Communications professor vs adjunct assistant professor

The differences between communications professors and adjunct assistant professors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a communications professor and an adjunct assistant professor. Additionally, an adjunct assistant professor has an average salary of $100,809, which is higher than the $83,721 average annual salary of a communications professor.

The top three skills for a communications professor include public speaking, communication courses and intercultural communication. The most important skills for an adjunct assistant professor are course content, ethics, and physiology.

Communications professor vs adjunct assistant professor overview

	Communications Professor	Adjunct Assistant Professor
Yearly salary	$83,721	$100,809
Hourly rate	$40.25	$48.47
Growth rate	12%	12%
Number of jobs	26,758	24,137
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 42%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	4	4

Communications professor vs adjunct assistant professor salary

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

	Communications Professor	Adjunct Assistant Professor
Average salary	$83,721	$100,809
Salary range	Between $36,000 And $191,000	Between $52,000 And $192,000
Highest paying City	-	Salt Lake City, UT
Highest paying state	-	Utah
Best paying company	-	UMiami Health System
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between communications professor and adjunct assistant professor education

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

	Communications Professor	Adjunct Assistant Professor
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 42%
Most common major	Communication	Psychology
Most common college	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Communications professor vs adjunct assistant professor demographics

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

	Communications Professor	Adjunct Assistant Professor
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 47.2% Female, 52.8%	Male, 52.7% Female, 47.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.3% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 10.3% Asian, 11.2% White, 65.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	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%
LGBT Percentage	16%	16%

Differences between communications professor and adjunct assistant professor duties and responsibilities

Communications professor example responsibilities.

Lead outreach to community and statewide stakeholders in the PPCC entrepreneurship program.
Promote, authore and pilot the school's first speech course.
Winter term sessions; involve in writing, editing, and photography.
Instruct students on various aspects of design, photography, deadlines and writing.
Place emphasis on such areas as speech preparation, design, analysis and delivery of material.
Develop course structure and syllabus design to give students broadcast experience and core knowledge of radio operations.

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.

Communications professor vs adjunct assistant professor skills

Common communications professor skills

Public Speaking, 26%
Communication Courses, 8%
Intercultural Communication, 7%
Interpersonal Communication, 7%
Communication Studies, 6%
Classroom Environment, 6%

Common adjunct assistant professor skills

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

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