Best Environmental Science Teacher, Postsecondary programs in Oregon, ranked by enrollment
Teach courses in environmental science.
15 schools in Oregon run programs that feed this job, graduating 750 people a year. The job pays a median of $90,270 in Oregon across about 170 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Oregon that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
5 programs in Oregon that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Oregon (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 Oregon page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 03.0104In Oregon → | 401 | 53.5% | 9 | $34,020 | $23,032 |
| 2 | CIP 03.0103In Oregon → | 238 | 31.7% | 9 | $34,020 | $23,032 |
| 3 | CIP 30.3301In Oregon → | 82 | 10.9% | 6 | $37,223 | $20,968 |
| 4 | CIP 30.4401In Oregon → | 27 | 3.6% | 1 | — | — |
| 5 | CIP 13.1316In Oregon → | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | $43,033 | $26,044 |
Top 15 schools in Oregon
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 6 of the 15 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon State University Corvallis, OR Public · 3 feeder programs | 261 | Environmental Science | $39,479 | 70% | — | 77% |
| 2 | University of Oregon Eugene, OR Public · 3 feeder programs | 213 | Environmental Studies | $30,200 | 72% | — | 88% |
| 3 | Portland State University Portland, OR Public · 3 feeder programs | 112 | Environmental Science | $31,512 | 53% | — | 91% |
| 4 | Lewis & Clark College Portland, OR Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 38 | Environmental Studies | — | 75% | $27,621 | 78% |
| 5 | University of Portland Portland, OR Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 23 | Environmental Science | $35,349 | 80% | $33,822 | 89% |
| 6 | Reed College Portland, OR Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 21 | Environmental Studies | — | 71% | $28,272 | 25% |
| 7 | Southern Oregon University Ashland, OR Public · 2 feeder programs | 21 | Environmental Studies | $30,632 | 43% | — | 89% |
| 8 | Willamette University Salem, OR Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 21 | Environmental Science | $28,697 | 71% | $20,345 | 77% |
| 9 | Pacific University Forest Grove, OR Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 16 | Environmental Science | — | 67% | $30,571 | 90% |
| 10 | Oregon Institute of Technology Klamath Falls, OR Public · 1 feeder programs | 8 | Environmental Science | — | 54% | — | 95% |
| 11 | Linfield University McMinnville, OR Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 7 | Environmental Science | — | 70% | $26,243 | 85% |
| 12 | Eastern Oregon University La Grande, OR Public · 1 feeder programs | 3 | Sustainability Studies | — | 43% | — | 98% |
| 13 | Linn - Benton Community College Albany, OR Public · 1 feeder programs | 3 | Environmental Science | — | 29% | — | — |
| 14 | Western Oregon University Monmouth, OR Public · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Sustainability Studies | — | 47% | — | 98% |
| 15 | Lane Community College Eugene, OR Public · 1 feeder programs | 1 | Environmental Studies | — | 20% | — | — |
All 15 schools in Oregon
Every school in Oregon 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.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon State University | Corvallis | Public | 261 | 3 |
| University of Oregon | Eugene | Public | 213 | 3 |
| Portland State University | Portland | Public | 112 | 3 |
| Lewis & Clark College | Portland | Private not-for-profit | 38 | 1 |
| University of Portland | Portland | Private not-for-profit | 23 | 2 |
| Reed College | Portland | Private not-for-profit | 21 | 1 |
| Southern Oregon University | Ashland | Public | 21 | 2 |
| Willamette University | Salem | Private not-for-profit | 21 | 1 |
| Pacific University | Forest Grove | Private not-for-profit | 16 | 3 |
| Oregon Institute of Technology | Klamath Falls | Public | 8 | 1 |
| Linfield University | McMinnville | Private not-for-profit | 7 | 2 |
| Eastern Oregon University | La Grande | Public | 3 | 1 |
| Linn - Benton Community College | Albany | Public | 3 | 1 |
| Western Oregon University | Monmouth | Public | 2 | 1 |
| Lane Community College | Eugene | Public | 1 | 1 |
What environmental science teachers, postsecondary earn in Oregon
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $94,980. Oregon pays below the national figure.
Concentrated here: Oregon employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.
Metro areas in Oregon
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
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 Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary page.
How to become a Environmental Science Teacher, Postsecondary
Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above- Typical entry education
- Doctoral or professional 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.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Oregon
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 11 majors mapped to Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary11 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 03.0103Environmental Studies
- 03.0104Environmental Science
- 13.1316Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
- 26.1307Conservation Biology
- 26.1310Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- 26.1399Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other
- 30.3301Sustainability Studies
- 30.4101Environmental Geosciences
- 30.4301Geobiology
- 30.4401Geography and Environmental Studies
- 40.0509Environmental Chemistry
Common questions
Answers for people weighing environmental science teachers, postsecondary programs in Oregon.
What degree do you need to become an Environmental Science Teacher, Postsecondary?+
Doctoral or professional degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Environmental Science, which awarded 401 degrees in Oregon in 2024-25, 53.5% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming an Environmental Science Teacher, Postsecondary?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 5 programs to this occupation. The largest are Natural Resources Conservation and Research, Sustainability Studies, Geography and Environmental Studies, Teacher Education and Professional Development. Together they graduate about 750 people a year in Oregon.
How much do environmental science teachers, postsecondary earn in Oregon?+
The median is $90,270 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 5.0% below the U.S. median of $94,980. 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 environmental science teachers, postsecondary growing?+
BLS projects a +2.9% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 700 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Oregon?+
15 institutions in Oregon reported graduates from at least one of the 5 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 environmental science teachers, postsecondary work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Professor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences Professor among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 25-1053.
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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