Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary

Education and Training
Teach courses in psychology, such as child, clinical, and developmental psychology, and psychological counseling. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

What a psychology teacher, postsecondary does

Become a psychology teacher, postsecondary

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good psychology teacher, postsecondary

  • Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.
  • Reading work related information.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
  • Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Average salary of $72,400 per year.

Psychology Teacher, Postsecondary job outlook

  • There are 1,062 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 124 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

Growth rate by year

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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