Visiting faculty vs adjunct assistant professor

The differences between visiting faculties 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 visiting faculty and an adjunct assistant professor. Additionally, an adjunct assistant professor has an average salary of $100,809, which is higher than the $68,611 average annual salary of a visiting faculty.

The top three skills for a visiting faculty include architecture, mathematics and undergraduate courses. The most important skills for an adjunct assistant professor are course content, ethics, and physiology.

Visiting faculty vs adjunct assistant professor overview

	Visiting Faculty	Adjunct Assistant Professor
Yearly salary	$68,611	$100,809
Hourly rate	$32.99	$48.47
Growth rate	12%	12%
Number of jobs	8,224	24,137
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 42%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	4	4

Visiting faculty vs adjunct assistant professor salary

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

	Visiting Faculty	Adjunct Assistant Professor
Average salary	$68,611	$100,809
Salary range	Between $40,000 And $117,000	Between $52,000 And $192,000
Highest paying City	New York, NY	Salt Lake City, UT
Highest paying state	New York	Utah
Best paying company	Minneapolis College of Art and Design	UMiami Health System
Best paying industry	Health Care	Health Care

Differences between visiting faculty and adjunct assistant professor education

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

	Visiting Faculty	Adjunct Assistant Professor
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 42%
Most common major	English	Psychology
Most common college	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Visiting faculty vs adjunct assistant professor demographics

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

	Visiting Faculty	Adjunct Assistant Professor
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 49.1% Female, 50.9%	Male, 52.7% Female, 47.3%
Race ratio	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%	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 visiting faculty and adjunct assistant professor duties and responsibilities

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.

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 faculty vs adjunct assistant professor skills

Common visiting faculty skills

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

Common adjunct assistant professor skills

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

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