Education
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach courses in social work. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Median salary
$76,210
Typical range
$45k – $129k
Job outlook
+2% (about average)
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Education
Typical entry: Master's degree
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Junior Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary
Entry / Junior
$45,370
~2 yrs to advance
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary
Established
$76,210
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary
Senior
$102,745
Key skills
A typical day
- •Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- •Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, or handouts.
- •Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
- •Supervise students' laboratory and field work.
- •Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as family behavior, child and adolescent mental health, or social intervention evaluation.
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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