Table 2.

Nursing Program Full-time Faculty Positions and Needs, 2009-2021

Faculty Positions and Needs	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
No. of budgeted faculty positions	18,511	19,830	21,533	21,685	22,649	22,838	24,539
No. of faculty vacancies (vacancy rate)	1,328 (7.1%)	1,567 (7.9%)	1,565 (7.3%)	1,715 (7.9%)	1,637 (7.2%)	1,492 (6.5%)	1,965 (8%)
No. of filled faculty positions (filled rate)	17,183 (92.9%)	18,263 (92.1%)	19,968 (92.7%)	19,970 (92.1%)	21,012 (92.8%)	21,346 (93.5%)	22,574 (92%)
Mean faculty vacancies per school	3.1	1.9	1.9	2	1.84	1.69	2.1
Range of faculty vacancies	1–26	1–36	1–31	1–38	1–26	1–31	1–31
No. of schools with faculty vacancies	429	461	480	488	475	461	576
No. of schools with no faculty vacancies, need additional faculty	130	133	128	138	134	136	118
Number of schools with no faculty vacancies, do not need additional faculty	182	220	224	245	284	287	241