North Dakota·Educational Instruction and Library Occupations·SOC 25-1199

Best Postsecondary Teacher, All Other programs in North Dakota, ranked by enrollment

All postsecondary teachers not listed.

19 schools in North Dakota run programs that feed this job, graduating 1,067 people a year. The job pays a median of $63,430 in North Dakota across about 470 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledTeacherLecturerInstructorFaculty MemberFlight TeacherBraille TeacherCollege TeacherScience Teacher
Graduates / yr
1,067
in North Dakota
Median pay · North Dakota
$63,430
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
470
people employed
Schools
19
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
44%
across those schools
Median net price
$16,753
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in North Dakota that lead to this job

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

11 programs in North Dakota that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in North Dakota (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 North Dakota page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1704
66.0%
8$28,961$12,971
2
General Studiesmain feeder
311
29.1%
11$28,961$12,971
313
1.2%
2
410
0.9%
1$28,725$25,250
58
0.7%
2$28,725$25,250
67
0.7%
1$28,961$12,971
75
0.5%
1$72,216$24,750
83
0.3%
1$28,725$25,250
92
0.2%
1$28,725$25,250
102
0.2%
1$28,446$11,000
112
0.2%
2$47,775$25,000

Top 19 schools in North Dakota

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 7 of the 19 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Bismarck State College
Bismarck, ND Public · 2 feeder programs
307Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies$33,35847%
2University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND Public · 4 feeder programs
137General Studies$42,94860%77%
3Williston State College
Williston, ND Public · 1 feeder programs
105Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies$31,87142%
4Valley City State University
Valley City, ND Public · 1 feeder programs
95General Studies53%99%
5Lake Region State College
Devils Lake, ND Public · 1 feeder programs
84Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies$19,01452%
6North Dakota State College of Science
Wahpeton, ND Public · 1 feeder programs
76Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies$31,52155%
7Dakota College at Bottineau
Bottineau, ND Public · 2 feeder programs
75Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies48%
8Turtle Mountain College
Belcourt, ND Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
36Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies43%$3,883
9Mayville State University
Mayville, ND Public · 1 feeder programs
27General Studies$34,30641%
10University of Mary
Bismarck, ND Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
27General Studies67%$16,75375%
11Minot State University
Minot, ND Public · 3 feeder programs
24General Studies$44,61445%65%
12North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, ND Public · 4 feeder programs
17Humanities/Humanistic Studies64%95%
13Cankdeska Cikana Community College
Fort Totten, ND Public · 1 feeder programs
14Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies28%
14Dickinson State University
Dickinson, ND Public · 1 feeder programs
10Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies51%37%
15Sitting Bull College
Fort Yates, ND Public · 1 feeder programs
10General Studies22%
16Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College
New Town, ND Public · 2 feeder programs
9General Studies7%
17United Tribes Technical College
Bismarck, ND Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
9General Studies21%$2,819
18Trinity Bible College and Graduate School
Ellendale, ND Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
4General Studies46%$21,47526%
19University of Jamestown
Jamestown, ND Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
1Medical Informatics49%$19,58388%

All 19 schools in North Dakota

Every school in North Dakota 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 North Dakota that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Bismarck State CollegeBismarckPublic3072
University of North DakotaGrand ForksPublic1374
Williston State CollegeWillistonPublic1051
Valley City State UniversityValley CityPublic951
Lake Region State CollegeDevils LakePublic841
North Dakota State College of ScienceWahpetonPublic761
Dakota College at BottineauBottineauPublic752
Turtle Mountain CollegeBelcourtPrivate not-for-profit361
Mayville State UniversityMayvillePublic271
University of MaryBismarckPrivate not-for-profit272
Minot State UniversityMinotPublic243
North Dakota State University - Main CampusFargoPublic174
Cankdeska Cikana Community CollegeFort TottenPublic141
Dickinson State UniversityDickinsonPublic101
Sitting Bull CollegeFort YatesPublic101

What postsecondary teachers, all other earn in North Dakota

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

Median annual in North Dakota
$63,430
Mean annual
$69,700
Jobs in state
470
What the range looks like
10th pct$15,490Median$63,43090th pct$122,270
Versus the national median
-18.3%

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

Job concentration
1.14×

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

Metro areas in North Dakota

Fargo, ND-MN
$71,500median
170 jobs
Bismarck, ND
$59,830median
30 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 North Dakota

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 North Dakota.

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 704 degrees in North Dakota in 2024-25, 66.0% 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 11 programs to this occupation. The largest are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies, Data Science, Materials Sciences, plus 2 more. Together they graduate about 1,067 people a year in North Dakota.

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

The median is $63,430 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 18.3% 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 North Dakota?+

19 institutions in North Dakota reported graduates from at least one of the 11 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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