New Jersey·Educational Instruction and Library Occupations·SOC 25-1069

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

All postsecondary social sciences teachers not listed.

17 schools in New Jersey run programs that feed this job, graduating 759 people a year. The job pays a median of $63,250 in New Jersey across about 130 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledLecturerCollege TeacherScience TeacherHumanities TeacherLiberal Arts TeacherCity Planning TeacherNaval Science TeacherUrban Planning Teacher
Graduates / yr
759
in New Jersey
Median pay · New Jersey
$63,250
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
130
people employed
Schools
17
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
57%
across those schools
Median net price
$34,827
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in New Jersey that lead to this job

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

9 programs in New Jersey that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in New Jersey (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 New Jersey page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1544
71.7%
7$35,590$24,095
273
9.6%
2$99,851$21,475
337
4.9%
4$36,279$25,312
431
4.1%
2$42,824$25,237
527
3.6%
2$35,590$24,095
618
2.4%
3$32,906$21,966
715
2.0%
3
812
1.6%
3$40,294$21,775
92
0.3%
1$49,353$17,000

Top 17 schools in New Jersey

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 6 of the 17 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Brookdale Community College
Lincroft, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs
288Social Sciences, General$26,23130%
2Ramapo College of New Jersey
Mahwah, NJ Public · 2 feeder programs
85Social Sciences, General$43,04770%71%
3Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ Public · 2 feeder programs
82Medical/Health Humanities65%88%
4Essex County College
Newark, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs
81Social Sciences, General$22,05320%
5Thomas Edison State University
Trenton, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs
68Social Sciences, General$44,773
6Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ Public · 3 feeder programs
59Social Sciences, Other$51,75384%58%
7Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ Public · 4 feeder programs
29International/Globalization Studies67%78%
8Saint Peter's University
Jersey City, NJ Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
22Social Sciences, General58%$14,44090%
9Drew University
Madison, NJ Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
17Medical/Health Humanities70%$23,09468%
10Kean University
Union, NJ Public · 2 feeder programs
6Holocaust and Related Studies47%76%
11Felician University
Lodi, NJ Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
5Social Sciences, Other47%$41,497
12Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
5Social Sciences, General87%$34,82748%
13Stockton University
Galloway, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs
4Holocaust and Related Studies69%89%
14Rutgers University - Camden
Camden, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs
3Urban Studies/Affairs$44,26367%66%
15Rutgers University - Newark
Newark, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs
2Social Sciences, Other64%71%
16Salem Community College
Carneys Point, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs
2Social Sciences, General40%
17Camden County College
Blackwood, NJ Public · 1 feeder programs
1Social Sciences, Other31%

All 17 schools in New Jersey

Every school in New Jersey 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 New Jersey that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Brookdale Community CollegeLincroftPublic2881
Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwahPublic852
Montclair State UniversityMontclairPublic822
Essex County CollegeNewarkPublic811
Thomas Edison State UniversityTrentonPublic681
Rutgers University - New BrunswickNew BrunswickPublic593
Rowan UniversityGlassboroPublic294
Saint Peter's UniversityJersey CityPrivate not-for-profit222
Drew UniversityMadisonPrivate not-for-profit171
Kean UniversityUnionPublic62
Felician UniversityLodiPrivate not-for-profit51
Stevens Institute of TechnologyHobokenPrivate not-for-profit52
Stockton UniversityGallowayPublic41
Rutgers University - CamdenCamdenPublic31
Rutgers University - NewarkNewarkPublic21

What social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other earn in New Jersey

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

Median annual in New Jersey
$63,250
Mean annual
$78,320
Jobs in state
130
What the range looks like
10th pct$38,270Median$63,25090th pct$134,850
Versus the national median
-13.3%

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

Job concentration
0.29×

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
+1.7%
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 New Jersey

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 New Jersey.

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 544 degrees in New Jersey in 2024-25, 71.7% 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, Health Professions Education, Social Sciences, City/Urban, plus 4 more. Together they graduate about 759 people a year in New Jersey.

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

The median is $63,250 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 13.3% 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 New Jersey?+

17 institutions in New Jersey 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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