Georgia·Educational Instruction and Library Occupations·SOC 25-1199

Best Postsecondary Teacher, All Other programs in Georgia, ranked by enrollment

All postsecondary teachers not listed.

62 schools in Georgia run programs that feed this job, graduating 9,129 people a year. The job pays a median of $64,650 in Georgia across about 5,480 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledTeacherLecturerInstructorFaculty MemberFlight TeacherBraille TeacherCollege TeacherScience Teacher
Graduates / yr
9,129
in Georgia
Median pay · Georgia
$64,650
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
5,480
people employed
Schools
62
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
44%
across those schools
Median net price
$21,689
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Georgia that lead to this job

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

Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
CIP 24.01
Liberal Arts and Sciences
5,822graduates / yr
28 schools · 3 specializations · 63.7% of pipeline
Grad earnings $28,961
English Language And Literature/Letters
CIP 23.13
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
2,467graduates / yr
12 schools · 4 specializations · 27.1% of pipeline
Grad earnings $28,725
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
CIP 30.33
Sustainability Studies
115graduates / yr
6 schools · 1 specialization · 1.3% of pipeline
Grad earnings $37,223
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
CIP 30.01
Biological and Physical Sciences
96graduates / yr
1 schools · 1 specialization · 1.1% of pipeline
Grad earnings $28,446
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
CIP 30.25
Cognitive Science
93graduates / yr
2 schools · 1 specialization · 1.0% of pipeline
Grad earnings $41,362
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
CIP 30.30
Computational Science
85graduates / yr
2 schools · 1 specialization · 0.9% of pipeline
Grad earnings $50,745
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
CIP 30.70
Data Science
67graduates / yr
8 schools · 2 specializations · 0.8% of pipeline
Grad earnings
Visual And Performing Arts
CIP 50.04
Design and Applied Arts
60graduates / yr
3 schools · 1 specialization · 0.7% of pipeline
Grad earnings $31,611
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
CIP 30.71
Data Analytics
59graduates / yr
3 schools · 2 specializations · 0.6% of pipeline
Grad earnings
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
CIP 30.06
Systems Science and Theory
52graduates / yr
1 schools · 1 specialization · 0.6% of pipeline
Grad earnings $35,840
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
CIP 30.15
Science
49graduates / yr
1 schools · 1 specialization · 0.5% of pipeline
Grad earnings $44,736
Health Professions And Related Programs
CIP 51.27
Medical Illustration and Informatics
48graduates / yr
4 schools · 1 specialization · 0.5% of pipeline
Grad earnings $47,775
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
CIP 30.12
Historic Preservation and Conservation
34graduates / yr
3 schools · 1 specialization · 0.4% of pipeline
Grad earnings $35,326
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
CIP 30.14
Museology/Museum Studies
27graduates / yr
3 schools · 1 specialization · 0.3% of pipeline
Grad earnings
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
CIP 30.05
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
24graduates / yr
1 schools · 1 specialization · 0.3% of pipeline
Grad earnings $40,929
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
CIP 30.32
Marine Sciences
16graduates / yr
3 schools · 1 specialization · 0.2% of pipeline
Grad earnings $27,337
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
CIP 30.18
Natural Sciences
6graduates / yr
2 schools · 1 specialization · 0.1% of pipeline
Grad earnings $29,587
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
CIP 30.52
Digital Humanities and Textual Studies
5graduates / yr
1 schools · 1 specialization · 0.1% of pipeline
Grad earnings
Education
CIP 13.12
Teacher Education and Professional Development
4graduates / yr
1 schools · 1 specialization · 0.0% of pipeline
Grad earnings $41,127

26 programs in Georgia that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Georgia (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 Georgia page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 24.0101In Georgia
5,095
55.8%
28$28,961$12,971
2
CIP 23.1303In Georgia
2,334
25.6%
12$28,725$25,250
3
General Studiesmain feeder
CIP 24.0102In Georgia
716
7.8%
13$28,961$12,971
4
CIP 30.3301In Georgia
115
1.3%
6$37,223$20,968
5
CIP 30.0101In Georgia
96
1.1%
1$28,446$11,000
6
CIP 30.2501In Georgia
93
1.0%
2$41,362$17,750
7
CIP 23.1302In Georgia
85
0.9%
11$28,725$25,250
8
CIP 30.3001In Georgia
85
0.9%
2$50,745$27,000
9
CIP 50.0411In Georgia
60
0.7%
3$31,611$26,000
10
CIP 30.7101In Georgia
58
0.6%
3
11
CIP 30.7001In Georgia
53
0.6%
8
12
CIP 30.0601In Georgia
52
0.6%
1$35,840$23,250
13
CIP 30.1501In Georgia
49
0.5%
1$44,736$18,593
14
CIP 51.2706In Georgia
48
0.5%
4$47,775$25,000
15
CIP 23.1301In Georgia
34
0.4%
4$28,725$25,250
16
CIP 30.1201In Georgia
34
0.4%
3$35,326$22,812
17
CIP 30.1401In Georgia
27
0.3%
3$21,295
18
CIP 30.0501In Georgia
24
0.3%
1$40,929$25,000
19
CIP 30.3201In Georgia
16
0.2%
3$27,337$22,400
20
CIP 23.1304In Georgia
14
0.2%
3$28,725$25,250
21
CIP 30.7099In Georgia
14
0.2%
1
22
CIP 24.0103In Georgia
11
0.1%
2$28,961$12,971
23
CIP 30.1801In Georgia
6
0.1%
2$29,587$21,610
24
CIP 30.5202In Georgia
5
0.1%
1
25
CIP 13.1211In Georgia
4
0.0%
1$41,127$25,500
26
CIP 30.7199In Georgia
1
0.0%
1

Top 25 schools in Georgia

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 21 of the 62 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Georgia State University - Perimeter College
Atlanta, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
1,948Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies$29,07022%91%
2Chattahoochee Technical College
Marietta, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
1,845Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing38%
3Emory University - Oxford College
Oxford, GA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
533Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies$7,80894%$24,69213%
4University of North Georgia
Dahlonega, GA Public · 2 feeder programs
464Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies$24,81737%68%
5Georgia Highlands College
Rome, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
430Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies$28,40321%
6University of Georgia
Athens, GA Public · 11 feeder programs
398Biological and Physical Sciences$25,50890%38%
7Albany State University
Albany, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
368Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies$28,57631%
8College of Coastal Georgia
Brunswick, GA Public · 3 feeder programs
276Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies26%98%
9Georgia Military College
Milledgeville, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
267General Studies$19,92938%
10South Georgia State College
Douglas, GA Public · 2 feeder programs
250Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies$25,00216%
11Southern Crescent Technical College
Griffin, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
196Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing58%
12Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA Public · 3 feeder programs
191General Studies$34,57655%88%
13Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, GA Public · 6 feeder programs
186Data Analytics, General52%69%
14Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
Tifton, GA Public · 2 feeder programs
166Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies$28,06436%76%
15Dalton State College
Dalton, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
128Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies$23,66425%
16Atlanta Metropolitan State College
Atlanta, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
122Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies$23,86317%
17Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, GA Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs
117Systems Science and Theory69%$44,90283%
18Central Georgia Technical College
Warner Robins, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
112Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing47%
19Clayton State University
Morrow, GA Public · 3 feeder programs
97Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies$37,89840%68%
20Middle Georgia State University
Macon, GA Public · 4 feeder programs
97Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies25%100%
21Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
Atlanta, GA Public · 4 feeder programs
81Science, Technology and Society$40,29794%14%
22Brewton - Parker Christian University
Mount Vernon, GA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
80General Studies21%$22,62896%
23East Georgia State College
Swainsboro, GA Public · 2 feeder programs
73Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies$24,90017%
24Gordon State College
Barnesville, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
63Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies$22,72520%86%
25Life University
Marietta, GA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
55General Studies38%$30,66793%

All 62 schools in Georgia

Every school in Georgia 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 Georgia that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Georgia State University - Perimeter CollegeAtlantaPublic1,9481
Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMariettaPublic1,8451
Emory University - Oxford CollegeOxfordPrivate not-for-profit5331
University of North GeorgiaDahlonegaPublic4642
Georgia Highlands CollegeRomePublic4301
University of GeorgiaAthensPublic39811
Albany State UniversityAlbanyPublic3681
College of Coastal GeorgiaBrunswickPublic2763
Georgia Military CollegeMilledgevillePublic2671
South Georgia State CollegeDouglasPublic2502
Southern Crescent Technical CollegeGriffinPublic1961
Georgia Southern UniversityStatesboroPublic1913
Kennesaw State UniversityKennesawPublic1866
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural CollegeTiftonPublic1662
Dalton State CollegeDaltonPublic1281

What postsecondary teachers, all other earn in Georgia

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

Median annual in Georgia
$64,650
Mean annual
$73,740
Jobs in state
5,480
What the range looks like
10th pct$48,130Median$64,65090th pct$103,900
Versus the national median
-16.7%

U.S. median $77,640. Georgia pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
1.16×

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

Metro areas in Georgia

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
$55,640median
150 jobs
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
$77,570median
2,630 jobs
Savannah, GA
$77,030median
320 jobs
Rome, GA
$77,670median
90 jobs
Columbus, GA-AL
$64,920median
190 jobs
Athens-Clarke County, GA
$64,650median
210 jobs
Valdosta, GA
$48,890median
40 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+1.8%
Little or no change
Openings per year
13,500
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
3,400
183,400 → 186,800
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 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 Georgia

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 Georgia.

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 5,095 degrees in Georgia in 2024-25, 55.8% 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 26 programs to this occupation. The largest are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies, Sustainability Studies, Biological and Physical Sciences, plus 15 more. Together they graduate about 9,129 people a year in Georgia.

How much do postsecondary teachers, all other earn in Georgia?+

The median is $64,650 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 16.7% below 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 Georgia?+

62 institutions in Georgia reported graduates from at least one of the 26 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.

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    30.3

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

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