Delaware·Educational Instruction and Library Occupations·SOC 25-1071

Best Health Specialties Teacher, Postsecondary programs in Delaware, ranked by enrollment

Teach courses in health specialties, in fields such as dentistry, laboratory technology, medicine, pharmacy, public health, therapy, and veterinary.

7 schools in Delaware run programs that feed this job, graduating 870 people a year. The job pays a median of $105,780 in Delaware across about 260 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledProfessorClinical ProfessorAssistant ProfessorAssociate ProfessorTeacherLecturerInstructorFaculty Member
Graduates / yr
870
in Delaware
Median pay · Delaware
$105,780
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
260
people employed
Schools
7
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
52%
across those schools
Median net price
$16,588
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Delaware that lead to this job

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

Health Professions And Related Programs
CIP 51.22
Public Health
202graduates / yr
2 schools · 4 specializations · 23.1% of pipeline
Grad earnings $36,762
Health Professions And Related Programs
CIP 51.08
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
173graduates / yr
3 schools · 3 specializations · 19.8% of pipeline
Grad earnings $29,507
Health Professions And Related Programs
CIP 51.09
Allied Health Diagnostic
137graduates / yr
1 schools · 7 specializations · 15.6% of pipeline
Grad earnings $53,520
Biological And Biomedical Sciences
CIP 26.09
Physiology
93graduates / yr
1 schools · 2 specializations · 10.7% of pipeline
Grad earnings $31,146
Health Professions And Related Programs
CIP 51.23
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
67graduates / yr
1 schools · 2 specializations · 7.7% of pipeline
Grad earnings $35,966
Health Professions And Related Programs
CIP 51.10
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
38graduates / yr
1 schools · 3 specializations · 4.4% of pipeline
Grad earnings $49,401
Health Professions And Related Programs
CIP 51.15
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
31graduates / yr
1 schools · 1 specialization · 3.6% of pipeline
Grad earnings $37,335
Health Professions And Related Programs
CIP 51.35
Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services
26graduates / yr
1 schools · 1 specialization · 3.0% of pipeline
Grad earnings $20,079
Health Professions And Related Programs
CIP 51.02
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
25graduates / yr
1 schools · 1 specialization · 2.9% of pipeline
Grad earnings $24,665
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
CIP 30.19
Nutrition Sciences
23graduates / yr
1 schools · 1 specialization · 2.6% of pipeline
Grad earnings $30,508
Health Professions And Related Programs
CIP 51.06
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
23graduates / yr
1 schools · 2 specializations · 2.7% of pipeline
Grad earnings $28,924
Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science And Related Fields
CIP 01.83
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians
15graduates / yr
1 schools · 1 specialization · 1.7% of pipeline
Grad earnings $33,581
Biological And Biomedical Sciences
CIP 26.13
Ecology
13graduates / yr
1 schools · 1 specialization · 1.5% of pipeline
Grad earnings $29,460
Biological And Biomedical Sciences
CIP 26.11
Biomathematics
4graduates / yr
1 schools · 1 specialization · 0.5% of pipeline
Grad earnings $72,338

30 programs in Delaware that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Delaware (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 Delaware page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 51.0801In Delaware
150
17.2%
3$29,507$11,000
2
CIP 51.2207In Delaware
137
15.7%
1$36,762$25,076
3
CIP 26.0999In Delaware
85
9.8%
1$31,146$23,384
4
CIP 51.2308In Delaware
57
6.6%
1$35,966$26,323
5
CIP 51.0999In Delaware
50
5.7%
1$53,520$20,250
6
CIP 51.2201In Delaware
49
5.6%
2$36,762$25,076
7
CIP 51.1501In Delaware
31
3.6%
1$37,335$22,861
8
CIP 51.0911In Delaware
29
3.3%
1$53,520$20,250
9
CIP 51.0913In Delaware
27
3.1%
1$53,520$20,250
10
CIP 51.3501In Delaware
26
3.0%
1$20,079$8,792
11
CIP 51.0203In Delaware
25
2.9%
1$24,665$22,500
12
CIP 30.1901In Delaware
23
2.6%
1$30,508$24,586
13
CIP 51.1005In Delaware
22
2.5%
1$49,401$19,848
14
CIP 51.0602In Delaware
17
2.0%
1$28,924$10,782
15
CIP 01.8301In Delaware
15
1.7%
1$33,581$14,171
16
CIP 51.0910In Delaware
15
1.7%
1$53,520$20,250
17
CIP 51.0803In Delaware
14
1.6%
1$29,507$11,000
18
CIP 26.1309In Delaware
13
1.5%
1$29,460$23,480
19
CIP 51.1009In Delaware
11
1.3%
1$49,401$19,848
20
CIP 51.2208In Delaware
10
1.1%
1$36,762$25,076
21
CIP 51.2306In Delaware
10
1.1%
1$35,966$26,323
22
CIP 51.0802In Delaware
9
1.0%
1$29,507$11,000
23
CIP 26.0913In Delaware
8
0.9%
1$31,146$23,384
24
CIP 51.0904In Delaware
7
0.8%
1$53,520$20,250
25
CIP 51.0601In Delaware
6
0.7%
1$28,924$10,782
26
CIP 51.0909In Delaware
6
0.7%
1$53,520$20,250
27
CIP 51.2212In Delaware
6
0.7%
1$36,762$25,076
28
CIP 51.1007In Delaware
5
0.6%
1$49,401$19,848
29
CIP 26.1102In Delaware
4
0.5%
1$72,338$18,500
30
CIP 51.0905In Delaware
3
0.3%
1$53,520$20,250

Top 7 schools in Delaware

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 3 of the 7 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 Delaware
Newark, DE Public · 13 feeder programs
459Public Health Education and Promotion$35,43781%71%
2Delaware Technical Community College - Terry
Dover, DE Public · 12 feeder programs
170Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling22%
3Dawn Career Institute LLC
Newark, DE Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs
122Medical/Clinical Assistant$28,70882%$15,344
4Delaware State University
Dover, DE Public · 2 feeder programs
57Public Health, General39%47%
5Academy of Massage and Bodywork
Bear, DE Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs
26Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage$17,303
6Polytech Adult Education
Woodside, DE Public · 3 feeder programs
26Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist70%
7Wilmington University
New Castle, DE Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
10Community Health and Preventive Medicine20%$16,588

All 7 schools in Delaware

Every school in Delaware 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 Delaware that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
University of DelawareNewarkPublic45913
Delaware Technical Community College - TerryDoverPublic17012
Dawn Career Institute LLCNewarkPrivate for-profit1221
Delaware State UniversityDoverPublic572
Academy of Massage and BodyworkBearPrivate for-profit261
Polytech Adult EducationWoodsidePublic263
Wilmington UniversityNew CastlePrivate not-for-profit101

What health specialties teachers, postsecondary earn in Delaware

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

Median annual in Delaware
$105,780
Mean annual
$120,000
Jobs in state
260
What the range looks like
10th pct$64,840Median$105,78090th pct$200,430
Versus the national median
-1.4%

U.S. median $107,310. Delaware pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
0.38×

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

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+17.3%
Much faster than average
Openings per year
27,400
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
50,100
289,600 → 339,700
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 Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary page.

How to become a Health Specialties Teacher, Postsecondary

Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above
Typical entry education
Doctoral or professional degree
Work experience needed
Less than 5 years

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).

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

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.

Top skills

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The same job in other states

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

Related careers in Delaware

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 25 majors mapped to Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary23 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 01.8001Veterinary Medicine
  • 01.8101Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General
  • 01.8102Comparative and Laboratory Animal Medicine
  • 01.8103Large Animal/Food Animal and Equine Surgery and Medicine
  • 01.8104Small/Companion Animal Surgery and Medicine
  • 01.8105Veterinary Anatomy(no graduates reported)
  • 01.8106Veterinary Infectious Diseases
  • 01.8107Veterinary Microbiology and Immunobiology
  • 01.8108Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology
  • 01.8109Veterinary Physiology
  • 01.8110Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health
  • 01.8111Veterinary Toxicology and Pharmacology(no graduates reported)
  • 01.8199Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Other
  • 01.8301Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant
  • 13.1327Health Occupations Teacher Education
  • 26.0401Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology
  • 26.0403Anatomy
  • 26.0404Developmental Biology and Embryology
  • 26.0503Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
  • 26.0913Biomechanics
  • 26.0999Physiology, Pathology, and Related Sciences, Other
  • 26.1001Pharmacology
  • 26.1002Molecular Pharmacology
  • 26.1003Neuropharmacology
  • 26.1004Toxicology

Common questions

Answers for people weighing health specialties teachers, postsecondary programs in Delaware.

What degree do you need to become a Health Specialties Teacher, Postsecondary?+

Doctoral or professional degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Medical/Clinical Assistant, which awarded 150 degrees in Delaware in 2024-25, 17.2% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Health Specialties Teacher, Postsecondary?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 30 programs to this occupation. The largest are Public Health, Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services, Allied Health Diagnostic, Physiology, plus 10 more. Together they graduate about 870 people a year in Delaware.

How much do health specialties teachers, postsecondary earn in Delaware?+

The median is $105,780 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 1.4% below the U.S. median of $107,310. 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 health specialties teachers, postsecondary growing?+

BLS projects a +17.3% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, much faster than average, with roughly 27,400 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

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

7 institutions in Delaware 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.

What other job titles do health specialties teachers, postsecondary work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Professor, Clinical Professor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 25-1071.

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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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