Occupations/25-1124.00
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach languages and literature courses in languages other than English. Includes teachers of American Sign Language (ASL). 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
38%
More resilient
Human characteristics
26%
Fewer uniquely human demands
Task orientation
13%
More resilient
A day in this job
- Mostly routine
Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- Task
Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Task
Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
The tasks we can read here lean routine. That sits next to the AI risk rank — it is not a forecast that the job disappears.
Core tasks
- 01Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- 02Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- 03Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
- 04Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- 05Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as how to speak and write a foreign language and the cultural aspects of areas where a particular language is used.
- 06Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in scholarly journals, books, or electronic media.
Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)
- Repeating same tasks1.42
- Degree of automation1.37
- Time sitting3.80
- Originality (ability)2.88
- Conflict situations2.80
- Hands-on objects/tools2.24
- Outdoors / weather1.00
- Disease exposure1.48
- Decision freedom4.28
Top abilities
- Speech Clarity4.62
- Oral Expression4.25
- Oral Comprehension4.12
- Written Expression4.00
- Written Comprehension4.00
- Speech Recognition4.00
- Inductive Reasoning3.62
- Near Vision3.38
Essential skills
- Reading Comprehension4.00
- Active Listening4.00
- Writing4.00
- Speaking4.12
- Mathematics2.00
- Science1.75
- Critical Thinking3.75
- Active Learning3.88
- Learning Strategies4.00
- Monitoring3.62
CIP matches
Schools offering related programs
12 of 84 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Georgetown University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit | Foreign Languages and Literatures, General 16.0101 | $65,400 | 12% | 95% | 1 yr $73,737 2 yr $57,318 Master's · CIP 16.01 |
CUNY Hunter College New York, NY · Public | Foreign Language Teacher Education 13.1306 | $7,400 | 48% | 60% | 1 yr $68,065 2 yr $66,318 Master's · CIP 13.13 |
Howard University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit | Foreign Language Teacher Education 13.1306 | $33,200 | 53% | 65% | 1 yr $65,557 2 yr $50,439 Master's · CIP 13.13 |
St Cloud State University St. Cloud, MN · Public | Foreign Language Teacher Education 13.1306 | $9,600 | 95% | 56% | 1 yr $63,005 2 yr — Master's · CIP 13.13 |
University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA · Public | Foreign Language Teacher Education 13.1306 | $12,600 | 48% | 84% | 1 yr $60,878 2 yr $59,214 Master's · CIP 13.13 |
Gustavus Adolphus College St. Peter, MN · Private nonprofit | Foreign Language Teacher Education 13.1306 | $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 | Foreign Language Teacher Education 13.1306 | $50,200 | 77% | 82% | 1 yr $58,673 2 yr — Master's · CIP 13.13 |
New York University New York, NY · Private nonprofit | Foreign Language Teacher Education 13.1306 | $60,400 | 12% | 88% | 1 yr $57,318 2 yr $60,399 Master's · CIP 13.13 |
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL · Public | Foreign Language Teacher Education 13.1306 | $17,500 | 45% | 85% | 1 yr $56,234 2 yr $55,151 Master's · CIP 13.13 |
University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO · Public | Foreign Language Teacher Education 13.1306 | $13,600 | 81% | 72% | 1 yr $55,964 2 yr — Master's · CIP 13.13 |
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA · Public | Foreign Language Teacher Education 13.1306 | $14,800 | 11% | 93% | 1 yr — 2 yr $53,810 Master's · CIP 13.13 |
Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN · Public | Foreign Language Teacher Education 13.1306 | $9,700 | 71% | 62% | 1 yr $53,045 2 yr $52,107 Master's · CIP 13.13 |