Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

Median salary

$75,870

Average salary

$81,940

Employment

2,770

Projected growth

3.4% growth

Annual openings

200

Typical entry education

Doctoral or professional degree

What Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Do

Teach courses in childcare, family relations, finance, nutrition, and related subjects pertaining to home management. 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.

English Languageimportance 4.6/5
Education and Trainingimportance 4.3/5
Customer and Personal Serviceimportance 3.7/5
Psychologyimportance 3.6/5
Administration and Managementimportance 3.6/5
Mathematicsimportance 3.5/5
Computers and Electronicsimportance 3.4/5
Administrativeimportance 3.4/5

Work Environment

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

E-Mail4.9/5
Contact With Others4.8/5
Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals4.6/5
Freedom to Make Decisions4.5/5
Frequency of Decision Making4.3/5
Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams4.3/5

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.

Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary99% skill match
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary99% skill match
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary98% skill match
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary98% skill match
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary98% skill match
Business Teachers, Postsecondary98% skill match
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary98% skill match
Anthropology and Archeology 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 4.0/5
Social Perceptivenessimportance 3.1/5
Complex Problem Solvingimportance 3.1/5
Judgment and Decision Makingimportance 3.1/5
Systems Analysisimportance 3.1/5
Systems Evaluationimportance 3.1/5
Coordinationimportance 3.0/5
Time Managementimportance 3.0/5

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.

Dependability
Intellectual Curiosity
Cooperation
Social Orientation
Empathy
Achievement Orientation
Integrity

Career Interests

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

SocialHigh
InvestigativeMedium
ArtisticMedium
ConventionalMedium
RealisticLow
EnterprisingLow

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Where This Career Is Most Concentrated

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

1Greensboro-High Point, NC9.93× national avg
2Raleigh-Cary, NC4.51× national avg
3San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA1.86× national avg
4Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA0.91× national avg
5New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ0.40× national avg

Possible Career Moves

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

Social Work Teachers, PostsecondaryLateral Move
Education Teachers, PostsecondaryLateral Move
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, PostsecondaryLateral Move
Sociology 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.