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Family & Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

What do they do?

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.

Education Required

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).

Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

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What Does This Job Pay?
Tennessee Average Salary: $86,000-$175,000
Median Annual Salary: $78,410
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$48,410
$78,410
$146,020
One out of ten earn less than $48,410
The median salary is $78,410
One out of ten earn more than $146,020
Top Skills For This Job
  • Basic Skills
  • talking to others
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • People and Technology Systems
  • 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
  • Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Will There Be Jobs?
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Are You On Track?
Typical education needed: Doctoral degree
Doctoral degree
Master's degree
Post-baccalaureate certificate
48%
36%
8%
Typical Daily Tasks
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, projects, assignments, and papers.
  • Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  • Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as food science, nutrition, and child care.