Education
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
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.
Median salary (BLS)
$78,620
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$48k – $163k
Job outlook
+2% (about average)
AI exposure
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $85,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
Education
Typical entry: Master's degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
Entry / Junior
$47,570
~2 yrs to advance
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
Established
$78,620
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
Senior
$120,985
Key skills
A typical day
- •Explain and demonstrate artistic techniques.
- •Evaluate and grade students' class work, performances, projects, assignments, and papers.
- •Prepare students for performances, exams, or assessments.
- •Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- •Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as acting techniques, fundamentals of music, and art history.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Education
Explore all- University of Michigan18% admit · $87,000 grad pay
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill19% admit · $73,000 grad pay
- University of Wisconsin–Madison49% admit · $72,000 grad pay
- Vanderbilt University7% admit · $88,000 grad pay
- University of Virginia19% admit · $85,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.