Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

Education and Training
Teach courses in childcare, family relations, finance, nutrition, and related subjects pertaining to home management. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

What a family and consumer sciences teacher, postsecondary does

Become a family and consumer sciences teacher, postsecondary

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good family and consumer sciences teacher, postsecondary

  • Talking to others.
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  • Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
  • Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Average salary of $65,400 per year.

Family And Consumer Sciences Teacher, Postsecondary job outlook

  • There are 90 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 16 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).

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