Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Teach courses in environmental science. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

$83,980
Median Annual Pay
Jobs growth:
+7% projected 2024–2034

What They Do

Postsecondary teachers instruct students in a variety of academic subjects beyond the high school level.

Programs That Prepare You

College programs linked to this occupation, ranked by graduate earnings

Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology(masters)University of Pennsylvania, PA
$185,874
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology(masters)University of Washington-Seattle Campus, WA
$150,114
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology(masters)Harvard University, MA
$142,377
Chemistry(doctoral)University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, MI
$110,158
Chemistry(doctoral)University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
$108,840
Chemistry(doctoral)University of California-Berkeley, CA
$108,154
Chemistry(doctoral)North Carolina State University at Raleigh, NC
$106,676
Chemistry(doctoral)University of Delaware, DE
$103,167
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas(grad-cert)CUNY Lehman College, NY
$101,369
Chemistry(doctoral)University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL
$101,242
Chemistry(doctoral)The University of Texas at Austin, TX
$100,906
Chemistry(doctoral)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA
$96,201
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas(doctoral)Teachers College at Columbia University, NY
$94,076
Chemistry(doctoral)Ohio State University-Main Campus, OH
$93,474
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas(masters)Capella University, MN
$93,267
Chemistry(doctoral)University of California-San Diego, CA
$93,148
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas(doctoral)Capella University, MN
$92,675
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology(doctoral)Johns Hopkins University, MD
$91,570
Chemistry(doctoral)Indiana University-Bloomington, IN
$91,021
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas(masters)Northeastern Illinois University, IL
$90,465
Chemistry(doctoral)Northwestern University, IL
$90,302
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas(doctoral)Georgia State University, GA
$88,192
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology(masters)Johns Hopkins University, MD
$87,746
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas(doctoral)Auburn University, AL
$87,657
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas(grad-cert)American International College, MA
$87,293

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