Additional Resources Faculty Vacancy Surveys 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 Research Center Press Releases 2008 - Enrollment Growth in U.S. Nursing Colleges and Universities Hits an 8-Year Low According to New Data Released by AACN 2007 - Enrollment Growth Slows at U.S. Nursing Colleges and Universities in 2007 Despite Calls for More Registered Nurses 2006 - Student Enrollment Rises in U.S. Nursing Colleges and Universities for the 6th Consecutive Year 2005 - With Enrollments Rising for the 5th Consecutive Year, U.S. Nursing Schools Turn Away More Than 30,000 Qualified Applications in 2005 2004 - Enrollment Increases at U.S. Nursing Schools Are Moderating While Thousands of Qualified Students Are Turned Away 2003 - AACN Reports an Increase in Nursing School Enrollments for the Third Consecutive Year; Increase Falls Below Projected Need to Reverse the Nursing Shortage 2002 - Though Enrollments Rise at U.S. Nursing Colleges and Universities, Increase Is Insufficient to Meet the Demand for New Nurse 2001 - Enrollments Rise at U.S. Nursing Colleges and Universities Ending a Six-Year Period of Decline 2000 - Nursing School Enrollments Continue to Post Decline, Though at Slower Rate  1999 - Nursing School Enrollments Decline as Demand for RNs Continues to Climb 1998 - Nursing School Enrollments Lag Behind Rising Demand for RNs, AACN Survey Shows Other Resources Ten Years of Race/Ethnicity Data Enrollment changes 1994-2008 Nursing Fact Sheets   Data Center | AACN Home Copyright © 2009 by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All rights reserved.