Teaching Schools In Louisiana
In Louisiana, there are 26 accredited schools where teaching classes faculty can find employment. The trends in Louisiana'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
Louisiana Vs. National Teaching Employment
| Louisiana | 61,310 |
| National | 4,078,490 |
Approximately 1% of the country's teaching professionals work in Louisiana state.
Employment Growth for Teaching professionals In Louisiana
| 47,790 | 51,140 | 58,400 | 59,720 | 55,670 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
In Louisiana, teaching is a growing field. In Louisiana, 7,880 more teaching professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. This represents a 16% growth in the field. This is faster than the trend for teaching professionals around the US. Nationally, the number of teaching professionals has shrunk by 6% between 2006 and 2010.
Teaching VS. All Professions salaries in Louisiana
| $43,648 | $49,801 | $52,938 | $54,043 | $59,685 |
| $38,658 | $41,019 | $42,185 | $43,003 | $45,617 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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- Light Blue: Teaching
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
The amount earned by teaching professionals is increasing in Louisiana. Teaching professionals earned a yearly mean salary of $43,648 in 2006. They earned a yearly mean salary of $59,685 in 2010.
Salary percentiles for Teaching professionals in Louisiana
10th percentile |
$34,228 |
25th percentile |
$44,527 |
50th percentile |
$55,972 |
75th percentile |
$72,158 |
90th percentile |
$90,254 |
Thus, there was a 27% growth in teaching professionals' salaries. This growth is mirrored by state trends for all professionals. In the state of Louisiana, 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 164%
Average Salaries for Teaching professionals and related professions in Louisiana
Early Childhood Education |
$39,312 |
Educational Leadership |
$67,450 |
Elementary Education |
$53,205 |
Special Education |
$48,367 |
Teaching |
$58,522 |
Teaching professionals in Louisiana earn, on average, more than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Teaching programs available for each degree type for all schools in Louisiana
associate |
6 |
bachelor |
215 |
master |
56 |
doctor |
3 |
Certificate |
4 |
| Total | 284 |
As the number of teaching professionals is increasing in Louisiana state, the number of students graduating from the 26 accredited teaching schools in Louisiana state is decreasing. In Louisiana, there were 2,252 graduates in 2006. And there were 2,080 graduates from teaching courses in 2010.
Thus there was a 8% percent decrease in the number of teaching school degree or certificate graduates in Louisiana. A majority of these graduates, or 76%, graduated with a bachelor's degree in teaching.