# Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

> Teach courses in the agricultural sciences. Includes teachers of agronomy, dairy sciences, fisheries management, horticultural sciences, poultry sciences, range management, and agricultural soil conservation. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/agricultural-sciences-teachers-postsecondary
- SOC code: 25-1041.00
- Career family: Education
- Median annual pay: $98,700 (10th percentile $50,870, 90th percentile $163,150)
- Projected growth: As fast as average, +2.9%
- Openings a year: 800
- Typical entry education: Doctoral or professional degree
- Bright outlook: no
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

## Interest profile (code SIR)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 50 |
| Investigative (I) | 73 |
| Artistic (A) | 32 |
| Social (S) | 87 |
| Enterprising (E) | 27 |
| Conventional (C) | 42 |

## What you'd do

- Training and Teaching Others (importance 93/100)
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates (importance 90/100)
- Getting Information (importance 88/100)
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships (importance 85/100)
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems (importance 85/100)
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge (importance 84/100)
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events (importance 83/100)
- Communicating with People Outside the Organization (importance 81/100)
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others (importance 81/100)
- Coaching and Developing Others (importance 81/100)

## Skills

Instructing, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Active Learning, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Writing, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making

## Knowledge

Biology, Education and Training, English Language, Administration and Management, Customer and Personal Service, Food Production, Communications and Media, Mathematics, Geography, Computers and Electronics

## Also called

Adjunct Instructor, Agribusiness Instructor, Agribusiness Professor, Agricultural Economics Professor, Agricultural Education Professor, Agricultural Engineering Technology Instructor, Agricultural Science Professor, Agricultural Science Teacher, Agricultural Soil Conservation Professor, Agriculture Instructor

## Majors that lead here (NCES CIP–SOC crosswalk, 4-digit CIP)

- [Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas](https://www.collegesref.com/programs/1313) (CIP 1313, 1,257 colleges)
- [Agricultural Business and Management](https://www.collegesref.com/programs/0101) (CIP 0101, 394 colleges)
- [Agricultural Production Operations](https://www.collegesref.com/programs/0103) (CIP 0103, 294 colleges)
- [Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services](https://www.collegesref.com/programs/0106) (CIP 0106, 283 colleges)
- [Agriculture, General](https://www.collegesref.com/programs/0100) (CIP 0100, 195 colleges)
- [Food Science and Technology](https://www.collegesref.com/programs/0110) (CIP 0110, 168 colleges)
- [Animal Sciences](https://www.collegesref.com/programs/0109) (CIP 0109, 167 colleges)
- [Plant Sciences](https://www.collegesref.com/programs/0111) (CIP 0111, 162 colleges)
- [Agricultural Mechanization](https://www.collegesref.com/programs/0102) (CIP 0102, 90 colleges)
- [Agricultural and Domestic Animal Services](https://www.collegesref.com/programs/0105) (CIP 0105, 76 colleges)
- Soil Sciences (CIP 0112, 40 colleges)
- Agricultural and Food Products Processing (CIP 0104, 32 colleges)
- International Agriculture (CIP 0107, 18 colleges)

## Colleges with strong outcomes (College Scorecard, 2025)

| College | Program | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yrs | Median debt |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| [Cornell University-New York](https://www.collegesref.com/college/cornell-university-new-york-710) | Agricultural Business and Management | $101,659 | $145,218 | $13,000 |
| [Kansas State University](https://www.collegesref.com/college/kansas-state-university-1364) | Agricultural and Food Products Processing | $87,336 | $91,040 | $16,862 |
| [The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Main Campus](https://www.collegesref.com/college/the-university-of-tennessee-knoxville-main-campus-2761) | Soil Sciences | $42,016 | $88,563 | not reported |
| [California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo SLO](https://www.collegesref.com/college/california-polytechnic-state-university-san-luis-obispo-slo-360) | Agricultural Business and Management | $62,504 | $88,396 | $14,167 |
| [University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Main Campus](https://www.collegesref.com/college/university-of-illinois-at-urbana-champaign-main-campus-2927) | Agricultural Business and Management | $64,122 | $86,646 | $15,340 |
| [University of Wisconsin-Madison Main Campus](https://www.collegesref.com/college/university-of-wisconsin-madison-main-campus-3084) | Food Science and Technology | $57,824 | $85,445 | not reported |
| [North Dakota State University-Main Campus](https://www.collegesref.com/college/north-dakota-state-university-main-campus-1896) | Agricultural Production Operations | $66,359 | $83,779 | $23,246 |
| [University of Missouri-Columbia Main Campus](https://www.collegesref.com/college/university-of-missouri-columbia-main-campus-2965) | Agricultural Business and Management | $57,745 | $82,831 | $16,375 |

## Related careers

- [Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/environmental-science-teachers-postsecondary): $94,980 median pay
- [Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/forestry-and-conservation-science-teachers-postsecondary): $101,420 median pay
- [Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/biological-science-teachers-postsecondary): $84,620 median pay
- [Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/family-and-consumer-sciences-teachers-postsecondary): $75,870 median pay
- [Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/atmospheric-earth-marine-and-space-sciences-teachers-postsecondary): $103,170 median pay
- [Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/career-technical-education-teachers-middle-school): $65,030 median pay

## Sources

- [O*NET Database](https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html), version 31.0 (CC BY 4.0)
- [BLS Employment Projections](https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables.htm), version 2025-35, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm), version 2025, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56), version 2020, data year 2020 (Public domain (U.S. government work))

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