Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

Median salary

$98,700

Average salary

$102,050

Employment

8,920

Projected growth

4.1% growth

Annual openings

800

Typical entry education

Doctoral or professional degree

What Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Do

Teach courses in the agricultural sciences. Includes teachers of agronomy, dairy sciences, fisheries management, horticultural sciences, poultry sciences, range management, and agricultural soil conservation. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

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Career Outlook

National employment outlook, 2024–2034.

Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: None
Self-employed: Not available

Source: BLS Employment Projections — 2024-2034.

How Much Preparation Does This Take?

Job Zone 5 of 5

Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed

Experience: Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience.
Education: Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
Job training: Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

Source: O*NET Job Zones.

Key Knowledge Areas

Subject-matter areas this occupation draws on most, per O*NET.

Biologyimportance 4.3/5
Education and Trainingimportance 4.1/5
English Languageimportance 4.0/5
Administration and Managementimportance 3.9/5
Customer and Personal Serviceimportance 3.6/5
Food Productionimportance 3.5/5
Communications and Mediaimportance 3.4/5
Mathematicsimportance 3.3/5

Work Environment

What the day-to-day work setting is like, per O*NET.

E-Mail5.0/5
Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals5.0/5
Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams4.9/5
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled4.7/5
Freedom to Make Decisions4.7/5
Public Speaking4.5/5

Careers With Similar Skills

Occupations whose Transferable Skills profile most closely matches this one — a mathematical comparison, not observed data about people actually moving between these careers.

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary98% skill match
Neurologists98% skill match
Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary97% skill match
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary97% skill match
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary97% skill match
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric96% skill match
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education96% skill match
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary96% skill match

Transferable Skills

Cross-functional skills this occupation draws on most, per O*NET — the kind that carry over to other careers.

Instructingimportance 4.4/5
Judgment and Decision Makingimportance 3.8/5
Complex Problem Solvingimportance 3.6/5
Coordinationimportance 3.5/5
Time Managementimportance 3.4/5
Social Perceptivenessimportance 3.1/5
Systems Evaluationimportance 3.1/5
Service Orientationimportance 2.9/5

Software & Technologies

Tools and software used in this occupation, per O*NET.

Hot Technologies

Other Software Used

Work Style

Personal work characteristics that matter most for this occupation, per O*NET.

Intellectual Curiosity
Dependability
Social Orientation
Innovation
Achievement Orientation
Cooperation
Integrity

Career Interests

This occupation’s RIASEC interest profile, per O*NET — how strongly it fits each of the six Holland interest types.

SocialHigh
InvestigativeHigh
RealisticMedium
ConventionalMedium
ArtisticLow
EnterprisingLow

Specific Interests

A more detailed breakdown of this occupation’s interest profile, per O*NET.

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Where This Career Is Most Concentrated

Metro areas where agricultural sciences teachers, postsecondary make up the largest share of local employment, relative to the national average (BLS location quotient).

1College Station-Bryan, TX68.87× national avg
2Auburn-Opelika, AL51.15× national avg
3Lincoln, NE13.11× national avg
4Lubbock, TX10.67× national avg
5Madison, WI10.30× national avg

Possible Career Moves

A computed starting point, not observed job-change data — see the full list for why each one might fit.

Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, PostsecondaryLateral Move
Environmental Science Teachers, PostsecondaryLateral Move
Biological Science Teachers, PostsecondaryLateral Move
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, PostsecondaryLateral Move

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Related Education Programs

Schools that offer related fields of study, based on the NCES CIP-SOC crosswalk — not a guarantee that graduates enter this specific career.