Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
What Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary Do
Teach courses in drama, music, and the arts including fine and applied art, such as painting and sculpture, or design and crafts. 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
- 0.4%
Source: BLS Employment Projections — 2024-2034.
How Much Preparation Does This Take?
Job Zone 5 of 5Job 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.
- Fine Artsimportance 4.9/5
- Education and Trainingimportance 4.7/5
- English Languageimportance 4.3/5
- Communications and Mediaimportance 3.6/5
- Psychologyimportance 3.4/5
- History and Archeologyimportance 3.4/5
- Philosophy and Theologyimportance 3.2/5
- Computers and Electronicsimportance 3.2/5
Work Environment
What the day-to-day work setting is like, per O*NET.
- E-Mail4.8/5
- Contact With Others4.7/5
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled4.6/5
- Freedom to Make Decisions4.5/5
- Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams4.4/5
- Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals4.4/5
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.
- Education Teachers, Postsecondary99% skill match
- Communications Teachers, Postsecondary98% skill match
- Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary98% skill match
- Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary98% skill match
- History Teachers, Postsecondary98% skill match
- Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary98% skill match
- Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary98% skill match
- Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary98% 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
- Social Perceptivenessimportance 3.6/5
- Time Managementimportance 3.6/5
- Complex Problem Solvingimportance 3.4/5
- Judgment and Decision Makingimportance 3.3/5
- Coordinationimportance 3.1/5
- Systems Analysisimportance 3.0/5
- Service Orientationimportance 2.9/5
Software & Technologies
Tools and software used in this occupation, per O*NET.
Hot Technologies
In-Demand Technologies
Other Software Used
- Adobe Audition
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Apple DVD Studio Pro
- Apple Final Cut Pro
- Apple Logic Pro
- Autodesk Maya
- Autodesk MotionBuilder
- Blackboard Learn
Work Style
Personal work characteristics that matter most for this occupation, per O*NET.
- Innovation
- Social Orientation
- Dependability
- Intellectual Curiosity
- Empathy
- Cooperation
- Achievement Orientation
Career Interests
This occupation’s RIASEC interest profile, per O*NET — how strongly it fits each of the six Holland interest types.
- SocialHigh
- ArtisticHigh
- InvestigativeMedium
- RealisticMedium
- ConventionalLow
- EnterprisingLow
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Where This Career Is Most Concentrated
Metro areas where art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary make up the largest share of local employment, relative to the national average (BLS location quotient).
- 1Ithaca, NY23.26× national avg
- 2Amherst Town-Northampton, MA11.93× national avg
- 3Bloomington, IN8.39× national avg
- 4Harrisonburg, VA5.47× national avg
- 5Walla Walla, WA4.63× national avg
Possible Career Moves
A computed starting point, not observed job-change data — see the full list for why each one might fit.
- Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, PostsecondaryLateral Move
- Architecture Teachers, PostsecondaryLateral Move
- Communications Teachers, PostsecondaryLateral Move
- Education 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.
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
- Western Governors University (Salt Lake City, UT)grads earn ~$65,801
- Grand Canyon University (Phoenix, AZ)grads earn ~$63,874
- American College of Education (Indianapolis, IN)
- Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, LA)grads earn ~$61,045
- Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA)grads earn ~$59,442
Design and Visual Communications, General
- Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah, GA)grads earn ~$45,923
- Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, NY)grads earn ~$45,096
- Southern New Hampshire University (Manchester, NH)grads earn ~$51,370
- Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, NY)grads earn ~$60,882
- The New School (New York, NY)grads earn ~$56,838