Education
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach courses in the physical sciences, except chemistry and physics. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching, and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Median salary
$101,390
Typical range
$53k – $199k
Job outlook
+3% (about average)
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Education
Typical entry: Master's degree
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Junior Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Entry / Junior
$53,310
~2 yrs to advance
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Established
$101,390
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Senior
$150,325
Key skills
A typical day
- •Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- •Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as structural geology, micrometeorology, and atmospheric thermodynamics.
- •Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
- •Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
- •Supervise laboratory work and field work.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Education
Explore all- University of Michigan18% admit · $87,000 grad pay
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill19% admit · $73,000 grad pay
- University of Wisconsin–Madison49% admit · $72,000 grad pay
- Vanderbilt University7% admit · $88,000 grad pay
- University of Virginia19% admit · $85,000 grad pay
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