Vermont·Educational Instruction and Library Occupations·SOC 25-1199

Best Postsecondary Teacher, All Other programs in Vermont, ranked by enrollment

All postsecondary teachers not listed.

10 schools in Vermont run programs that feed this job, graduating 424 people a year. The job pays a median of $59,010 in Vermont across about 70 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledTeacherLecturerInstructorFaculty MemberFlight TeacherBraille TeacherCollege TeacherScience Teacher
Graduates / yr
424
in Vermont
Median pay · Vermont
$59,010
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
70
people employed
Schools
10
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
60%
across those schools
Median net price
$27,554
per year, IPEDS

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.

Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
CIP 24.01
Liberal Arts and Sciences
181graduates / yr
5 schools · 2 specializations · 42.7% of pipeline
Grad earnings $28,961
English Language And Literature/Letters
CIP 23.13
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
107graduates / yr
3 schools · 2 specializations · 25.2% of pipeline
Grad earnings $28,725
Visual And Performing Arts
CIP 50.04
Design and Applied Arts
45graduates / yr
1 schools · 1 specialization · 10.6% of pipeline
Grad earnings $31,611
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
CIP 30.70
Data Science
40graduates / yr
3 schools · 1 specialization · 9.4% of pipeline
Grad earnings
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
CIP 30.06
Systems Science and Theory
20graduates / yr
1 schools · 1 specialization · 4.7% of pipeline
Grad earnings $35,840
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
CIP 30.33
Sustainability Studies
19graduates / yr
3 schools · 1 specialization · 4.5% of pipeline
Grad earnings $37,223
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
CIP 30.12
Historic Preservation and Conservation
5graduates / yr
1 schools · 1 specialization · 1.2% of pipeline
Grad earnings $35,326
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
CIP 30.14
Museology/Museum Studies
5graduates / yr
1 schools · 1 specialization · 1.2% of pipeline
Grad earnings
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
CIP 30.26
Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis
1graduates / yr
1 schools · 1 specialization · 0.2% of pipeline
Grad earnings $21,458
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
CIP 30.71
Data Analytics
1graduates / yr
1 schools · 1 specialization · 0.2% of pipeline
Grad earnings

12 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.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 24.0101In Vermont
131
30.9%
5$28,961$12,971
2
CIP 23.1302In Vermont
98
23.1%
3$28,725$25,250
3
General Studiesmain feeder
CIP 24.0102In Vermont
50
11.8%
3$28,961$12,971
4
CIP 50.0411In Vermont
45
10.6%
1$31,611$26,000
5
CIP 30.7001In Vermont
40
9.4%
3
6
CIP 30.0601In Vermont
20
4.7%
1$35,840$23,250
7
CIP 30.3301In Vermont
19
4.5%
3$37,223$20,968
8
CIP 23.1301In Vermont
9
2.1%
2$28,725$25,250
9
CIP 30.1201In Vermont
5
1.2%
1$35,326$22,812
10
CIP 30.1401In Vermont
5
1.2%
1$21,295
11
CIP 30.2601In Vermont
1
0.2%
1$21,458$21,125
12
CIP 30.7101In Vermont
1
0.2%
1

Top 10 schools in Vermont

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 3 of the 10 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Community College of Vermont
Montpelier, VT Public · 1 feeder programs
96Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies$29,59720%
2Champlain College
Burlington, VT Private not-for-profit · 5 feeder programs
91Game and Interactive Media Design$38,26465%$32,53183%
3Vermont College of Fine Arts
Montpelier, VT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
86Creative Writing
4University of Vermont
Burlington, VT Public · 5 feeder programs
61Systems Science and Theory79%65%
5Landmark College
Putney, VT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
31General Studies43%$47,33549%
6Vermont State University
Randolph, VT Public · 4 feeder programs
27General Studies$41,99947%82%
7Bennington College
Bennington, VT Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs
14Creative Writing71%$27,55445%
8Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
6Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies91%$20,91811%
9Norwich University
Northfield, VT Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
6Museology/Museum Studies60%$23,98274%
10SIT Graduate Institute
Brattleboro, VT Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
6Sustainability Studies

All 10 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.

All schools in Vermont that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Community College of VermontMontpelierPublic961
Champlain CollegeBurlingtonPrivate not-for-profit915
Vermont College of Fine ArtsMontpelierPrivate not-for-profit861
University of VermontBurlingtonPublic615
Landmark CollegePutneyPrivate not-for-profit311
Vermont State UniversityRandolphPublic274
Bennington CollegeBenningtonPrivate not-for-profit144
Middlebury CollegeMiddleburyPrivate not-for-profit61
Norwich UniversityNorthfieldPrivate not-for-profit62
SIT Graduate InstituteBrattleboroPrivate not-for-profit61

What postsecondary teachers, all other earn in Vermont

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

Median annual in Vermont
$59,010
Mean annual
$70,610
Jobs in state
70
What the range looks like
10th pct$38,800Median$59,01090th pct$99,440
Versus the national median
-24.0%

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

Job concentration
0.22×

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
+1.8%
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 Vermont

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 Vermont.

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 131 degrees in Vermont in 2024-25, 30.9% 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 12 programs to this occupation. The largest are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies, Design and Applied Arts, Data Science, plus 6 more. Together they graduate about 424 people a year in Vermont.

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

The median is $59,010 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 24.0% 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 Vermont?+

10 institutions in Vermont reported graduates from at least one of the 12 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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