Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary

Median salary

$96,870

Average salary

$101,250

Employment

7,700

Projected growth

2% growth

Annual openings

900

Typical entry education

Doctoral or professional degree

What Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary Do

Teach courses in architecture and architectural design, such as architectural environmental design, interior architecture/design, and landscape architecture. 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.

Designimportance 4.5/5
English Languageimportance 4.4/5
Building and Constructionimportance 4.3/5
Education and Trainingimportance 4.3/5
Communications and Mediaimportance 3.8/5
Computers and Electronicsimportance 3.8/5
Public Safety and Securityimportance 3.7/5
Fine Artsimportance 3.4/5

Work Environment

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

E-Mail4.7/5
Freedom to Make Decisions4.7/5
Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams4.5/5
Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals4.5/5
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled4.5/5
Public Speaking4.4/5

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

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Transferable Skills

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

Instructingimportance 4.1/5
Judgment and Decision Makingimportance 3.9/5
Social Perceptivenessimportance 3.6/5
Complex Problem Solvingimportance 3.6/5
Coordinationimportance 3.3/5
Systems Analysisimportance 3.3/5
Systems Evaluationimportance 3.3/5
Time Managementimportance 3.3/5

Software & Technologies

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

Hot Technologies

In-Demand Technologies

Learning management system LMS

Other Software Used

Autodesk 3D Studio Design
Autodesk 3ds Max
Autodesk Ecotect Analysis
Autodesk Inventor
Autodesk Mudbox
Blackboard Learn
Blender
Collaborative editing software

Work Style

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

Intellectual Curiosity
Innovation
Dependability
Social Orientation
Achievement Orientation
Cooperation
Attention to Detail

Career Interests

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

SocialHigh
InvestigativeHigh
ArtisticMedium
RealisticMedium
ConventionalMedium
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 architecture teachers, postsecondary make up the largest share of local employment, relative to the national average (BLS location quotient).

1College Station-Bryan, TX23.58× national avg
2New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ3.10× national avg
3Providence-Warwick, RI-MA2.88× national avg
4Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA2.79× national avg
5Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH2.37× national avg

Possible Career Moves

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

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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.