Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary

Education and Training
Teach courses in drama, music, and the arts including fine and applied art, such as painting and sculpture, or design and crafts. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

What an art, drama, and music teacher, postsecondary does

Become an art, drama, and music teacher, postsecondary

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good art, drama, and music teacher, postsecondary

  • Talking to others.
  • Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
  • Teaching people how to do something.
  • Understanding people's reactions.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Average salary of $70,200 per year.

Art, Drama, And Music Teacher, Postsecondary job outlook

  • There are 1,377 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 224 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

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Education needed

Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Programs to get you there

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