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

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

All postsecondary teachers not listed.

18 schools in Montana run programs that feed this job, graduating 748 people a year. The job pays a median of $77,550 in Montana across about 570 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledTeacherLecturerInstructorFaculty MemberFlight TeacherBraille TeacherCollege TeacherScience Teacher
Graduates / yr
748
in Montana
Median pay · Montana
$77,550
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
570
people employed
Schools
18
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
39%
across those schools
Median net price
$20,500
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Montana that lead to this job

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

9 programs in Montana that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Montana (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 Montana 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 Montana
589
78.7%
12$28,961$12,971
2
CIP 24.0101In Montana
95
12.7%
6$28,961$12,971
3
CIP 23.1302In Montana
36
4.8%
2$28,725$25,250
4
CIP 30.3301In Montana
17
2.3%
2$37,223$20,968
5
CIP 30.1299In Montana
4
0.5%
1$35,326$22,812
6
CIP 50.0411In Montana
4
0.5%
1$31,611$26,000
7
CIP 23.1301In Montana
1
0.1%
1$28,725$25,250
8
CIP 30.0101In Montana
1
0.1%
1$28,446$11,000
9
CIP 30.7001In Montana
1
0.1%
1

Top 18 schools in Montana

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 6 of the 18 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1The University of Montana
Missoula, MT Public · 4 feeder programs
162General Studies$30,79448%96%
2Flathead Valley Community College
Kalispell, MT Public · 1 feeder programs
128General Studies$30,07929%
3Montana State University
Bozeman, MT Public · 4 feeder programs
128General Studies$33,04057%82%
4Helena College University of Montana
Helena, MT Public · 1 feeder programs
102General Studies$31,29033%
5Montana State University Billings
Billings, MT Public · 3 feeder programs
59Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies$29,83230%
6Miles Community College
Miles City, MT Public · 1 feeder programs
43General Studies62%
7Dawson Community College
Glendive, MT Public · 1 feeder programs
41General Studies$25,63145%
8The University of Montana - Western
Dillon, MT Public · 1 feeder programs
38General Studies51%100%
9Fort Peck Community College
Poplar, MT Public · 1 feeder programs
15General Studies17%
10Chief Dull Knife College
Lame Deer, MT Public · 1 feeder programs
13General Studies0%
11Montana Technological University
Butte, MT Public · 1 feeder programs
6Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies58%91%
12Salish Kootenai College
Pablo, MT Public · 2 feeder programs
6Historic Preservation and Conservation, Other28%
13Little Big Horn College
Crow Agency, MT Public · 1 feeder programs
2Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies11%
14Blackfeet Community College
Browning, MT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
1Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies62%$6,463
15Carroll College
Helena, MT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
1Writing, General69%$21,44071%
16Rocky Mountain College
Billings, MT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
1Creative Writing48%$17,36970%
17Stone Child College
Box Elder, MT Public · 1 feeder programs
1General Studies34%
18University of Providence
Great Falls, MT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
1General Studies28%$20,50050%

All 18 schools in Montana

Every school in Montana 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 Montana that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
The University of MontanaMissoulaPublic1624
Flathead Valley Community CollegeKalispellPublic1281
Montana State UniversityBozemanPublic1284
Helena College University of MontanaHelenaPublic1021
Montana State University BillingsBillingsPublic593
Miles Community CollegeMiles CityPublic431
Dawson Community CollegeGlendivePublic411
The University of Montana - WesternDillonPublic381
Fort Peck Community CollegePoplarPublic151
Chief Dull Knife CollegeLame DeerPublic131
Montana Technological UniversityButtePublic61
Salish Kootenai CollegePabloPublic62
Little Big Horn CollegeCrow AgencyPublic21
Blackfeet Community CollegeBrowningPrivate not-for-profit11
Carroll CollegeHelenaPrivate not-for-profit11

What postsecondary teachers, all other earn in Montana

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

Median annual in Montana
$77,550
Mean annual
$87,600
Jobs in state
570
What the range looks like
10th pct$37,840Median$77,55090th pct$150,320
Versus the national median
-0.1%

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

Job concentration
1.17×

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
+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 Montana

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 Montana.

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 589 degrees in Montana in 2024-25, 78.7% 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 9 programs to this occupation. The largest are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies, Sustainability Studies, Historic Preservation and Conservation, plus 3 more. Together they graduate about 748 people a year in Montana.

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

The median is $77,550 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 0.1% 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 Montana?+

18 institutions in Montana 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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