AACN Financial Benchmarking Survey and Other Data Initiatives Di Fang, PhD - Director of Research and Data Services

Annual Survey of Baccalaureate and Graduate Programs in Nursing Type of nursing programs, application, enrollment and graduation, student demographics, master’s major areas of study, clinical tracks of nurse practitioner programs and clinical nurse specialist programs Type of nursing programs, application, enrollment and graduation, student demographics, master’s major areas of study, clinical tracks of nurse practitioner programs and clinical nurse specialist programs Faculty and deans’ salaries, demographics, and academic attributes Faculty and deans’ salaries, demographics, and academic attributes Response rate in : 85-87% Response rate in : 85-87%

Enrollments and Graduations in Generic (Entry-Level) Baccalaureate Nursing Programs, N of Programs: Response Rate: % 85% 69% 78% 84% 86% 85% 88% 88% 89% 89% 90% Source: © American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All Rights Reserved 1 No denominator data for

Enrollments and Graduations in Master’s Nursing Programs, Source: © American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All Rights Reserved 1 No denominator data for N of Programs: Response Rate: % 85% 91% 87% 86% 89% 90% 91% 89% 93% 94% 93%

Enrollments and Graduations in Doctoral Nursing Programs (Research-Focused), No denominator data for N of Programs: Response Rate: 100% 100% 100% 99% 100% 100% 98% 99% 99% 100% 100% 100% 100% Source: © American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All Rights Reserved AACN Annual Survey

Enrollments and Graduations in Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Programs, N of Programs: Response Rate:100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Source: © American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All Rights Reserved AACN Annual Survey

Percent of Baccalaureate Students that are Minorities, 1993–2008 NOTE: Race/ethnicity data were not collected in The categories of “race/ethnicity unknown” and “non-resident alien” (foreign) were excluded from the analysis. Source: American Association of Colleges of Nursing.

Baccalaureate Master’s Doctoral * Distribution of Baccalaureate, Master’s, and Doctoral Students by Race/Ethnicity, Fall 2008 * Research-focused doctoral students Source: American Association of Colleges of Nursing,© Note: The categories of “race/ethnicity unknown” and “non-resident alien” (foreign) were excluded from the analysis.

Qualified Applications Turned Away, Source: © American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All Rights Reserved AACN Annual Survey

Reasons for not Accepting All Qualified Applications Source: © American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All Rights Reserved AACN Annual Survey

Faculty

Estimated Number of Full-Time and Part-Time Nurse Faculty by Year Source: © American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All Rights Reserved AACN Annual Survey

Percentage of Full-Time Male Faculty by Year Source: © American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All Rights Reserved AACN Annual Survey

Percentage of Full-Time Minority Faculty by Year Source: © American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All Rights Reserved AACN Annual Survey

Mean Age of Full-Time Faculty by Degree Source: © American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All Rights Reserved AACN Annual Survey

Percentage of Full-Time Faculty Over and Under the Age 50 Source: © American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All Rights Reserved AACN Annual Survey

Mean Age of Junior Faculty Starting in 2007 Source: © American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All Rights Reserved AACN Annual Survey

Attrition Rate of Full-Time Faculty Source: © American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All Rights Reserved AACN Annual Survey

Reasons for Faculty Attrition in 2008 Source: © American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All Rights Reserved AACN Annual Survey

Mean Age of Faculty at Retirement Source: © American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All Rights Reserved AACN Annual Survey

Proportion of Full-Time Faculty with Doctoral Degrees by Year Source: © American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All Rights Reserved AACN Annual Survey

Junior Faculty Starting in 2007 by Degree Source: © American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All Rights Reserved AACN Annual Survey

Comparison of Full-Time Calendar Year Instructional Nurse Faculty Salaries and Selected Non-Academic Base Salaries (All US) Instructional Faculty:Median*75th Percentile Assoc. Prof. (Doctoral)$90,240$99,592 Asst. Prof. (Doctoral) $80,667 $88,000 Assoc. Prof. (Master’s) $73,486$81,828 Asst. Prof. (Master’s) $67,281$75,118 Non-Academic Positions: Head of Nursing$176,988 $206,193 Nursing Director$110,281 $125,378 NPs (Specialty Care)$ 88,126 $ 97,510 Head Nurse $ 86,688 $ 95,933 CNS $ 81,356 $ 88,168 *Median for Non-Academic Positions is calculated based on the average of 25 th percentile and 75 th Sources: Fang, D., Tracy, C., Bednash, G.D. (2009) Salaries of Instructional and Administrative Nursing Faculty in Baccalaureate and Graduate Programs in Nursing, Washington, DC: AACN. Salary.com (April 2009)

Annual Faculty Vacancy Survey of AACN Member Schools Schools with vacant faculty positions, schools with no vacant positions but need more faculty Schools with vacant faculty positions, schools with no vacant positions but need more faculty Number of vacancies by rank, tenure status, degree, level of teaching, and teaching responsibilities Number of vacancies by rank, tenure status, degree, level of teaching, and teaching responsibilities Response rate in 2008: 72% Response rate in 2008: 72%

Percentage of Schools with Full-Time Faculty Vacancies by Year Source: © American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All Rights Reserved AACN Faculty Vacancy Survey

Estimated Number of Full-Time Faculty Vacancies by Year Source: © American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All Rights Reserved AACN Faculty Vacancy Survey

Degree Required/Preferred for Vacant Faculty Positions, 2008 Source: 2008 Survey on Faculty Vacancies. Washington, DC: AACN. © American Association of Colleges of Nursing All rights reserved.

Limited pool of doctorally prepared faculty Noncompetitive salaries Lack of qualified applicants Finding faculty with the right specialty mix High faculty workload Finding faculty willing/able to teach clinical courses and Finding faculty willing/able to conduct research Most Critical Issues (in Rank Order) Faced by Schools of Nursing for Academic Year RE: Faculty Recruitment and Retention, July 2008 (N=449 Schools; 71.5% of AACN Membership) Source: 2008 Survey on Faculty Vacancies. Washington, DC: AACN. © American Association of Colleges of Nursing All rights reserved.

Faculty and Doctoral Student Roster Survey Data on faculty demographics, education and employment at individual level Data on faculty demographics, education and employment at individual level Longitudinal information on faculty recruitment, attrition, promotion, and relocation Longitudinal information on faculty recruitment, attrition, promotion, and relocation Response rate so far: 43% of schools and 60% of full-time faculty and doctoral students Response rate so far: 43% of schools and 60% of full-time faculty and doctoral students

Mean Age When Entering the Doctoral Program by Type of Doctoral Degree Pursued Source: © American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All Rights Reserved AACN Faculty and Doctoral Student Roster Survey

Time to Graduation for Research- Focused Doctoral Students in Nursing Source: © American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All Rights Reserved AACN Faculty and Doctoral Student Roster Survey

Faculty Status of Students by Type of Doctoral Degree Pursued Source: © American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All Rights Reserved AACN Faculty and Doctoral Student Roster Survey

Mean Age of Students When Entering the Doctoral Program by Faculty Status

Main Sources of Tuition by Types of Doctoral Degree Pursued

Annual Financial Benchmarking Survey The purpose of the survey is to provide member schools with a resource comparing their financial performance with peer schools The purpose of the survey is to provide member schools with a resource comparing their financial performance with peer schools Schools that completed both the benchmarking survey and faculty and doctoral student roster survey can generate benchmarking reports for free Schools that completed both the benchmarking survey and faculty and doctoral student roster survey can generate benchmarking reports for free 140 member schools (22% of the members) completed the 2008 survey 140 member schools (22% of the members) completed the 2008 survey

Questions of the Financial Benchmarking Survey Unrestricted revenues Unrestricted revenues Restricted revenues Restricted revenues Expenditures (unrestricted and restricted) Expenditures (unrestricted and restricted) Market value of endowment and operating fund balance Market value of endowment and operating fund balance Student enrollment and graduation (FTEs) Student enrollment and graduation (FTEs) Faculty (full-time and part-time, and teaching load) Faculty (full-time and part-time, and teaching load)

Performance Measures of AACN Financial Benchmarking Survey Revenues related (16) Revenues related (16) Expenditures related (10) Expenditures related (10) Other financial status (3) Other financial status (3) Students related (24) Students related (24) Faculty related (6) Faculty related (6) Ratios on revenues (8) Ratios on revenues (8) Ratios on expenditures (22) Ratios on expenditures (22)

Types of Institutions that Responded to AACN Surveys in 2008

Types of Nursing Programs that Responded to AACN Surveys in 2008

Budget Status by Types of Institutions that Responded to the Benchmarking Survey

Budget Status by Types of Nursing Programs that Responded to the Benchmarking Survey