5 of the Most Popular Types of Part Time Academic Jobs in 2026

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Top Types Of Part Time Academic Jobs

• Adjunct Professor

  Salary range: $139,000 - $145,500

  An adjunct professor works for a college or university, teaching students about a particular subject. As an adjunct professor, you are a part-time instructor in your subject area. You may choose to work for multiple colleges or pursue a full-time career in your field to supplement your income or to gain more experience. Your job duties include developing curriculum, preparing lesson plans, teaching students in a classroom or online, evaluating student work, and posting grades. You may also assist with research in your chosen field, collaborating with full-time professors and research assistants. After working as an adjunct professor for several years, you may seek a full-time, tenure-track position.

• Remote Adjunct Faculty

  Salary range: $74,500 - $140,000

  Remote adjunct faculty jobs are non-tenure positions with college campuses and universities. In this online role, your job is to work from home to teach students material from your assigned courses. This distance learning position involves creating lesson plans, uploading materials to an e-learning system, and fulfilling any other jobs specified in your contract. Despite the remote nature of this role, many remote teachers visit the college campus regularly. Adjunct positions are almost always part-time roles, and some people choose to work in this position alongside another part-time or full-time job. Some elements of this can vary by class or school. For example, some online classes may involve recording lectures and using a webcam to chat with students while other classes might take place over a message board and through email.

• Online Adjunct Professor

  Salary range: $139,000 - $145,500

  An online adjunct professor works for a college or university, teaching students about a particular subject, either through an online course or as part of an online program. As an online adjunct professor, you are a part-time instructor in your field. To supplement your income or to gain more experience, you may choose to work for multiple colleges or pursue a full-time career in your field. Your job duties include developing curriculum, preparing lesson plans, teaching students during online courses, evaluating student work, and posting grades. You may also assist with research in your chosen field, collaborating with full-time professors and research assistants.

• No Experience Adjunct Professor

  Salary range: $139,000 - $145,500

  No Experience Adjunct Professor is a more unusual job search query but still may give you interesting job results. Most salaries for No Experience Adjunct Professor jobs pay between $139,000 (25th percentile) and $145,500 (75th percentile) annually. Currently, there are not many open positions nationwide for No Experience Adjunct Professor job searches hiring now on ZipRecruiter. You can take a look at what is available and find similar job searches in this list.

• Part Time Adjunct Professor

  Salary range: $139,000 - $145,500

  A part-time adjunct professor teaches at a college or university on a contract basis. These positions do not have a full professor workload, and contracts must be renewed every semester or year. Your responsibilities as a part-time adjunct professor are similar to those of a full-time professor; you outline a syllabus for each of your classes, conduct lesson plans, assess student performance, assign papers or projects, and administer and grade exams. Though you may publish articles and conduct research, it is not required for your position. Adjunct professors are non-tenure-track faculty members, though they may obtain a full-time, tenure-track position after teaching for several years.