Best Health Specialties Teacher, Postsecondary programs in Vermont, ranked by enrollment
Teach courses in health specialties, in fields such as dentistry, laboratory technology, medicine, pharmacy, public health, therapy, and veterinary.
4 schools in Vermont run programs that feed this job, graduating 385 people a year. The job pays a median of $107,500 in Vermont across about 1,170 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Vermont that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
18 programs in Vermont that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Vermont (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 Vermont page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 30.1901In Vermont → | 79 | 20.5% | 1 | $30,508 | $24,586 |
| 2 | CIP 51.2201In Vermont → | 69 | 17.9% | 2 | $36,762 | $25,076 |
| 3 | CIP 51.0201In Vermont → | 44 | 11.4% | 1 | $24,665 | $22,500 |
| 4 | CIP 51.2308In Vermont → | 37 | 9.6% | 1 | $35,966 | $26,323 |
| 5 | CIP 51.2212In Vermont → | 26 | 6.8% | 1 | $36,762 | $25,076 |
| 6 | CIP 51.0904In Vermont → | 21 | 5.5% | 1 | $53,520 | $20,250 |
| 7 | CIP 51.2306In Vermont → | 16 | 4.2% | 1 | $35,966 | $26,323 |
| 8 | CIP 51.0911In Vermont → | 15 | 3.9% | 1 | $53,520 | $20,250 |
| 9 | CIP 51.0913In Vermont → | 12 | 3.1% | 1 | $53,520 | $20,250 |
| 10 | CIP 51.1005In Vermont → | 12 | 3.1% | 1 | $49,401 | $19,848 |
| 11 | CIP 51.0805In Vermont → | 11 | 2.9% | 1 | $29,507 | $11,000 |
| 12 | CIP 01.8301In Vermont → | 10 | 2.6% | 1 | $33,581 | $14,171 |
| 13 | CIP 51.0602In Vermont → | 10 | 2.6% | 1 | $28,924 | $10,782 |
| 14 | CIP 51.0801In Vermont → | 9 | 2.3% | 1 | $29,507 | $11,000 |
| 15 | CIP 51.0907In Vermont → | 6 | 1.6% | 1 | $53,520 | $20,250 |
| 16 | CIP 26.1001In Vermont → | 4 | 1.0% | 1 | $39,202 | $18,000 |
| 17 | CIP 51.2299In Vermont → | 3 | 0.8% | 1 | $36,762 | $25,076 |
| 18 | CIP 26.1102In Vermont → | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | $72,338 | $18,500 |
Top 4 schools in Vermont
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 1 of the 4 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Vermont Burlington, VT Public · 10 feeder programs | 286 | Nutrition Sciences | $33,389 | 79% | — | 65% |
| 2 | Vermont State University Randolph, VT Public · 5 feeder programs | 68 | Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) | — | 47% | — | 82% |
| 3 | Community College of Vermont Montpelier, VT Public · 2 feeder programs | 20 | Pharmacy Technician/Assistant | — | 20% | — | — |
| 4 | Saint Michael's College Colchester, VT Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 11 | Public Health, General | — | 73% | $25,029 | 85% |
All 4 schools in Vermont
Every school in Vermont 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Vermont | Burlington | Public | 286 | 10 |
| Vermont State University | Randolph | Public | 68 | 5 |
| Community College of Vermont | Montpelier | Public | 20 | 2 |
| Saint Michael's College | Colchester | Private not-for-profit | 11 | 2 |
What health specialties teachers, postsecondary earn in Vermont
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $107,310. Vermont pays above the national figure.
Concentrated here: Vermont employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.
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 Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary page.
How to become a Health Specialties Teacher, Postsecondary
Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above- Typical entry education
- Doctoral or professional degree
- Work experience needed
- Less than 5 years
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 Vermont
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 25 majors mapped to Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary23 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 01.8001Veterinary Medicine
- 01.8101Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General
- 01.8102Comparative and Laboratory Animal Medicine
- 01.8103Large Animal/Food Animal and Equine Surgery and Medicine
- 01.8104Small/Companion Animal Surgery and Medicine
- 01.8105Veterinary Anatomy(no graduates reported)
- 01.8106Veterinary Infectious Diseases
- 01.8107Veterinary Microbiology and Immunobiology
- 01.8108Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology
- 01.8109Veterinary Physiology
- 01.8110Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health
- 01.8111Veterinary Toxicology and Pharmacology(no graduates reported)
- 01.8199Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Other
- 01.8301Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant
- 13.1327Health Occupations Teacher Education
- 26.0401Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology
- 26.0403Anatomy
- 26.0404Developmental Biology and Embryology
- 26.0503Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
- 26.0913Biomechanics
- 26.0999Physiology, Pathology, and Related Sciences, Other
- 26.1001Pharmacology
- 26.1002Molecular Pharmacology
- 26.1003Neuropharmacology
- 26.1004Toxicology
Common questions
Answers for people weighing health specialties teachers, postsecondary programs in Vermont.
What degree do you need to become a Health Specialties 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 Nutrition Sciences, which awarded 79 degrees in Vermont in 2024-25, 20.5% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Health Specialties Teacher, Postsecondary?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 18 programs to this occupation. The largest are Public Health, Nutrition Sciences, Allied Health Diagnostic, Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions, plus 7 more. Together they graduate about 385 people a year in Vermont.
How much do health specialties teachers, postsecondary earn in Vermont?+
The median is $107,500 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 0.2% above the U.S. median of $107,310. 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 health specialties teachers, postsecondary growing?+
BLS projects a +17.3% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, much faster than average, with roughly 27,400 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Vermont?+
4 institutions in Vermont reported graduates from at least one of the 18 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 health specialties teachers, postsecondary work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Professor, Clinical Professor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 25-1071.
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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