Best degree programs for Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary, ranked by enrollment
1 college programs and 6 schools train Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary. Compare graduates per year, cost and pay, $42,910 median wage, 164,090 U.S. jobs. Federal data.
1 college programs at 6 schools train teaching assistants, postsecondary, graduating 588 people a year (IPEDS completions). The largest is Teaching Assistants/Aides, Other. The job pays a median of $42,910 (BLS OEWS May 2025).
About teaching assistants, postsecondary
Assist faculty or other instructional staff in postsecondary institutions by performing instructional support activities, such as developing teaching materials, leading discussion groups, preparing and giving examinations, and grading examinations or papers.
Fields of study that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level, the tier our program pages are built on. Numbers are graduates per year.
1 degree programs that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are College Scorecard figures for people who finished the program, reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. That is a different measurement from the occupation-wide wages further down this page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teaching Assistants/Aides, Othermain feeder CIP 13.1599 | 588 | 100.0% | 6 | $22,920 | $9,500 |
Top 6 schools by graduates into this job
Counting every feeder program a school offers, not just its largest one.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derech Hachaim Seminary Monroe, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 215 | Teaching Assistants/Aides, Other | 100% | $8,502 | 93% |
| 2 | Seminar L'moros Bais Yaakov Brooklyn, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 185 | Teaching Assistants/Aides, Other | 54% | $16,201 | 84% |
| 3 | Associated Beth Rivkah Schools Brooklyn, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 100 | Teaching Assistants/Aides, Other | 77% | $18,802 | 84% |
| 4 | Bnos Zion Of Bobov Seminary Brooklyn, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 63 | Teaching Assistants/Aides, Other | 79% | $8,264 | 88% |
| 5 | Ohel Margulia Seminary Monsey, NY Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 13 | Teaching Assistants/Aides, Other | 100% | $8,985 | 96% |
| 6 | College of Southern Maryland La Plata, MD Public · 1 feeder programs | 12 | Teaching Assistants/Aides, Other | 33% | — | — |
What teaching assistants, postsecondary earn
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
Top-paying states
Top-paying metro areas
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Where the jobs are, state by state
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Skills and tools
From O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupational database. Importance is a 1 to 5 scale.
What they do day to day
- Teach undergraduate-level courses.
- Evaluate and grade examinations, assignments, or papers, and record grades.
- Lead discussion sections, tutorials, or laboratory sections.
- Develop teaching materials, such as syllabi, visual aids, answer keys, supplementary notes, or course Web sites.
- Inform students of the procedures for completing and submitting class work, such as lab reports.
- Return assignments to students in accordance with established deadlines.
- Prepare or proctor examinations.
- Tutor or mentor students who need additional instruction.
Skills
- Reading Comprehension3.9
- Active Listening3.6
- Speaking3.5
- Learning Strategies3.4
- Writing3.3
- Monitoring3.1
- Critical Thinking3.1
- Active Learning3.0
Knowledge areas
- English Language4.7
- Education and Training4.5
- Computers and Electronics3.5
- Mathematics3.3
- Communications and Media2.9
- Psychology2.6
Abilities
- Oral Expression4.1
- Oral Comprehension4.1
- Written Comprehension4.0
- Written Expression3.5
- Speech Clarity3.5
- Near Vision3.3
Core activities
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates4.6
- Training and Teaching Others4.3
- Working with Computers4.2
- Documenting/Recording Information3.8
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others3.8
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships3.8
Tools and technology
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How to become a Teaching Assistant, Postsecondary
Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above- Typical entry education
- Bachelor's degree
Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 1 majors mapped to Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary1 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 13.1599Teaching Assistants/Aides, Other
Related careers
Jobs O*NET identifies as close to this one, with their own pay and outlook.
Common questions
What degree do you need to become a Teaching Assistant, Postsecondary?+
Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Teaching Assistants/Aides, Other, which awarded 588 degrees in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Teaching Assistant, Postsecondary?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 1 programs to this occupation. The largest are Teaching Assistants/Aides. Together they graduate about 588 people a year.
How much do teaching assistants, postsecondary earn?+
The median is $42,910 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). The middle range runs from $28,600 at the 10th percentile to $76,420 at the 90th. 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 teaching assistants, postsecondary growing?+
BLS projects a +3.1% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 24,600 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career?+
6 institutions reported graduates from at least one of the 1 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.
What other job titles do teaching assistants, postsecondary work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Graduate Assistant, Research Assistant (RA), Teaching Assistant (TA), Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 25-9044.
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 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected 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 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, 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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