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

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

All postsecondary teachers not listed.

8 schools in Wyoming run programs that feed this job, graduating 484 people a year. The job pays a median of $46,710 in Wyoming across about 480 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledTeacherLecturerInstructorFaculty MemberFlight TeacherBraille TeacherCollege TeacherScience Teacher
Graduates / yr
484
in Wyoming
Median pay · Wyoming
$46,710
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
480
people employed
Schools
8
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
44%
across those schools
Median net price
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Wyoming that lead to this job

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

9 programs in Wyoming that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Wyoming (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 Wyoming page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
General Studiesmain feeder
CIP 24.0102In Wyoming
361
74.6%
6$28,961$12,971
2
CIP 24.0101In Wyoming
58
12.0%
3$28,961$12,971
3
CIP 30.1801In Wyoming
22
4.5%
3$29,587$21,610
4
CIP 30.0101In Wyoming
19
3.9%
2$28,446$11,000
5
CIP 30.0601In Wyoming
11
2.3%
1$35,840$23,250
6
CIP 30.1501In Wyoming
5
1.0%
1$44,736$18,593
7
CIP 23.1302In Wyoming
4
0.8%
2$28,725$25,250
8
CIP 13.1211In Wyoming
2
0.4%
1$41,127$25,500
9
CIP 30.1401In Wyoming
2
0.4%
1$21,295

Top 8 schools in Wyoming

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 3 of the 8 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Northern Wyoming Community College District
Sheridan, WY Public · 2 feeder programs
136General Studies$38,30842%
2Casper College
Casper, WY Public · 3 feeder programs
92General Studies$23,78443%
3Northwest College
Powell, WY Public · 1 feeder programs
58General Studies$19,23549%
4Western Wyoming Community College
Rock Springs, WY Public · 3 feeder programs
48General Studies33%
5University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY Public · 4 feeder programs
46General Studies59%97%
6Eastern Wyoming College
Torrington, WY Public · 1 feeder programs
43Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies52%
7Laramie County Community College
Cheyenne, WY Public · 3 feeder programs
37Biological and Physical Sciences38%
8Central Wyoming College
Riverton, WY Public · 3 feeder programs
24Systems Science and Theory37%

All 8 schools in Wyoming

Every school in Wyoming 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 Wyoming that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Northern Wyoming Community College DistrictSheridanPublic1362
Casper CollegeCasperPublic923
Northwest CollegePowellPublic581
Western Wyoming Community CollegeRock SpringsPublic483
University of WyomingLaramiePublic464
Eastern Wyoming CollegeTorringtonPublic431
Laramie County Community CollegeCheyennePublic373
Central Wyoming CollegeRivertonPublic243

What postsecondary teachers, all other earn in Wyoming

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

Median annual in Wyoming
$46,710
Mean annual
$60,520
Jobs in state
480
What the range looks like
10th pct$46,330Median$46,71090th pct$98,150
Versus the national median
-39.8%

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

Job concentration
1.78×

Concentrated here: Wyoming employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.

Metro areas in Wyoming

Cheyenne, WY
$59,280median
70 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 Wyoming

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 Wyoming.

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 General Studies, which awarded 361 degrees in Wyoming in 2024-25, 74.6% 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 9 programs to this occupation. The largest are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Natural Sciences, Biological and Physical Sciences, Systems Science and Theory, plus 4 more. Together they graduate about 484 people a year in Wyoming.

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

The median is $46,710 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 39.8% 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 Wyoming?+

8 institutions in Wyoming reported graduates from at least one of the 9 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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