Visiting faculty vs visiting professor

The differences between visiting faculties and visiting professors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become a visiting faculty, becoming a visiting professor takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, a visiting professor has an average salary of $116,217, 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 professor are course content, student learning, and professional development.

Visiting faculty vs visiting professor overview

	Visiting Faculty	Visiting Professor
Yearly salary	$68,611	$116,217
Hourly rate	$32.99	$55.87
Growth rate	12%	12%
Number of jobs	8,224	27,139
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 42%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	4	2

Visiting faculty vs visiting professor salary

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

	Visiting Faculty	Visiting Professor
Average salary	$68,611	$116,217
Salary range	Between $40,000 And $117,000	Between $56,000 And $241,000
Highest paying City	New York, NY	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	New York	California
Best paying company	Minneapolis College of Art and Design	UMiami Health System
Best paying industry	Health Care	Education

Differences between visiting faculty and visiting professor education

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

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

Visiting faculty vs visiting professor demographics

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

	Visiting Faculty	Visiting Professor
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 49.1% Female, 50.9%	Male, 60.3% Female, 39.7%
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, 6.8% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 9.8% Asian, 13.9% White, 64.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	16%	16%

Differences between visiting faculty and visiting 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 professor example responsibilities.

Used blackboard online to manage students tests, grade papers and assign materials.
Teach various humanities, sociology, communications and ethics courses.
Design and teach a graduate seminar.
Graduate seminar in post-1945 art theory and criticism
Develop educational resources that supplement core BSN courses.
Review professor's syllabus and acquire full knowledge of his semester coursework in a short turnaround time.

Visiting faculty vs visiting professor skills

Common visiting faculty skills

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

Common visiting professor skills

Course Content, 11%
Student Learning, 10%
Professional Development, 8%
Philosophy, 7%
Health Assessments, 5%
Economics, 4%

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