Maryland·Educational Instruction and Library Occupations·SOC 25-1069

Best Social Sciences Teacher, Postsecondary, All Other programs in Maryland, ranked by enrollment

All postsecondary social sciences teachers not listed.

13 schools in Maryland run programs that feed this job, graduating 722 people a year. The job pays a median of $68,650 in Maryland across about 500 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledLecturerCollege TeacherScience TeacherHumanities TeacherLiberal Arts TeacherCity Planning TeacherNaval Science TeacherUrban Planning Teacher
Graduates / yr
722
in Maryland
Median pay · Maryland
$68,650
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
500
people employed
Schools
13
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
56%
across those schools
Median net price
$23,244
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Maryland that lead to this job

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

9 programs in Maryland that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Maryland (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 Maryland page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 45.0101In Maryland
379
52.5%
6$35,590$24,095
2
CIP 45.9999In Maryland
175
24.2%
4$36,279$25,312
3
CIP 13.0607In Maryland
49
6.8%
1$33,086$26,000
4
CIP 30.2001In Maryland
42
5.8%
5$32,906$21,966
5
CIP 30.2701In Maryland
41
5.7%
2$31,690$17,312
6
CIP 04.0301In Maryland
25
3.5%
3$42,824$25,237
7
CIP 45.1201In Maryland
7
1.0%
2$40,294$21,775
8
CIP 45.0102In Maryland
3
0.4%
2$35,590$24,095
9
CIP 30.2101In Maryland
1
0.1%
1

Top 13 schools in Maryland

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 6 of the 13 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 Maryland Global Campus
Adelphi, MD Public · 2 feeder programs
261Social Sciences, General$50,55733%
2Towson University
Towson, MD Public · 4 feeder programs
171Social Sciences, Other$36,27969%82%
3Frederick Community College
Frederick, MD Public · 1 feeder programs
131Social Sciences, General$32,74937%
4Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD Public · 4 feeder programs
31Human Biology41%82%
5University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD Public · 2 feeder programs
30City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning89%45%
6Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
23Human Biology$19,91694%$11,8886%
7Loyola University Maryland
Baltimore, MD Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
18Social Sciences, Other$33,99379%$26,58575%
8University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD Public · 3 feeder programs
17International/Globalization Studies$49,11570%72%
9Coppin State University
Baltimore, MD Public · 2 feeder programs
15Social Sciences, General26%46%
10Community College of Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD Public · 1 feeder programs
11International/Globalization Studies19%
11Hood College
Frederick, MD Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
5International/Globalization Studies57%$23,24478%
12Salisbury University
Salisbury, MD Public · 2 feeder programs
5International/Globalization Studies68%87%
13Frostburg State University
Frostburg, MD Public · 1 feeder programs
4Social Sciences, General50%89%

All 13 schools in Maryland

Every school in Maryland 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 Maryland that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphiPublic2612
Towson UniversityTowsonPublic1714
Frederick Community CollegeFrederickPublic1311
Morgan State UniversityBaltimorePublic314
University of Maryland - College ParkCollege ParkPublic302
Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimorePrivate not-for-profit232
Loyola University MarylandBaltimorePrivate not-for-profit181
University of Maryland - Baltimore CountyBaltimorePublic173
Coppin State UniversityBaltimorePublic152
Community College of Baltimore CountyBaltimorePublic111
Hood CollegeFrederickPrivate not-for-profit51
Salisbury UniversitySalisburyPublic52
Frostburg State UniversityFrostburgPublic41

What social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other earn in Maryland

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

Median annual in Maryland
$68,650
Mean annual
$77,800
Jobs in state
500
What the range looks like
10th pct$31,840Median$68,65090th pct$130,290
Versus the national median
-5.9%

U.S. median $72,990. Maryland pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
1.71×

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

Metro areas in Maryland

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
$75,050median
330 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+1.7%
Little or no change
Openings per year
1,500
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
400
20,700 → 21,100
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 Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other page.

How to become a Social Sciences Teacher, Postsecondary, 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 Maryland

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 17 majors mapped to Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other17 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 04.0301City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
  • 04.1001Real Estate Development
  • 13.0607Learning Sciences
  • 19.1001Work and Family Studies
  • 30.2001International/Globalization Studies
  • 30.2101Holocaust and Related Studies
  • 30.2701Human Biology
  • 30.4201Geoarcheaology
  • 45.0101Social Sciences, General
  • 45.0102Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods
  • 45.0103Survey Research/Methodology
  • 45.0199Social Sciences, Other
  • 45.1103Rural Sociology
  • 45.1199Sociology, Other
  • 45.1201Urban Studies/Affairs
  • 45.9999Social Sciences, Other
  • 51.3204Medical/Health Humanities

Common questions

Answers for people weighing social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other programs in Maryland.

What degree do you need to become a Social Sciences Teacher, Postsecondary, 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 Social Sciences, General, which awarded 379 degrees in Maryland in 2024-25, 52.5% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Social Sciences Teacher, Postsecondary, All Other?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 9 programs to this occupation. The largest are Social Sciences, Social Sciences, Educational Assessment, International/Globalization Studies, plus 4 more. Together they graduate about 722 people a year in Maryland.

How much do social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other earn in Maryland?+

The median is $68,650 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 5.9% below the U.S. median of $72,990. 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 social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other growing?+

BLS projects a +1.7% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, little or no change, with roughly 1,500 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

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

13 institutions in Maryland reported graduates from at least one of the 9 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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