Faculty Hiring Trends — Week of September 20, 2026
Faculty Atlas is currently tracking 22,466 open faculty positions — -675 compared to last week. Among listings matched to institution type, 71.3% are at public institutions and 28.7% are at private nonprofit institutions. Adjunct roles represent the largest category with 8,929 listings. Among positions with a known appointment track, 19.9% are tenure-track and 80.1% are non-tenure-track. 868 listings (3.9%) explicitly reference artificial intelligence or a core AI method. Nursing is the most in-demand discipline among classified listings this week, with 1,180 open positions.
Most active systems
| NY | 2,271 |
| TX | 2,242 |
| NC | 1,087 |
| FL | 1,036 |
| OH | 994 |
| PA | 868 |
| CA Private | 843 |
| IL | 732 |
| IN | 639 |
| VA | 636 |
Top disciplines
| Nursing | 1,180 |
| Biology | 376 |
| Psychology | 373 |
| Mathematics | 369 |
| Computer Science | 302 |
| Chemistry | 259 |
| Accounting | 224 |
| Education | 208 |
| Physics | 182 |
| History | 177 |
AI hiring pulse
| Explicitly AI-related openings | 868 |
| Share of all listings | 3.9% |
| Vs prior week | +25 |
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 | 3,579 · 19.9% of classified |
| Non-tenure-track | 14,369 · 80.1% of classified |
| Variable / candidate-dependent track | 0 |
| Unclassified | 4,518 |
Position types
| Adjunct | 8,929 |
| Assistant Professor | 3,240 |
| Other | 2,425 |
| Instructor | 2,175 |
| Clinical | 1,346 |
| Professor (Full/Open Rank) | 1,332 |
| Associate Professor | 1,142 |
| Lecturer | 780 |
| Postdoctoral | 762 |
| Visiting | 222 |
| Research Faculty | 113 |