The August 2025 Chart of the Month presents preliminary results from APSA’s 2023–2024 Departmental Survey. This interactive infographic highlights trends in faculty numbers, salaries, and access to professional development resources across political science departments nationwide.
Explore patterns in faculty employment and compensation, including:
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Differences in faculty size between public and private institutions
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Salary shifts across tenure-track, non-tenure-track, and rank levels
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Availability of professional development resources for faculty at all stages
These findings are part of APSA’s ongoing effort to document the state of the discipline and better understand the academic labor and support structures shaping political science.
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Learn more about surveys, reports, tools, and other data on the profession here: https://apsanet.org/resources/data-on-the-profession/