Adjunct assistant professor vs visiting professor

The differences between adjunct assistant professors and visiting professors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become an adjunct assistant professor, becoming a visiting professor takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, a visiting professor has an average salary of $116,217, which is higher than the $100,809 average annual salary of an adjunct assistant professor.

The top three skills for an adjunct assistant professor include course content, ethics and physiology. The most important skills for a visiting professor are course content, student learning, and professional development.

Adjunct assistant professor vs visiting professor overview

	Adjunct Assistant Professor	Visiting Professor
Yearly salary	$100,809	$116,217
Hourly rate	$48.47	$55.87
Growth rate	12%	12%
Number of jobs	24,137	27,139
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 42%	Bachelor's Degree, 42%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	4	2

What does an adjunct assistant professor do?

An Adjunct Assistant Professor works in a variety of settings, including public or private institutions, career or vocational schools. They are also responsible for evaluating students and conducting student conferences.

What does a visiting professor do?

Visiting professors are faculty members from an institution who must visit a host university to teach, lecture, or perform research on a topic they are knowledgeable in. These professors are required to create a positive learning environment among undergraduate students by inviting them to participate and engage in classroom activities, which can consistently enhance the learning process of their students. They must serve as dissertation research chairperson for Ph.D. students in qualitative and quantitative research studies. Visiting professors must also conduct in-person lectures and direct undergraduate theses for special topics research courses.

Adjunct assistant professor vs visiting professor salary

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

	Adjunct Assistant Professor	Visiting Professor
Average salary	$100,809	$116,217
Salary range	Between $52,000 And $192,000	Between $56,000 And $241,000
Highest paying City	Salt Lake City, UT	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	Utah	California
Best paying company	UMiami Health System	UMiami Health System
Best paying industry	Health Care	Education

Differences between adjunct assistant professor and visiting professor education

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

	Adjunct Assistant Professor	Visiting Professor
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 42%	Bachelor's Degree, 42%
Most common major	Psychology	Nursing
Most common college	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	University of Texas at Austin

Adjunct assistant professor vs visiting professor demographics

Here are the differences between adjunct assistant professors' and visiting professors' demographics:

	Adjunct Assistant Professor	Visiting Professor
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 52.7% Female, 47.3%	Male, 60.3% Female, 39.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.1% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 10.1% Asian, 14.5% White, 63.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 6.8% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 9.8% Asian, 13.9% White, 64.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	16%	16%

Differences between adjunct assistant professor and visiting professor duties and responsibilities

Adjunct assistant professor example responsibilities.

Lead outreach to community and statewide stakeholders in the PPCC entrepreneurship program.
Work with a diverse student body in both writing instruction and literature courses.
Instruct students in photojournalism courses as well as ethics, reporting and editing practicum.
Create lectures and assignments that help students draw connections between mathematics and other sciences.
Collaborate with primary professor to develop class curriculum and syllabus.
Incorporate clinical and biomedical cases to further understanding of human physiology and understanding of anatomical concepts.

Visiting professor example responsibilities.

Used blackboard online to manage students tests, grade papers and assign materials.
Teach various humanities, sociology, communications and ethics courses.
Design and teach a graduate seminar.
Graduate seminar in post-1945 art theory and criticism
Develop educational resources that supplement core BSN courses.
Review professor's syllabus and acquire full knowledge of his semester coursework in a short turnaround time.

Adjunct assistant professor vs visiting professor skills

Common adjunct assistant professor skills

Course Content, 34%
Ethics, 24%
Physiology, 3%
Philosophy, 3%
Freshman, 3%
Economics, 3%

Common visiting professor skills

Course Content, 11%
Student Learning, 10%
Professional Development, 8%
Philosophy, 7%
Health Assessments, 5%
Economics, 4%

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