Education
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
Demonstrate and teach patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Median salary (BLS)
$80,250
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$49k – $130k
Job outlook
+17% (much faster than 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 Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
Education
Typical entry: Master's degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
Entry / Junior
$48,800
~2 yrs to advance
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
Established
$80,250
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
Senior
$104,875
Key skills
A typical day
- •Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory and clinic work, assignments, and papers.
- •Supervise students' laboratory and clinical work.
- •Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- •Assess clinical education needs and patient and client teaching needs using a variety of methods.
- •Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
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.