Occupations/25-1041.00
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.
Usually a graduate or professional degree.
AI automation risk
41%
Mixed exposure
Human characteristics
47%
Balanced human and task mix
Task orientation
24%
More resilient
A day in this job
- Mostly human
Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
- Mostly human
Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
- Task
Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
The tasks we can read here lean on people, judgment, or hands-on work. The AI risk number is still this job’s rank against other occupations.
Core tasks
- 01Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
- 02Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
- 03Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
- 04Supervise laboratory sessions and field work and coordinate laboratory operations.
- 05Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
- 06Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as crop production, plant genetics, and soil chemistry.
Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)
- Repeating same tasks2.55
- Degree of automation1.52
- Time sitting4.01
- Originality (ability)3.12
- Conflict situations2.31
- Hands-on objects/tools2.16
- Outdoors / weather2.49
- Disease exposure1.54
- Decision freedom4.70
Top abilities
- Oral Expression4.50
- Written Comprehension4.12
- Speech Clarity4.12
- Oral Comprehension4.12
- Written Expression4.00
- Inductive Reasoning4.00
- Deductive Reasoning4.00
- Speech Recognition3.75
Essential skills
- Reading Comprehension4.12
- Active Listening4.00
- Writing4.00
- Speaking4.12
- Mathematics3.00
- Science3.50
- Critical Thinking4.00
- Active Learning4.00
- Learning Strategies4.12
- Monitoring3.88
CIP matches
Schools offering related programs
12 of 78 shown
Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.
| Institution | Program | Tuition | Admit | Grad 6-yr | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ · Public | Agricultural Business and Management, General 01.0101 | $12,000 | 90% | 69% | 1 yr $83,177 2 yr — Master's · CIP 01.01 |
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA · Public | Agriculture, General 01.0000 | $14,800 | 11% | 93% | 1 yr $71,575 2 yr $71,486 Master's · CIP 01.00 |
CUNY Hunter College New York, NY · Public | Agricultural Teacher Education 13.1301 | $7,400 | 48% | 60% | 1 yr $68,065 2 yr $66,318 Master's · CIP 13.13 |
California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA · Public | Agriculture, General 01.0000 | $7,100 | 40% | 74% | 1 yr — 2 yr $67,660 Master's · CIP 01.00 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI · Public | Agricultural Business and Management, General 01.0101 | $11,200 | 49% | 89% | 1 yr $64,493 2 yr — Master's · CIP 01.01 |
St Cloud State University St. Cloud, MN · Public | Agricultural Teacher Education 13.1301 | $9,600 | 95% | 56% | 1 yr $63,005 2 yr — Master's · CIP 13.13 |
Gustavus Adolphus College St. Peter, MN · Private nonprofit | Agricultural Teacher Education 13.1301 | $54,200 | 74% | 83% | 1 yr $59,788 2 yr $62,012 Master's · CIP 13.13 |
University of St Thomas St. Paul, MN · Private nonprofit | Agricultural Teacher Education 13.1301 | $50,200 | 77% | 82% | 1 yr $58,673 2 yr — Master's · CIP 13.13 |
University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO · Public | Agricultural Teacher Education 13.1301 | $13,600 | 81% | 72% | 1 yr $55,964 2 yr — Master's · CIP 13.13 |
University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA · Public | Agricultural Business and Management, General 01.0101 | $17,400 | 64% | 83% | 1 yr $55,964 2 yr $48,342 Bachelor's · CIP 01.01 |
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL · Public | Agricultural Business and Management, General 01.0101 | $17,500 | 45% | 85% | 1 yr $53,984 2 yr $53,858 Bachelor's · CIP 01.01 |
San Jose State University San Jose, CA · Public | Food Science 01.1001 | $8,200 | 77% | 71% | 1 yr $52,875 2 yr — Bachelor's · CIP 01.10 |