Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary Career

The role of Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary is to teach courses in drama, music, and the arts including fine and applied art, such as painting and sculpture, or design and crafts.

The average annual wage of the occupations is $100,840. 64 vocational programs could be taken for the Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary career. Based on BLS data, a total of 101,500 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary is $26,011. The average length of the programs is 638 hours and the average completion time is 16.47 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary Career

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Art Teacher Education	11	$29,399	-	-	-
Music Teacher Education	9	$30,905	-	-	-
Drama and Dance Teacher Education	2	$29,539	-	-	-
Visual and Performing Arts	27	$32,508	-	615 Hours	15.76 Months
Digital Arts	57	$30,793	-	750 Hours	8.00 Months
Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry	9	$36,495	-	-	-
Dance	35	$37,183	-	-	-
Dance (other)	12	$33,899	-	-	-
Design and Visual Communications	83	$27,000	$80	98 Hours	17.00 Months
Industrial and Product Design	6	$35,012	-	-	-
Commercial Photography	66	$8,971	$1,440	900 Hours	10.00 Months
Fashion/Apparel Design	48	$11,966	$1,440	-	-
Graphic Design	191	$12,844	$2,215	870 Hours	14.33 Months
Illustration	17	$40,867	-	3,600 Hours	30.00 Months
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	43	$17,650	-	-	-
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology	71	$35,257	-	-	-
Playwriting and Screenwriting	7	$38,106	-	-	-
Theatre Literature, History and Criticism	1	$43,278	-	-	-
Acting	14	$35,200	-	64 Hours	15.00 Months
Directing and Theatrical Production	4	$40,584	-	-	-
Musical Theatre	8	$33,435	-	-	-
Costume Design	5	$35,564	-	-	-
Theatre and Dance	1	$39,922	-	-	-
Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft (other)	12	$36,600	-	-	-
Film/Cinema/Video Studies	23	$35,000	$1,500	30 Hours	9.00 Months
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	108	$29,990	$1,479	705 Hours	13.75 Months
Photography	82	$21,950	$350	-	-
Documentary Production	7	$39,022	-	-	-
Film/Video and Photographic Arts (other)	9	$37,725	$9,350	360 Hours	22.00 Months
Art/Art Studies	52	$31,318	-	-	-
Fine/Studio Arts	24	$52,665	$2,000	60 Hours	36.00 Months
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	9	$40,922	-	-	-
Drawing	13	$35,167	-	-	-
Intermedia/Multimedia	8	$37,678	-	-	-
Painting	5	$36,929	-	-	-
Sculpture	12	$38,874	-	-	-
Printmaking	4	$41,510	-	-	-
Ceramic Arts and Ceramics	17	$39,849	-	-	-
Fiber, Textile and Weaving Arts	3	$43,212	-	-	-
Metal and Jewelry Arts	14	$19,581	$2,307	760 Hours	6.67 Months
Metal Arts	1	$18,670	-	-	-
Fine Arts and Art Studies (other)	10	$39,016	-	-	-
Music History, Literature, and Theory	1	$40,646	-	-	-
Music Performance	33	$16,300	-	36 Hours	12.00 Months
Music Theory and Composition	23	$38,853	-	-	-
Musicology and Ethnomusicology	1	$46,590	-	-	-
Conducting	4	$50,122	-	-	-
Keyboard Instruments	12	$36,987	-	-	-
Voice and Opera	10	$36,383	-	-	-
Jazz/Jazz Studies	11	$38,836	-	-	-
Stringed Instruments	8	$44,565	-	-	-
Music Pedagogy	8	$32,082	-	-	-
Music Technology	38	$37,315	$6,300	77 Hours	21.00 Months
Brass Instruments	7	$45,108	-	-	-
Woodwind Instruments	6	$47,699	-	-	-
Percussion Instruments	5	$44,561	-	-	-
Music (other)	14	$36,736	-	-	-
Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management	6	$37,288	-	-	-
Fine and Studio Arts Management	15	$35,913	-	-	-
Music Management	23	$32,417	-	-	-
Theatre/Theatre Arts Management	1	$33,363	-	-	-
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management (other)	9	$33,630	-	-	-
Community/Environmental/Socially-Engaged Art	2	$24,801	-	-	-
Visual and Performing Arts (other)	14	$39,925	-	-	-

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Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
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Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary	5,030	$103,640	$0
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary	11,570	$100,390	$0
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	60,860	$80,750	$0
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	28,520	$90,950	$0
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	57,600	$87,090	$0
History Teachers, Postsecondary	20,610	$93,120	$0
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary	20,320	$89,680	$0
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1,410K	$70,740	$0
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	627K	$71,460	$0
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School	12,210	$69,020	$0
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,045K	$73,800	$0
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	36,890	$65,430	$31
Self-Enrichment Teachers	272K	$52,890	$25
Tutors	162K	$48,580	$23
Instructional Coordinators	207K	$77,200	$37
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	146K	$47,030	$0
Choreographers	4,190	$59,090	$28
Music Directors and Composers	10,770	$87,840	$42

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