 9,147 listings. Among positions with a known appointment track, 18.8% are tenure-track and 81.2% are non-tenure-track. 843 listings (3.6%) explicitly reference artificial intelligence or a core AI method. Nursing is the most in-demand discipline among classified listings this week, with 1,139 open positions.
Most active systems
| NY | 2,267 |
| TX | 2,211 |
| NC | 1,087 |
| OH | 1,038 |
| FL | 1,010 |
| CA Private | 926 |
| PA | 884 |
| IL | 762 |
| IN | 738 |
| NJ | 724 |
Top disciplines
| Nursing | 1,139 |
| Psychology | 370 |
| Mathematics | 367 |
| Biology | 350 |
| Computer Science | 298 |
| Chemistry | 256 |
| Accounting | 227 |
| Physics | 183 |
| History | 174 |
| Economics | 166 |
AI hiring pulse
| Explicitly AI-related openings | 843 |
| Share of all listings | 3.6% |
| Vs prior week | +51 |
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 | 3,326 · 18.8% of classified |
| Non-tenure-track | 14,404 · 81.2% of classified |
| Variable / candidate-dependent track | 0 |
| Unclassified | 5,411 |
Position types
| Adjunct | 9,147 |
| Assistant Professor | 3,130 |
| Other | 2,567 |
| Instructor | 2,277 |
| Clinical | 1,431 |
| Professor (Full/Open Rank) | 1,359 |
| Associate Professor | 1,153 |
| Lecturer | 941 |
| Postdoctoral | 767 |
| Visiting | 251 |
| Research Faculty | 118 |