Health professor vs adjunct faculty member

The differences between health professors and adjunct faculty members can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a health professor and an adjunct faculty member. Additionally, a health professor has an average salary of $99,056, which is higher than the $60,817 average annual salary of an adjunct faculty member.

The top three skills for a health professor include health education, physiology and clinical laboratory. The most important skills for an adjunct faculty member are syllabus, curriculum development, and powerpoint.

Health professor vs adjunct faculty member overview

	Health Professor	Adjunct Faculty Member
Yearly salary	$99,056	$60,817
Hourly rate	$47.62	$29.24
Growth rate	12%	12%
Number of jobs	58,858	28,981
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 49%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	4	4

Health professor vs adjunct faculty member salary

Health professors and adjunct faculty members have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Health Professor	Adjunct Faculty Member
Average salary	$99,056	$60,817
Salary range	Between $40,000 And $244,000	Between $37,000 And $99,000
Highest paying City	-	Hoboken, NJ
Highest paying state	-	Ohio
Best paying company	-	Nebraska Methodist Health System
Best paying industry	-	Start-up

Differences between health professor and adjunct faculty member education

There are a few differences between a health professor and an adjunct faculty member in terms of educational background:

	Health Professor	Adjunct Faculty Member
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 49%
Most common major	Kinesiology	Business
Most common college	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Health professor vs adjunct faculty member demographics

Here are the differences between health professors' and adjunct faculty members' demographics:

	Health Professor	Adjunct Faculty Member
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 36.0% Female, 64.0%	Male, 44.9% Female, 55.1%
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, 10.2% Asian, 11.3% White, 66.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	16%	16%

Differences between health professor and adjunct faculty member duties and responsibilities

Health professor example responsibilities.

Lead outreach to community and statewide stakeholders in the PPCC entrepreneurship program.
Develop contextually sensitive evidence aggregation methods from patient records that consider whole patients over time, rather than just linguistic correctness.
Develop and provide graduate level lecture/support to doctorate candidates in the area of clinical pharmacology and research
Assess the differences in biomarkers of exposure among African-Americans and Caucasians, comparing menthol and non-menthol cigarette smoking.

Adjunct faculty member example responsibilities.

Lead outreach to community and statewide stakeholders in the PPCC entrepreneurship program.
Prepare course materials such as PowerPoint presentations, assessments and homework assignments.
Perform PowerPoint guide lectures and presentation during each meeting.
Analyze writings to initiate thematic, multicultural comprehension/interpretation of literature
Provide instruction integrating mathematics and manufacturing

Health professor vs adjunct faculty member skills

Common health professor skills

Health Education, 56%
Physiology, 19%
Clinical Laboratory, 14%
Ethics, 7%
Course Materials, 4%

Common adjunct faculty member skills

Syllabus, 14%
Curriculum Development, 9%
PowerPoint, 7%
English Language, 6%
Anatomy, 5%
Student Learning, 5%

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