Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Median salary

$101,420

Average salary

$102,450

Employment

1,520

Projected growth

4% growth

Annual openings

100

Typical entry education

Doctoral or professional degree

What Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary Do

Teach courses in forestry and conservation science. 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 4.8/5
Education and Trainingimportance 4.8/5
Mathematicsimportance 4.3/5
Biologyimportance 4.0/5
Computers and Electronicsimportance 3.9/5
Geographyimportance 3.5/5
Personnel and Human Resourcesimportance 3.4/5
Administrativeimportance 3.1/5

Work Environment

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

E-Mail5.0/5
Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams4.8/5
Freedom to Make Decisions4.8/5
Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals4.6/5
Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team4.6/5
Contact With Others4.5/5

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.

Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary98% skill match
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary98% skill match
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary97% skill match
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary97% skill match
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary97% skill match
Neurologists97% skill match
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary96% skill match
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences 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 4.3/5
Complex Problem Solvingimportance 3.9/5
Social Perceptivenessimportance 3.3/5
Judgment and Decision Makingimportance 3.3/5
Time Managementimportance 3.3/5
Coordinationimportance 3.1/5
Systems Evaluationimportance 3.1/5
Persuasionimportance 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.

Intellectual Curiosity
Dependability
Innovation
Social Orientation
Achievement Orientation
Integrity
Cooperation

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
ArtisticMedium
EnterprisingLow

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Where This Career Is Most Concentrated

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

1Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI2.96× national avg

Possible Career Moves

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

Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, PostsecondaryLateral Move
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Agricultural Sciences Teachers, PostsecondaryLateral Move
Geography 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.