Faculty Hiring Trends — Week of September 27, 2026
Faculty Atlas is currently tracking 23,043 open faculty positions — +577 compared to last week. Among listings matched to institution type, 70.9% are at public institutions and 29.1% are at private nonprofit institutions. Adjunct roles represent the largest category with 8,878 listings. Among positions with a known appointment track, 22.8% are tenure-track and 77.2% are non-tenure-track. 961 listings (4.2%) explicitly reference artificial intelligence or a core AI method. Nursing is the most in-demand discipline among classified listings this week, with 1,086 open positions.
Most active systems
| TX | 2,287 |
| NY | 2,212 |
| NC | 1,150 |
| FL | 1,030 |
| OH | 1,029 |
| CA Private | 914 |
| IL | 847 |
| PA | 841 |
| NJ | 739 |
| VA | 662 |
Top disciplines
| Nursing | 1,086 |
| Psychology | 358 |
| Mathematics | 348 |
| Biology | 347 |
| Computer Science | 287 |
| Chemistry | 248 |
| Accounting | 216 |
| Education | 198 |
| History | 170 |
| Economics | 167 |
AI hiring pulse
| Explicitly AI-related openings | 961 |
| Share of all listings | 4.2% |
| Vs prior week | +93 |
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 | 4,926 · 22.8% of classified |
| Non-tenure-track | 16,705 · 77.2% of classified |
| Variable / candidate-dependent track | 198 |
| Unclassified | 1,214 |
Position types
| Adjunct | 8,878 |
| Assistant Professor | 3,668 |
| Other | 2,194 |
| Instructor | 2,179 |
| Professor (Full/Open Rank) | 1,449 |
| Clinical | 1,432 |
| Associate Professor | 1,252 |
| Lecturer | 842 |
| Postdoctoral | 798 |
| Visiting | 245 |
| Research Faculty | 106 |