Arizona·Educational Instruction and Library Occupations·SOC 25-1069

Best Social Sciences Teacher, Postsecondary, All Other programs in Arizona, ranked by enrollment

All postsecondary social sciences teachers not listed.

9 schools in Arizona run programs that feed this job, graduating 784 people a year. The job pays a median of $71,230 in Arizona across about 370 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledLecturerCollege TeacherScience TeacherHumanities TeacherLiberal Arts TeacherCity Planning TeacherNaval Science TeacherUrban Planning Teacher
Graduates / yr
784
in Arizona
Median pay · Arizona
$71,230
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
370
people employed
Schools
9
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
36%
across those schools
Median net price
$26,445
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Arizona that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

9 programs in Arizona that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Arizona (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Arizona page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 04.0301In Arizona
240
30.6%
4$42,824$25,237
2
CIP 30.2001In Arizona
234
29.8%
3$32,906$21,966
3
CIP 45.0101In Arizona
145
18.5%
6$35,590$24,095
4
CIP 13.0607In Arizona
77
9.8%
2$33,086$26,000
5
CIP 04.1001In Arizona
64
8.2%
2$49,353$17,000
6
CIP 45.0102In Arizona
12
1.5%
2$35,590$24,095
7
CIP 45.9999In Arizona
9
1.1%
2$36,279$25,312
8
CIP 51.3204In Arizona
2
0.3%
1$99,851$21,475
9
CIP 45.1201In Arizona
1
0.1%
1$40,294$21,775

Top 9 schools in Arizona

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 4 of the 9 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ Public · 5 feeder programs
256Learning Sciences$26,45768%86%
2Arizona State University Campus Immersion
Tempe, AZ Public · 8 feeder programs
229International/Globalization Studies$37,16168%90%
3Arizona State University Digital Immersion
Scottsdale, AZ Public · 3 feeder programs
165City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning$46,9540%67%
4Arizona Western College
Yuma, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
81Social Sciences, General20%
5Dine College
Tsaile, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
29Social Sciences, General13%
6Cochise County Community College District
Sierra Vista, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
14Social Sciences, General30%
7Prescott College
Prescott, AZ Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
5Social Sciences, Other56%$23,16695%
8The University of Arizona Global Campus
Chandler, AZ Public · 2 feeder programs
4Social Sciences, General$45,58811%$26,445
9Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ Public · 1 feeder programs
1City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning61%90%

All 9 schools in Arizona

Every school in Arizona with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Arizona that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
University of ArizonaTucsonPublic2565
Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempePublic2298
Arizona State University Digital ImmersionScottsdalePublic1653
Arizona Western CollegeYumaPublic811
Dine CollegeTsailePublic291
Cochise County Community College DistrictSierra VistaPublic141
Prescott CollegePrescottPrivate not-for-profit51
The University of Arizona Global CampusChandlerPublic42
Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaffPublic11

What social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other earn in Arizona

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Arizona
$71,230
Mean annual
$74,550
Jobs in state
370
What the range looks like
10th pct$71,230Median$71,23090th pct$81,100
Versus the national median
-2.4%

U.S. median $72,990. Arizona pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
1.06×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in Arizona

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
$71,230median
300 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+1.7%
Little or no change
Openings per year
1,500
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
400
20,700 → 21,100
Typical entry education
Doctoral or professional degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other page.

How to become a Social Sciences Teacher, Postsecondary, All Other

Typical entry education
Doctoral or professional degree

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Arizona

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 17 majors mapped to Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other17 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 04.0301City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
  • 04.1001Real Estate Development
  • 13.0607Learning Sciences
  • 19.1001Work and Family Studies
  • 30.2001International/Globalization Studies
  • 30.2101Holocaust and Related Studies
  • 30.2701Human Biology
  • 30.4201Geoarcheaology
  • 45.0101Social Sciences, General
  • 45.0102Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods
  • 45.0103Survey Research/Methodology
  • 45.0199Social Sciences, Other
  • 45.1103Rural Sociology
  • 45.1199Sociology, Other
  • 45.1201Urban Studies/Affairs
  • 45.9999Social Sciences, Other
  • 51.3204Medical/Health Humanities

Common questions

Answers for people weighing social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other programs in Arizona.

What degree do you need to become a Social Sciences Teacher, Postsecondary, All Other?+

Doctoral or professional degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning, which awarded 240 degrees in Arizona in 2024-25, 30.6% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Social Sciences Teacher, Postsecondary, All Other?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 9 programs to this occupation. The largest are City/Urban, International/Globalization Studies, Social Sciences, Educational Assessment, plus 4 more. Together they graduate about 784 people a year in Arizona.

How much do social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other earn in Arizona?+

The median is $71,230 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 2.4% below the U.S. median of $72,990. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other growing?+

BLS projects a +1.7% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, little or no change, with roughly 1,500 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Arizona?+

9 institutions in Arizona reported graduates from at least one of the 9 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

Do you need training or experience beyond a degree?+

BLS lists 'None' for related work experience and 'None' for on-the-job training typically needed to reach competency.

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About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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