Visiting faculty vs visiting assistant professor

The differences between visiting faculties and visiting 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 a visiting assistant professor. Additionally, a visiting assistant professor has an average salary of $72,541, 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 a visiting assistant professor are philosophy, literature, and mathematics.

Visiting faculty vs visiting assistant professor overview

	Visiting Faculty	Visiting Assistant Professor
Yearly salary	$68,611	$72,541
Hourly rate	$32.99	$34.88
Growth rate	12%	12%
Number of jobs	8,224	27,503
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 47%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	4	4

Visiting faculty vs visiting assistant professor salary

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

	Visiting Faculty	Visiting Assistant Professor
Average salary	$68,611	$72,541
Salary range	Between $40,000 And $117,000	Between $41,000 And $125,000
Highest paying City	New York, NY	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	New York	Oregon
Best paying company	Minneapolis College of Art and Design	University of Illinois System
Best paying industry	Health Care	Education

Differences between visiting faculty and visiting assistant professor education

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

	Visiting Faculty	Visiting Assistant Professor
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 47%
Most common major	English	Mathematics
Most common college	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Visiting faculty vs visiting assistant professor demographics

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

	Visiting Faculty	Visiting Assistant Professor
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 49.1% Female, 50.9%	Male, 58.2% Female, 41.8%
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, 6.7% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 9.6% Asian, 14.7% White, 63.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	16%	16%

Differences between visiting faculty and visiting 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.

Visiting assistant professor example responsibilities.

Conduct weekly one-on-one and small group seminar meetings with multiple graduate students.
Instruct freshman-level mathematics courses, serve on departmental committees, and advise students.
Develop, organize, and teach university courses in sociology and behavioral sciences.
Conduct research in sea lamprey neurobiology and physiology in the laboratory of Dr. Weiming Li.
Offer a course in Bayesian dynamic time series models to graduate students in statistics and economics.
Research and instruction in mathematics and finance with a focus on the fields of aviation and aerospace.

Visiting faculty vs visiting assistant professor skills

Common visiting faculty skills

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

Common visiting assistant professor skills

Philosophy, 24%
Literature, 7%
Mathematics, 6%
Economics, 4%
Research Methods, 4%
Fine Arts, 3%

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