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AACN Financial Benchmarking AACN Financial Benchmarking Survey and Other Data InitiativesSurvey and Other Data Initiatives

Di Fang, PhD - Director of Research Di Fang, PhD - Director of Research and Data Services and Data Services

Annual Survey of Baccalaureate Annual Survey of Baccalaureate and Graduate Programs in Nursingand Graduate Programs in Nursing

Type of nursing programs, application, Type of nursing programs, application, enrollment and graduation, student enrollment and graduation, student demographics, master’s major areas of demographics, master’s major areas of study, clinical tracks of nurse practitioner study, clinical tracks of nurse practitioner programs and clinical nurse specialist programs and clinical nurse specialist programsprograms

Faculty and deans’ salaries, Faculty and deans’ salaries, demographics, and academic attributesdemographics, and academic attributes

Response rate in 2004-08: 85-87%Response rate in 2004-08: 85-87%

Enrollments and Graduations in Generic (Entry-Level) Baccalaureate Nursing Programs, 1994-2008

85,469

95,766

133,578141,735

145,845

41,50045,339

124,814112,180

79,435

99,658 97,239

89,72485,439

80,108 76,84872,741

31,82737,851

23,621

23,68723,15423,11725,76527,93329,85029,03028,591

26,799

23,621

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

160,000

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Enrollments

Graduations

N of Programs: 4351 4411 4391 456 443 455 443 476 487 479 564 577 585 606 610

Response Rate: - - - - - - 88% 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 1994 - 1996.

Enrollments and Graduations in Master’s Nursing Programs, 1994-2008

34,18137,241

56,028

69,565

15,18217,247

31,86232,54032,66434,441

32,45834,350

31,537

30,567

42,751 46,444

62,451

10,0307,8918,930 9,308 10,508 10,765

10,34210,272

9,658 10,360 10,030 13,47012,099

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Enrollments

Graduations



N of Programs: 2571 2711 2811 339 358 367 382 388 398 400 417 439 448 458 475

Response Rate: - - - - - - 92% 85% 91% 87% 86% 89% 90% 91% 89% 93% 94% 93%

Enrollments and Graduations in Doctoral Nursing Programs (Research-Focused),

1994-2008

3,0983,229

531 555

3,927 3,976

3,0242,8792,9282,9062,9542,8902919

3,070

3,439 3,718

3,973

402365

401 366 433 411 360 444394 457

402437431

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Enrollments

Graduations


N of Programs: 64 68 70 74 77 79 83 88 93 98 103 113 116

Response Rate: 100% 100% 100% 99% 100% 100% 98% 99% 99% 100% 100% 100% 100%


AACN Annual Survey

Enrollments and Graduations in Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Programs,

2002-2008

3,415

1,874

862

3921707070 15

17 7 44 74122 361

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Enrollments

Graduations

N of Programs: 2 2 3 11 20 53 92

Response Rate:100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%


AACN Annual Survey

25.724.8 25.7

16.7 17.1 18.1 20.4 21.1 21.5 22.7 22.9 22.9 23.9 23.8 23.9

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Minorities

Percent of Baccalaureate Students that are Minorities, 1993–2008

NOTE: Race/ethnicity data were not collected in 1996. The categories of “race/ethnicity unknown” and “non-resident alien” (foreign) were excluded from the analysis. Source: American Association of Colleges of Nursing.

11.8%

0.7%

5.9%

74.3%

7.3%

Asian or Pacific Islander African AmericanAmericanIndian/Alaskan Native Hispanic or LatinoWhite

0.6%

4.9%

11.9%

6.7%

76.0%

Baccalaureate Master’s

1.3%

5.9%

4.0%

11.0%

77.8%

Doctoral *

Distribution of Baccalaureate, Master’s, and Doctoral Students by Race/Ethnicity, Fall 2008

* Research-focused doctoral studentsSource: American Association of Colleges of Nursing,© 2009. Note: The categories of “race/ethnicity unknown” and “non-resident alien” (foreign) were excluded from the analysis.

Qualified Applications Turned Away, 2002-2008

49,948

40,28542,86641,683

32,797

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008


AACN Annual Survey

Reasons for not Accepting All Qualified Applications

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Insufficient # of Faculty Insufficient Clinical Sites

Insufficient Classroom Space Insufficient Clinical Preceptors


AACN Annual Survey

FacultyFaculty

Estimated Number of Full-Time and Part-Time Nurse Faculty by Year

0

3,000

6,000

9,000

12,000

15,000

18,000

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

# FT Nurse Faculty # PT Nurse Faculty


AACN Annual Survey

Percentage of Full-Time Male Faculty by Year

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Per

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Male Faculty


AACN Annual Survey

Percentage of Full-Time Minority Faculty by Year

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

African American Hispanic Asian/PacificIslander

American Indian/Alaska Native

Pe

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nta

ge

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008


AACN Annual Survey

Mean Age of Full-Time Faculty by Degree

Mean Age of Full-Time Faculty by Degree

40

45

50

55

60

1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Ag

e

Doctoral Master's


AACN Annual Survey

Percentage of Full-Time Faculty Over and Under the Age 50

Percentage of Full-Time Faculty Over and Under the Age 50

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Per

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50 & Over Under 50


AACN Annual Survey

Mean Age of Junior Faculty Starting in 2007


AACN Annual Survey

Mean Age of Junior Faculty Started in 2007

48.4 46.3

20

2530

35

4045

50

Assistant Professor Instructor

Ag

e

age

Attrition Rate of Full-Time Faculty


AACN Annual Survey

10.8%9.6%

11.9%10.3% 10.5%

12.7%11.0%

0%

3%

6%

9%

12%

15%

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Mean

Perc

en

tag

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Faculty Attrition Rate

Reasons for Faculty Attrition in 2008


AACN Annual Survey

Reasons for Faculty Attrition

18.4% 17.0%

4.9%

43.8%

20.2% 19.0%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

Changed topart-timefaculty

Facultyposition at

otherschools

Adminposition at

otherschools

Privatesector

Retired All other

Mean Age of Faculty at Retirement

Mean Age at Retirement

61.562.6 62.7 62.6 62.7 63.4 63.5

50

53

56

59

62

65

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Mean Age


AACN Annual Survey

Proportion of Full-Time Faculty with Doctoral Degrees by Year

47.4

48.1

46.3

45.4

44.7

43

44

45

46

47

48

49

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Per

cen

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Faculty with Doctoral Degrees


AACN Annual Survey

Junior Faculty Starting in 2007 by Degree


AACN Annual Survey

Junior Faculty Starting in 2007 by Degree

29.4%

11.1%

59.5%

2.5% 1.3%

96.2%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Nursing Doc. Nonnursing Doc. Master's

Per

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Assistant Prof. Instructor

Comparison of Full-Time Calendar Year Instructional Nurse Faculty Salaries and Selected Non-Academic Base Salaries

2008-2009 (All US)

Instructional Faculty: Median* 75th Percentile

Assoc. Prof. (Doctoral) $90,240 $99,592Asst. Prof. (Doctoral) $80,667 $88,000Assoc. Prof. (Master’s) $73,486 $81,828 Asst. Prof. (Master’s) $67,281 $75,118

Non-Academic Positions:

Head of Nursing $176,988 $206,193Nursing Director $110,281 $125,378NPs (Specialty Care) $ 88,126 $ 97,510Head Nurse $ 86,688 $ 95,933CNS $ 81,356 $ 88,168

*Median for Non-Academic Positions is calculated based on the average of 25th percentile and 75th

Sources: Fang, D., Tracy, C., Bednash, G.D. (2009) 2008-2009 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 Annual Faculty Vacancy Survey of AACN Member SchoolsAACN Member Schools

Schools with vacant faculty positions, Schools with vacant faculty positions, schools with no vacant positions but schools with no vacant positions but need more facultyneed more faculty

Number of vacancies by rank, tenure Number of vacancies by rank, tenure status, degree, level of teaching, and status, degree, level of teaching, and teaching responsibilitiesteaching responsibilities

Response rate in 2008: 72% Response rate in 2008: 72%

Percentage of Schools with Full-Time Faculty Vacancies by Year

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

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% of Schools with Budgeted Vacancies% of Schools with NO vacancies but need additional faculty% of Schools with NO Vacancies, and no need


AACN Faculty Vacancy Survey

Estimated Number of Full-Time Faculty Vacancies by Year

0200400600800

10001200140016001800

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Estimated # of Vacancies


AACN Faculty Vacancy Survey

Degree Required/Preferred for Vacant Faculty Positions, 2008

54.6

9.7

33.5

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

DoctorateRequired

DoctoratePreferred

Master's

Percentage

Source: 2008 Survey on Faculty Vacancies. Washington, DC: AACN. © American Association of Colleges of Nursing 2008. 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 2008-2009

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 2008. All rights reserved.

Faculty and Doctoral Student Faculty and Doctoral Student Roster SurveyRoster Survey

Data on faculty demographics, Data on faculty demographics, education and employment at education and employment at individual levelindividual level

Longitudinal information on faculty Longitudinal information on faculty recruitment, attrition, promotion, and recruitment, attrition, promotion, and relocationrelocation

Response rate so far: 43% of schools Response rate so far: 43% of schools and 60% of full-time faculty and and 60% of full-time faculty and doctoral studentsdoctoral students

Mean Age When Entering the Doctoral Program by Type of

Doctoral Degree Pursued


AACN Faculty and Doctoral Student Roster Survey

Mean Age

41.5

46.3

30

35

40

45

50

PhD DNP

Ag

e

Mean Age

Time to Graduation for Research-Focused Doctoral Students in

Nursing



Time to Graduation

5.0

0.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

PhD

Year

Faculty Status of Students by Type of Doctoral Degree Pursued



Faculty Status by Type of Doctoral Degree Pursued

4.5 5.2 3.010.3

63.2

13.85.3 5.4 4.1 7.4

67.4

10.4

0

20

40

60

80

Full-TimeFaculty @

SameSchool

Full-TimeFaculty @Diff School

Part-TimeFaculty @

SameSchool

Part-TimeFaculty @Diff School

Not aFaculty

Member

Unknown

Pe

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nta

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PhD DNP

Mean Age of Students When Entering the Doctoral Program by

Faculty StatusAge by Faculty Status

45.7 44.947.4

45.642.5

30

35

40

45

50

55

Full-TimeFaculty @

Same School

Full-TimeFaculty @ Diff

School

Part-TimeFaculty @

Same School

Part-TimeFaculty @ Diff

School

Not a FacultyMember

Ye

ar

Age by Faculty Status

Main Sources of Tuition by Types of Doctoral Degree Pursued

Main Sources of Tuition by Types of Doctoral Degree Pursused

12.2

31.1

13.5 17.8

3.311.5 10.614.1

51.4

0.8 4.4

24.0

0.6 4.8

0

20

40

60

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PhD DNP

Annual Financial Benchmarking Annual Financial Benchmarking SurveySurvey

The purpose of the survey is to provide The purpose of the survey is to provide member schools with a resource member schools with a resource comparing their financial performance comparing their financial performance with peer schoolswith peer schools

Schools that completed both the Schools that completed both the benchmarking survey and faculty and benchmarking survey and faculty and doctoral student roster survey can doctoral student roster survey can generate benchmarking reports for freegenerate benchmarking reports for free

140 member schools (22% of the 140 member schools (22% of the members) completed the 2008 surveymembers) completed the 2008 survey

Questions of the Financial Questions of the Financial Benchmarking SurveyBenchmarking Survey

Unrestricted revenuesUnrestricted revenues Restricted revenuesRestricted revenues Expenditures (unrestricted and restricted)Expenditures (unrestricted and restricted) Market value of endowment and operating Market value of endowment and operating

fund balancefund balance Student enrollment and graduation (FTEs)Student enrollment and graduation (FTEs) Faculty (full-time and part-time, and Faculty (full-time and part-time, and

teaching load)teaching load)

Performance Measures of AACN Performance Measures of AACN Financial Benchmarking SurveyFinancial 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

2008Types of Institutions

47.7

17.4

34.6

59.6

17.023.4

0

20

40

60

80

Public Secular Religious

Per

cen

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Annual Survey Benchmarking Survey

Types of Nursing Programs that Responded to AACN Surveys in

2008Types of Nursing Programs

35.243.6

3.1

16.6

60.3

28.4

1.48.5

0.0

20.0

40.0

60.0

80.0

School/College ofNursing

Department/Divisionof Nursing

Freestanding Schoolof Nursing

Merged

Per

cent

age

Annual Survey Benchmarking Survey

Budget Status by Types of Institutions that Responded to the

Benchmarking SurveyBudget Status by Types of Institutions

45.2

54.2 54.557.1

45.839.4

0

20

40

60

Public Secular Religious

Perc

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Deficit < -$1000 Surplus > $1000

Budget Status by Types of Nursing Programs that Responded to the

Benchmarking SurveyBuget Status by Type of Nursing Program

45.957.5

100.0

33.3

50.637.5

0.0

66.7

0

30

60

90

School/College ofNursing

Department/Divisionof Nursing

Freestanding Schoolof Nursing

Merged

Per

cent

age

Deficit < - $1000 Surplus > $1000

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