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What can you do with a
Teacher Education And Professional Development, Specific Levels And Methods degree?

Teacher Education And Professional Development, Specific Levels And Methods is high-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.
123.0 yrs
to pay back the degree
+$1k
earnings premium vs no degree
Median earnings
$45,954
Typical debt
$24,227
4-yr net cost
$71,572
Monthly loan payment
$276/mo
If you earn:

Where this major actually leads

11 careers it opens — bar color = AI risk, tag = how hard the path is.
Education Teachers, Postsecondarystretch
AI risk 26 → 49 future · +2.1% demand
$70,000
Information Technology Project Managersleap
AI risk 50 → 60 future · +0% demand
$70,000
Training and Development Specialistscommon
AI risk 28 → 55 future · +10.8% demand
$67,273
Self-Enrichment Teachersleap
AI risk 7 → 36 future · +3.7% demand
$62,000
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructorsstretch
AI risk 6 → 40 future · -13.7% demand
$61,443
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Educationleap
AI risk 0 → 23 future · -1.6% demand
$60,160
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Educationstretch
AI risk 10 → 31 future · -2.0% demand
$58,497
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Educationstretch
AI risk 30 → 35 future · -2.0% demand
$56,937
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Educationstretch
AI risk 29 → 33 future · -1.6% demand
$55,550
Information Technology Project Managersleap
AI risk 50 → 60 future · +0% demand
$50,961
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Educationleap
AI risk 0 → 23 future · +4.1% demand
$49,110
● 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.