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What can you do with a
Teacher Education And Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas degree?

Teacher Education And Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas is mid-paying, AI barely touches it, and you would have escape routes.

Is this major worth the money?

Real graduate earnings vs. the debt you'd carry — and how long it takes to pay off.
22.7 yrs
to pay back the degree
+$5k
earnings premium vs no degree
Median earnings
$49,738
Typical debt
$25,000
4-yr net cost
$68,204
Monthly loan payment
$285/mo
If you earn:

Where this major actually leads

28 careers it opens — bar color = AI risk, tag = how hard the path is.
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondaryleap
AI risk 30 → 48 future · +17.3% demand
$140,000
Business Teachers, Postsecondaryleap
AI risk 31 → 49 future · +5.7% demand
$133,974
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondaryleap
AI risk 24 → 51 future · +5.3% demand
$100,000
Physics Teachers, Postsecondaryleap
AI risk 0 → 42 future · +2.5% demand
$88,000
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondaryleap
AI risk 4 → 48 future · +2.6% demand
$87,900
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondaryleap
AI risk 29 → 47 future · +7.3% demand
$87,280
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondarycommon
AI risk 0 → 50 future · +4.1% demand
$87,000
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondaryleap
AI risk 2 → 52 future · +2.9% demand
$85,000
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondaryleap
AI risk 43 → 54 future · +2.3% demand
$81,000
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondaryleap
AI risk 0 → 54 future · +3.4% demand
$80,000
Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondaryleap
AI risk 2 → 48 future · +4.0% demand
$80,000
Geography Teachers, Postsecondaryleap
AI risk 0 → 48 future · +3.3% demand
$79,000
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondaryleap
AI risk 32 → 48 future · +3.6% demand
$75,000
History Teachers, Postsecondaryleap
AI risk 10 → 51 future · -0.2% demand
$74,477
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondaryleap
AI risk 22 → 43 future · +2.2% demand
$74,460
Education Teachers, Postsecondarystretch
AI risk 26 → 49 future · +2.1% demand
$70,000
Librarians and Media Collections Specialistsleap
AI risk 20 → 54 future · +1.7% demand
$68,335
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondaryleap
AI risk 21 → 44 future · +1.7% demand
$68,000
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondaryleap
AI risk 36 → 53 future · +0.0% demand
$67,222
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondarystretch
AI risk 16 → 49 future · +0.7% demand
$66,950
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondaryleap
AI risk 24 → 53 future · -0.2% demand
$65,000
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondaryleap
AI risk 11 → 56 future · +2.4% demand
$65,000
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Educationleap
AI risk 10 → 31 future · -2.0% demand
$58,497
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary Schoolstretch
AI risk 0 → 33 future · -1.8% demand
$57,777
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Educationleap
AI risk 30 → 35 future · -2.0% demand
$56,937
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Educationleap
AI risk 29 → 33 future · -1.6% demand
$55,550
Information Technology Project Managersleap
AI risk 50 → 60 future · +0% demand
$50,961
Coaches and Scoutsleap
AI risk 0 → 30 future · +6.4% demand
$47,500
● green = AI-safe · red = AI-exposed · click any career for the full breakdown
How this is built. We take every career this major leads to (CIP→SOC official crosswalk), then join each one's real salary (BLS/DOL), AI exposure (O*NET + model), demand growth, and skill-based escape routes. ROI from College Scorecard. Every figure here is joined from official sources, not estimated.