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

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

All postsecondary teachers not listed.

11 schools in Idaho run programs that feed this job, graduating 3,402 people a year. The job pays a median of $74,180 in Idaho across about 2,200 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledTeacherLecturerInstructorFaculty MemberFlight TeacherBraille TeacherCollege TeacherScience Teacher
Graduates / yr
3,402
in Idaho
Median pay · Idaho
$74,180
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
2,200
people employed
Schools
11
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
49%
across those schools
Median net price
$24,681
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Idaho that lead to this job

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

12 programs in Idaho that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Idaho (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 Idaho page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
General Studiesmain feeder
CIP 24.0102In Idaho
1,952
57.4%
5$28,961$12,971
2
CIP 24.0101In Idaho
1,072
31.5%
8$28,961$12,971
3
CIP 30.7101In Idaho
120
3.5%
2
4
CIP 30.5202In Idaho
72
2.1%
1
5
CIP 23.1302In Idaho
62
1.8%
4$28,725$25,250
6
CIP 30.7001In Idaho
54
1.6%
2
7
CIP 30.1801In Idaho
20
0.6%
2$29,587$21,610
8
CIP 23.1304In Idaho
18
0.5%
1$28,725$25,250
9
CIP 24.0103In Idaho
17
0.5%
3$28,961$12,971
10
CIP 23.1303In Idaho
10
0.3%
3$28,725$25,250
11
CIP 30.3301In Idaho
3
0.1%
1$37,223$20,968
12
CIP 51.2706In Idaho
2
0.1%
1$47,775$25,000

Top 11 schools in Idaho

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 10 of the 11 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Brigham Young University - Idaho
Rexburg, ID Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs
980General Studies$20,40455%$6,76096%
2North Idaho College
Coeur d'Alene, ID Public · 2 feeder programs
789General Studies$27,94038%
3College of Southern Idaho
Twin Falls, ID Public · 1 feeder programs
369Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies$28,65833%
4Boise State University
Boise, ID Public · 8 feeder programs
362Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies$40,88660%87%
5Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID Public · 3 feeder programs
269General Studies$26,78439%
6College of Western Idaho
Nampa, ID Public · 2 feeder programs
160Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies$31,43931%
7College of Eastern Idaho
Idaho Falls, ID Public · 1 feeder programs
158Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies$29,50739%
8University of Idaho
Moscow, ID Public · 4 feeder programs
114General Studies$33,62057%76%
9Lewis - Clark State College
Lewiston, ID Public · 4 feeder programs
108Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies$33,13840%88%
10New Saint Andrews College
Moscow, ID Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
82Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies74%84%
11Northwest Nazarene University
Nampa, ID Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
11General Studies$25,92371%$24,68165%

All 11 schools in Idaho

Every school in Idaho 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 Idaho that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Brigham Young University - IdahoRexburgPrivate not-for-profit9804
North Idaho CollegeCoeur d'AlenePublic7892
College of Southern IdahoTwin FallsPublic3691
Boise State UniversityBoisePublic3628
Idaho State UniversityPocatelloPublic2693
College of Western IdahoNampaPublic1602
College of Eastern IdahoIdaho FallsPublic1581
University of IdahoMoscowPublic1144
Lewis - Clark State CollegeLewistonPublic1084
New Saint Andrews CollegeMoscowPrivate not-for-profit822
Northwest Nazarene UniversityNampaPrivate not-for-profit112

What postsecondary teachers, all other earn in Idaho

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

Median annual in Idaho
$74,180
Mean annual
$78,700
Jobs in state
2,200
What the range looks like
10th pct$46,210Median$74,18090th pct$125,100
Versus the national median
-4.5%

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

Job concentration
2.66×

Concentrated here: Idaho employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.

Metro areas in Idaho

Boise City, ID
$76,540median

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 Idaho

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 Idaho.

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 General Studies, which awarded 1,952 degrees in Idaho in 2024-25, 57.4% 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 12 programs to this occupation. The largest are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Data Analytics, Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies, Digital Humanities and Textual Studies, plus 4 more. Together they graduate about 3,402 people a year in Idaho.

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

The median is $74,180 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 4.5% 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 Idaho?+

11 institutions in Idaho reported graduates from at least one of the 12 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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