Best Postsecondary Teacher, All Other programs in Connecticut, ranked by enrollment
All postsecondary teachers not listed.
21 schools in Connecticut run programs that feed this job, graduating 2,311 people a year. The job pays a median of $78,220 in Connecticut across about 1,940 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Connecticut that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
22 programs in Connecticut that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Connecticut (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 Connecticut 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 Connecticut → | 910 | 39.4% | 13 | $28,961 | $12,971 |
| 2 | General Studiesmain feeder CIP 24.0102In Connecticut → | 889 | 38.5% | 11 | $28,961 | $12,971 |
| 3 | CIP 51.2706In Connecticut → | 163 | 7.1% | 2 | $47,775 | $25,000 |
| 4 | CIP 30.2501In Connecticut → | 66 | 2.9% | 1 | $41,362 | $17,750 |
| 5 | CIP 30.7001In Connecticut → | 61 | 2.6% | 6 | — | — |
| 6 | CIP 23.1302In Connecticut → | 45 | 1.9% | 4 | $28,725 | $25,250 |
| 7 | Humanities/Humanistic Studiesmain feeder CIP 24.0103In Connecticut → | 34 | 1.5% | 3 | $28,961 | $12,971 |
| 8 | CIP 30.3001In Connecticut → | 30 | 1.3% | 1 | $50,745 | $27,000 |
| 9 | CIP 50.0411In Connecticut → | 30 | 1.3% | 3 | $31,611 | $26,000 |
| 10 | CIP 30.1501In Connecticut → | 19 | 0.8% | 1 | $44,736 | $18,593 |
| 11 | CIP 30.0501In Connecticut → | 14 | 0.6% | 1 | $40,929 | $25,000 |
| 12 | CIP 23.1301In Connecticut → | 13 | 0.6% | 1 | $28,725 | $25,250 |
| 13 | CIP 30.0101In Connecticut → | 8 | 0.3% | 1 | $28,446 | $11,000 |
| 14 | CIP 30.3301In Connecticut → | 6 | 0.3% | 1 | $37,223 | $20,968 |
| 15 | CIP 30.7199In Connecticut → | 6 | 0.3% | 1 | — | — |
| 16 | CIP 13.1211In Connecticut → | 4 | 0.2% | 1 | $41,127 | $25,500 |
| 17 | CIP 43.0304In Connecticut → | 4 | 0.2% | 1 | $46,281 | $23,250 |
| 18 | CIP 30.2601In Connecticut → | 3 | 0.1% | 1 | $21,458 | $21,125 |
| 19 | CIP 51.3204In Connecticut → | 3 | 0.1% | 1 | $99,851 | $21,475 |
| 20 | CIP 23.1303In Connecticut → | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | $28,725 | $25,250 |
| 21 | CIP 30.7099In Connecticut → | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | — | — |
| 22 | CIP 40.9999In Connecticut → | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | $47,513 | $24,000 |
Top 21 schools in Connecticut
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 10 of the 21 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connecticut State Community College New Britain, CT Public · 5 feeder programs | 1,070 | General Studies | $25,072 | 24% | — | — |
| 2 | Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 182 | Medical Informatics | — | 73% | $42,705 | 65% |
| 3 | University of Connecticut Storrs, CT Public · 4 feeder programs | 166 | General Studies | $44,240 | 83% | — | 52% |
| 4 | Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT Public · 3 feeder programs | 130 | Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies | $36,168 | 50% | — | 91% |
| 5 | Charter Oak State College New Britain, CT Public · 2 feeder programs | 106 | Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies | $44,615 | 67% | — | — |
| 6 | Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT Public · 3 feeder programs | 97 | General Studies | — | 48% | — | 73% |
| 7 | Yale University New Haven, CT Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 90 | Cognitive Science, General | — | 96% | $27,025 | 4% |
| 8 | University of Hartford West Hartford, CT Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 80 | Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies | $6,992 | 54% | $28,311 | 96% |
| 9 | Eastern Connecticut State University Willimantic, CT Public · 2 feeder programs | 57 | General Studies | $41,870 | 58% | — | 83% |
| 10 | Wesleyan University Middletown, CT Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 52 | Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies | $39,764 | 93% | $16,467 | 16% |
| 11 | Western Connecticut State University Danbury, CT Public · 3 feeder programs | 47 | Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies | $27,784 | 52% | — | 87% |
| 12 | Fairfield University Fairfield, CT Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 44 | Creative Writing | — | 84% | $36,845 | 33% |
| 13 | Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT Private not-for-profit · 5 feeder programs | 34 | Game and Interactive Media Design | $35,884 | 76% | $36,137 | 72% |
| 14 | Goodwin University East Hartford, CT Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 33 | General Studies | — | 58% | $30,133 | — |
| 15 | Holy Apostles College and Seminary Cromwell, CT Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 27 | Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies | — | 79% | $16,073 | — |
| 16 | Albertus Magnus College New Haven, CT Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs | 26 | General Studies | — | 51% | $32,574 | 59% |
| 17 | University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 23 | General Studies | $43,743 | 41% | $25,149 | 83% |
| 18 | University of New Haven West Haven, CT Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 18 | General Studies | — | 63% | $32,614 | 60% |
| 19 | Hartford International University for Religion and Peace Hartford, CT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 14 | Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Mitchell College New London, CT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 8 | Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies | — | 42% | $30,734 | 95% |
| 21 | Post University Waterbury, CT Private for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 7 | Online Educator/Online Teaching | — | 25% | $14,659 | — |
All 21 schools in Connecticut
Every school in Connecticut 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut State Community College | New Britain | Public | 1,070 | 5 |
| Sacred Heart University | Fairfield | Private not-for-profit | 182 | 3 |
| University of Connecticut | Storrs | Public | 166 | 4 |
| Southern Connecticut State University | New Haven | Public | 130 | 3 |
| Charter Oak State College | New Britain | Public | 106 | 2 |
| Central Connecticut State University | New Britain | Public | 97 | 3 |
| Yale University | New Haven | Private not-for-profit | 90 | 2 |
| University of Hartford | West Hartford | Private not-for-profit | 80 | 3 |
| Eastern Connecticut State University | Willimantic | Public | 57 | 2 |
| Wesleyan University | Middletown | Private not-for-profit | 52 | 3 |
| Western Connecticut State University | Danbury | Public | 47 | 3 |
| Fairfield University | Fairfield | Private not-for-profit | 44 | 3 |
| Quinnipiac University | Hamden | Private not-for-profit | 34 | 5 |
| Goodwin University | East Hartford | Private not-for-profit | 33 | 2 |
| Holy Apostles College and Seminary | Cromwell | Private not-for-profit | 27 | 2 |
What postsecondary teachers, all other earn in Connecticut
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $77,640. Connecticut pays above the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Connecticut
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 Connecticut
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 Connecticut.
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 910 degrees in Connecticut in 2024-25, 39.4% 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 22 programs to this occupation. The largest are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Medical Illustration and Informatics, Cognitive Science, Data Science, plus 13 more. Together they graduate about 2,311 people a year in Connecticut.
How much do postsecondary teachers, all other earn in Connecticut?+
The median is $78,220 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 0.7% 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 Connecticut?+
21 institutions in Connecticut reported graduates from at least one of the 22 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.
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