The NP workforce is growing at a fast rate. An additional 23,000 new NPs graduated from programs in the 2015 – 2016 academic year, up 3,000 graduates, or 15.5%, from the 2014 – 2015 academic year. An estimated 85.5% of new graduates have been trained in primary care. Nearly two out of three new graduates will graduate from family NP programs. By 2024, the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the NP profession will have grown by 35% compared to 30% for physician assistants and 13% for physicians (this excludes anesthesiologists and surgeons).
"Nurse practitioners continue to be one of the solutions to America's health care," said AANP CEO David Hebert. "As health care reform moves forward, nurse practitioners will be front and center. The increasing number of individuals choosing to be a nurse practitioner is an affirmation of this outstanding profession."
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