Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
US occupation · SOC 25-1199
Pay and outlook
- Median annual wage, May 2025
- $77,640
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Middle half earn
- $59,290 – $106,770
- 25th to 75th percentile
- People employed, May 2025
- 149,840
- Wage and salary jobs (OEWS)
- Projected change, 2025–35
- +2%
- Growing slower than all jobs (0% to under 3.5%)
- Openings a year (projected)
- 12,500
- New jobs plus replacing people who leave
- Typical education to enter
- Doctoral or professional degree
- BLS
- All figures are for the United States as a whole. Pay varies a lot by state and city.
- Wages are for everyone working in the occupation in May 2025, at every career stage. They are not starting salaries or figures for new graduates.
- Growth and openings are BLS projections for 2025–35. They are estimates, not promises. Openings include jobs that open up when people retire or change occupation, not just new jobs.
What the work involves
All postsecondary teachers not listed separately.
Description and tasks from the O*NET® 31.0 Database.
Getting in
- Typical education to enter (BLS)
- Doctoral or professional degree
Fields of study that lead here
From the federal CIP–SOC crosswalk, which links 44 programmes to this occupation. A link means the programme prepares people for this kind of work. It doesn't mean the programme is required, or that it's the only route.
Health & Nursing
- Medical Informatics
- Medical/Health Humanities
- Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities, Other
Find colleges that fit you with our matcher: choose Health & Nursing at the Major step.
Where many students take health & nursing
- Western Governors UniversitySalt Lake City, UT · 26% of degrees · 155,088 undergraduates
- Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix, AZ · 33% of degrees · 73,371 undergraduates
- Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, NH · 8% of degrees · 163,164 undergraduates
- The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, TX · 36% of degrees · 32,294 undergraduates
- University of Central FloridaOrlando, FL · 13% of degrees · 59,146 undergraduates
- University of South FloridaTampa, FL · 17% of degrees · 37,207 undergraduates
Ordered by the field's share of degrees awarded times undergraduate enrolment (College Scorecard), among colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online universities are included. It's a rough measure of how big the programme is. It says nothing about quality. The share counts every programme in the field, not only the ones linked to this career.
Visual & Performing Arts
- Game and Interactive Media Design
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Where many students take visual & performing arts
- Savannah College of Art and DesignSavannah, GA · 42% of degrees · 15,243 undergraduates
- Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, NH · 4% of degrees · 163,164 undergraduates
- University of Central FloridaOrlando, FL · 8% of degrees · 59,146 undergraduates
- New York UniversityNew York, NY · 16% of degrees · 28,663 undergraduates
- The New SchoolNew York, NY · 68% of degrees · 6,563 undergraduates
- Berklee College of MusicBoston, MA · 57% of degrees · 7,468 undergraduates
Ordered by the field's share of degrees awarded times undergraduate enrolment (College Scorecard), among colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online universities are included. It's a rough measure of how big the programme is. It says nothing about quality. The share counts every programme in the field, not only the ones linked to this career.
Education
- Online Educator/Online Teaching
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Where many students take education
- Western Governors UniversitySalt Lake City, UT · 19% of degrees · 155,088 undergraduates
- Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix, AZ · 11% of degrees · 73,371 undergraduates
- Liberty UniversityLynchburg, VA · 8% of degrees · 50,012 undergraduates
- Illinois State UniversityNormal, IL · 18% of degrees · 19,057 undergraduates
- Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, AZ · 5% of degrees · 64,674 undergraduates
- University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, NV · 11% of degrees · 24,622 undergraduates
Ordered by the field's share of degrees awarded times undergraduate enrolment (College Scorecard), among colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online universities are included. It's a rough measure of how big the programme is. It says nothing about quality. The share counts every programme in the field, not only the ones linked to this career.
English & Literature
- Writing, General
- Creative Writing
- Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing
- Rhetoric and Composition
Find colleges that fit you with our matcher: choose English & Literature at the Major step.
Where many students take english & literature
- Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, NH · 2% of degrees · 163,164 undergraduates
- Arizona State University Digital ImmersionScottsdale, AZ · 3% of degrees · 53,782 undergraduates
- University of Central FloridaOrlando, FL · 2% of degrees · 59,146 undergraduates
- Liberty UniversityLynchburg, VA · 2% of degrees · 50,012 undergraduates
- University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA · 3% of degrees · 33,475 undergraduates
- California State University-Long BeachLong Beach, CA · 3% of degrees · 35,924 undergraduates
Ordered by the field's share of degrees awarded times undergraduate enrolment (College Scorecard), among colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online universities are included. It's a rough measure of how big the programme is. It says nothing about quality. The share counts every programme in the field, not only the ones linked to this career.
Physics & Chemistry
- Materials Sciences, Other
- Physical Sciences, Other
Find colleges that fit you with our matcher: choose Physics & Chemistry at the Major step.
Where many students take physics & chemistry
- University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA · 3% of degrees · 33,068 undergraduates
- Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, PA · 2% of degrees · 42,284 undergraduates
- University of FloridaGainesville, FL · 3% of degrees · 35,629 undergraduates
- The University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX · 2% of degrees · 42,855 undergraduates
- University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, WA · 3% of degrees · 31,942 undergraduates
- Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, TX · 2% of degrees · 59,615 undergraduates
Ordered by the field's share of degrees awarded times undergraduate enrolment (College Scorecard), among colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online universities are included. It's a rough measure of how big the programme is. It says nothing about quality. The share counts every programme in the field, not only the ones linked to this career.
Criminal Justice
- Terrorism and Counterterrorism Operations
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Where many students take criminal justice
- Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, NH · 6% of degrees · 163,164 undergraduates
- CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York, NY · 46% of degrees · 11,590 undergraduates
- Sam Houston State UniversityHuntsville, TX · 20% of degrees · 17,743 undergraduates
- Liberty UniversityLynchburg, VA · 6% of degrees · 50,012 undergraduates
- University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, MD · 6% of degrees · 49,664 undergraduates
- The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyEdinburg, TX · 9% of degrees · 28,666 undergraduates
Ordered by the field's share of degrees awarded times undergraduate enrolment (College Scorecard), among colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online universities are included. It's a rough measure of how big the programme is. It says nothing about quality. The share counts every programme in the field, not only the ones linked to this career.
Foreign Languages
- Linguistics of ASL and Other Sign Languages
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Where many students take foreign languages
- The University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX · 4% of degrees · 42,855 undergraduates
- Brigham Young UniversityProvo, UT · 3% of degrees · 32,952 undergraduates
- Boise State UniversityBoise, ID · 5% of degrees · 17,674 undergraduates
- University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, WI · 2% of degrees · 36,902 undergraduates
- University of ArizonaTucson, AZ · 2% of degrees · 42,537 undergraduates
- University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA · 2% of degrees · 33,475 undergraduates
Ordered by the field's share of degrees awarded times undergraduate enrolment (College Scorecard), among colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online universities are included. It's a rough measure of how big the programme is. It says nothing about quality. The share counts every programme in the field, not only the ones linked to this career.
Other fields
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Culinary, Entertainment, and Personal Services
- Culinary Science/Culinology
Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians
- Packaging Science
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
- Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
- General Studies
- Humanities/Humanistic Studies
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
- Biological and Physical Sciences
- Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
- Systems Science and Theory
- Historic Preservation and Conservation, General
- Historic Preservation and Conservation, Other
- Museology/Museum Studies
- Science, Technology and Society
- Natural Sciences
18 more programmes
- Cognitive Science, General
- Contemplative Studies/Inquiry
- Cognitive Science, Other
- Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis
- Maritime Studies
- Computational Science
- Marine Sciences
- Sustainability Studies
- Anthrozoology
- Digital Humanities and Textual Studies, General
- Digital Humanities
- Textual Studies
- Thanatology
- Data Science, General
- Data Science, Other
- Data Analytics, General
- Data Visualization
- Data Analytics, Other
Sources
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Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Projections, typical entry education and training: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025–35. Fields of study: NCES and BLS CIP 2020–SOC 2018 Crosswalk. All public domain. OEWS · Employment Projections · CIP–SOC crosswalk