Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary

Overview

Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary has a national median salary of $109,270 per year, with +7.8% projected job growth from 2025–2035. The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a doctoral or professional degree as the typical education needed to enter this occupation.

Description

Teach courses pertaining to the application of physical laws and principles of engineering for the development of machines, materials, instruments, processes, and services. Includes teachers of subjects such as chemical, civil, electrical, industrial, mechanical, mineral, and petroleum engineering. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Work Values

• Achievement
• Independence
• Recognition

Work Styles

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
• Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
• Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, assignments, and papers.
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.
• Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.

Work Activities

• Training and Teaching Others
• Thinking Creatively
• Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
• Analyzing Data or Information
• Processing Information
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Getting Information
• Working with Computers
• Coaching and Developing Others
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

Detailed Work Activities

• Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
• Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
• Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
• Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
• Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
• Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
• Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.

T-A-S-K

Technology, Abilities, Skills & Knowledge

Education

Education Levels of Current Workers

The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a doctoral or professional degree as the typical education needed to enter this occupation. The chart below shows the highest level of education held by people already working in this field, ages 25 and older. It includes workers who earned more education than the job requires and workers who entered the field under earlier requirements, so the largest bar is not the entry requirement.

Certificates

Certifications applicable to Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary:

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