Best Postsecondary Teacher, All Other programs in California, ranked by enrollment
All postsecondary teachers not listed.
218 schools in California run programs that feed this job, graduating 143,951 people a year. The job pays a median of $100,690 in California across about 37,770 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in California that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
30 programs in California that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in California (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 California page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studiesmain feeder CIP 24.0101In California → | 102,600 | 71.3% | 171 | $28,961 | $12,971 |
| 2 | CIP 30.0101In California → | 19,845 | 13.8% | 99 | $28,446 | $11,000 |
| 3 | Humanities/Humanistic Studiesmain feeder CIP 24.0103In California → | 14,268 | 9.9% | 105 | $28,961 | $12,971 |
| 4 | CIP 30.2501In California → | 2,186 | 1.5% | 16 | $41,362 | $17,750 |
| 5 | General Studiesmain feeder CIP 24.0102In California → | 2,125 | 1.5% | 15 | $28,961 | $12,971 |
| 6 | CIP 30.7001In California → | 616 | 0.4% | 13 | — | — |
| 7 | CIP 23.1302In California → | 471 | 0.3% | 39 | $28,725 | $25,250 |
| 8 | CIP 50.0411In California → | 364 | 0.3% | 26 | $31,611 | $26,000 |
| 9 | CIP 30.3201In California → | 211 | 0.1% | 7 | $27,337 | $22,400 |
| 10 | CIP 51.2706In California → | 162 | 0.1% | 13 | $47,775 | $25,000 |
| 11 | CIP 30.3001In California → | 152 | 0.1% | 6 | $50,745 | $27,000 |
| 12 | CIP 30.0601In California → | 148 | 0.1% | 6 | $35,840 | $23,250 |
| 13 | CIP 30.3301In California → | 142 | 0.1% | 10 | $37,223 | $20,968 |
| 14 | CIP 30.1801In California → | 134 | 0.1% | 7 | $29,587 | $21,610 |
| 15 | CIP 30.7101In California → | 126 | 0.1% | 5 | — | — |
| 16 | CIP 30.1501In California → | 98 | 0.1% | 6 | $44,736 | $18,593 |
| 17 | CIP 30.0501In California → | 70 | 0.0% | 4 | $40,929 | $25,000 |
| 18 | CIP 23.1301In California → | 45 | 0.0% | 6 | $28,725 | $25,250 |
| 19 | CIP 30.2601In California → | 43 | 0.0% | 4 | $21,458 | $21,125 |
| 20 | CIP 23.1304In California → | 37 | 0.0% | 3 | $28,725 | $25,250 |
| 21 | CIP 30.1401In California → | 28 | 0.0% | 3 | — | $21,295 |
| 22 | CIP 15.1503In California → | 15 | 0.0% | 2 | $68,912 | $25,236 |
| 23 | CIP 43.0304In California → | 15 | 0.0% | 1 | $46,281 | $23,250 |
| 24 | CIP 40.9999In California → | 13 | 0.0% | 2 | $47,513 | $24,000 |
| 25 | CIP 23.1303In California → | 11 | 0.0% | 5 | $28,725 | $25,250 |
| 26 | CIP 30.1201In California → | 7 | 0.0% | 1 | $35,326 | $22,812 |
| 27 | CIP 30.7199In California → | 7 | 0.0% | 1 | — | — |
| 28 | CIP 13.1211In California → | 6 | 0.0% | 1 | $41,127 | $25,500 |
| 29 | CIP 51.3204In California → | 5 | 0.0% | 1 | $99,851 | $21,475 |
| 30 | CIP 30.2502In California → | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | $41,362 | $17,750 |
Top 25 schools in California
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 77 of the 218 schools in this state.
All 218 schools in California
Every school in California 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.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Monica College | Santa Monica | Public | 7,014 | 3 |
| Bakersfield College | Bakersfield | Public | 3,859 | 1 |
| Los Angeles Pierce College | Woodland Hills | Public | 3,816 | 3 |
| Cerritos College | Norwalk | Public | 3,545 | 4 |
| Golden West College | Huntington Beach | Public | 3,525 | 4 |
| Saddleback College | Mission Viejo | Public | 3,393 | 4 |
| Moorpark College | Moorpark | Public | 3,372 | 5 |
| Allan Hancock College | Santa Maria | Public | 3,224 | 2 |
| Pasadena City College | Pasadena | Public | 2,956 | 4 |
| Santa Ana College | Santa Ana | Public | 2,864 | 3 |
| Ventura College | Ventura | Public | 2,737 | 4 |
| Irvine Valley College | Irvine | Public | 2,496 | 4 |
| Santa Barbara City College | Santa Barbara | Public | 2,339 | 4 |
| Grossmont College | El Cajon | Public | 2,198 | 4 |
| Orange Coast College | Costa Mesa | Public | 2,183 | 3 |
What postsecondary teachers, all other earn in California
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $77,640. California pays above the national figure.
Concentrated here: California employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.
Metro areas in California
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
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 Postsecondary Teachers, All Other page.
How to become a Postsecondary Teacher, 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 California
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 25 majors mapped to Postsecondary Teachers, All Other24 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 12.0509Culinary Science/Culinology
- 13.1211Online Educator/Online Teaching
- 15.1503Packaging Science
- 16.1602Linguistics of ASL and Other Sign Languages
- 23.1301Writing, General
- 23.1302Creative Writing
- 23.1303Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing
- 23.1304Rhetoric and Composition
- 24.0101Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
- 24.0102General Studies
- 24.0103Humanities/Humanistic Studies
- 30.0101Biological and Physical Sciences
- 30.0501Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
- 30.0601Systems Science and Theory
- 30.1201Historic Preservation and Conservation, General
- 30.1299Historic Preservation and Conservation, Other
- 30.1401Museology/Museum Studies
- 30.1501Science, Technology and Society
- 30.1801Natural Sciences
- 30.2501Cognitive Science, General
- 30.2502Contemplative Studies/Inquiry
- 30.2599Cognitive Science, Other(no graduates reported)
- 30.2601Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis
- 30.2901Maritime Studies
- 30.3001Computational Science
Common questions
Answers for people weighing postsecondary teachers, all other programs in California.
What degree do you need to become a Postsecondary Teacher, 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 Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies, which awarded 102,600 degrees in California in 2024-25, 71.3% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Postsecondary Teacher, All Other?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 30 programs to this occupation. The largest are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Biological and Physical Sciences, Cognitive Science, Data Science, plus 19 more. Together they graduate about 143,951 people a year in California.
How much do postsecondary teachers, all other earn in California?+
The median is $100,690 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 29.7% above the U.S. median of $77,640. 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 postsecondary teachers, all other growing?+
BLS projects a +1.8% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, little or no change, with roughly 13,500 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in California?+
218 institutions in California reported graduates from at least one of the 30 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.
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 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected 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 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, 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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