Accounting professor vs assistant professor

The differences between accounting professors and assistant professors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, an assistant professor has an average salary of $87,099, which is higher than the $84,237 average annual salary of an accounting professor.

The top three skills for an accounting professor include financial statements, course content and course curriculum. The most important skills for an assistant professor are patients, public health, and pediatrics.

Accounting professor vs assistant professor overview

	Accounting Professor	Assistant Professor
Yearly salary	$84,237	$87,099
Hourly rate	$40.50	$41.87
Growth rate	12%	12%
Number of jobs	44,385	30,531
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 54%	Bachelor's Degree, 44%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	-	4

Accounting professor vs assistant professor salary

Accounting professors and assistant professors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Accounting Professor	Assistant Professor
Average salary	$84,237	$87,099
Salary range	Between $48,000 And $145,000	Between $50,000 And $151,000
Highest paying City	Los Angeles, CA	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	California	Hawaii
Best paying company	Pace University	UT Medical Group, Inc.
Best paying industry	Education	Government

Differences between accounting professor and assistant professor education

There are a few differences between an accounting professor and an assistant professor in terms of educational background:

	Accounting Professor	Assistant Professor
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 54%	Bachelor's Degree, 44%
Most common major	Accounting	Nursing
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Accounting professor vs assistant professor demographics

Here are the differences between accounting professors' and assistant professors' demographics:

	Accounting Professor	Assistant Professor
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 54.9% Female, 45.1%	Male, 55.5% Female, 44.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.1% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 10.2% Asian, 11.3% White, 66.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 6.2% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 8.9% Asian, 17.4% White, 62.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	16%	16%

Differences between accounting professor and assistant professor duties and responsibilities

Accounting professor example responsibilities.

Encourage and motivate students to achieve life goals and dreams whether it is upward mobility or entrepreneurship.
Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate students on topics such as basic and advance accounting, financial processes, and ethics.
Facilitate instruction for developing the thesis topic statement, qualitative and quantitative research design, and conducting a review of literature.
Develop and create informative presentation on Dropbox cloud service.

Assistant professor example responsibilities.

Lead outreach to community and statewide stakeholders in the PPCC entrepreneurship program.
Used blackboard online to manage students tests, grade papers and assign materials.
Develop courses in immunology and research ethics, and develop super laboratory courses in cellular physiology and molecular biology.
Conduct research using molecular biology, genetics, histochemistry, cell biology, biochemistry.
Chair psychology and sociology departments, teach psychology classes, revise student practicum program, establish outreach mechanisms to reach alternative students
Serve as professor for humanities and sociology.

Accounting professor vs assistant professor skills

Common accounting professor skills

Financial Statements, 19%
Course Content, 11%
Course Curriculum, 8%
Instructional Materials, 7%
Syllabus, 6%
Course Materials, 6%

Common assistant professor skills

Patients, 17%
Public Health, 6%
Pediatrics, 5%
Curriculum Development, 4%
Research Projects, 4%
Professional Development, 4%

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