Health professor vs visiting faculty

The differences between health professors and visiting faculties 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 a visiting faculty. Additionally, a health professor has an average salary of $99,056, which is higher than the $68,611 average annual salary of a visiting faculty.

The top three skills for a health professor include health education, physiology and clinical laboratory. The most important skills for a visiting faculty are architecture, mathematics, and undergraduate courses.

Health professor vs visiting faculty overview

	Health Professor	Visiting Faculty
Yearly salary	$99,056	$68,611
Hourly rate	$47.62	$32.99
Growth rate	12%	12%
Number of jobs	58,858	8,224
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 48%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	4	4

Health professor vs visiting faculty salary

Health professors and visiting faculties have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Health Professor	Visiting Faculty
Average salary	$99,056	$68,611
Salary range	Between $40,000 And $244,000	Between $40,000 And $117,000
Highest paying City	-	New York, NY
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between health professor and visiting faculty education

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

	Health Professor	Visiting Faculty
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 48%
Most common major	Kinesiology	English
Most common college	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Health professor vs visiting faculty demographics

Here are the differences between health professors' and visiting faculties' demographics:

	Health Professor	Visiting Faculty
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 36.0% Female, 64.0%	Male, 49.1% Female, 50.9%
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, 6.3% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 9.0% Asian, 17.8% White, 61.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	16%	16%

Differences between health professor and visiting faculty 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.

Visiting faculty example responsibilities.

Lead early childhood program initiatives.
Conduct regular checks of doors and windows to ensure lock functionality.
Conduct research in physical chemistry department
Support the development of a comprehensive literature unit curriculum, including balance literacy that utilizes a variety of reading strategies.
Analyze writings to initiate thematic, multicultural comprehension/interpretation of literature
Supervise senior capstone project at request of administration.

Health professor vs visiting faculty skills

Common health professor skills

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

Common visiting faculty skills

Architecture, 20%
Mathematics, 14%
Undergraduate Courses, 11%
Art History, 6%
Physiology, 5%
Chemistry, 4%

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