Teaching Schools In Arizona
In Arizona, there are 33 accredited schools where teaching classes faculty can find employment. The trends in Arizona's teaching academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below. Academia in teaching includes teaching training at the following levels:
- Teaching Certificate
- Associates degree in Teaching
- Bachelors degree in Teaching
- Masters degree in Teaching
- PhD degree in Teaching
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Professional Trends
Arizona Vs. National Teaching Employment
| Arizona | 59,510 |
| National | 4,078,490 |
Of all of the teaching professionals in the country, nearly 2% are in the state of Arizona.
Employment Growth for Teaching professionals In Arizona
| 75,070 | 74,850 | 31,890 | 58,940 | 57,460 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
In Arizona, teaching is a shrinking field. There were 17,610 less teaching professionals working in Arizona in 2010, than there were in 2006. This represents a 23% decline in the field. This decline is faster than the national trend for teaching professionals which shows a 6% decrease in the number of teaching professionals working around the nation.
Teaching VS. All Professions salaries in Arizona
| $50,969 | $53,860 | $57,245 | $59,275 | $63,998 |
| $42,177 | $43,423 | $45,140 | $46,513 | $48,330 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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- Light Blue: Teaching
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
As the number of teaching professionals is declining, the salaries paid to teaching professionals are increasing in Arizona. The mean salary for teaching professionals in 2006 was $50,969 per year. And in 2010 the mean salary was $63,998 per year.
Salary percentiles for Teaching professionals in Arizona
10th percentile |
$36,161 |
25th percentile |
$44,853 |
50th percentile |
$57,857 |
75th percentile |
$76,622 |
90th percentile |
$95,387 |
This represents a growth in salaries of 20%. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. In the state of Arizona, there is a huge variation in pay, within the field of teaching. The pay differential between the highest paid teaching professionals and those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket is 96%
Average Salaries for Teaching professionals and related professions in Arizona
Early Childhood Education |
$38,412 |
Educational Leadership |
$73,872 |
Elementary Education |
$50,200 |
Special Education |
$44,080 |
Teaching |
$62,138 |
Teaching professionals in Arizona earn, on average, more than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Teaching programs available for each degree type for all schools in Arizona
associate |
53 |
bachelor |
86 |
master |
58 |
doctor |
3 |
Certificate |
46 |
| Total | 246 |
The number of students graduating from the 33 accredited teaching schools in Arizona is increasing. In 2006, 5,817 students graduated from teaching courses in Arizona. And in 2010, 7,282 students graduated.
This represents a 25% increase in the number of teaching degree or certificate school graduates in Arizona state. A majority of these graduates, or 35%, graduated with a bachelor's degree in teaching.