Teaching Schools In Missouri

Missouri has 57 accredited teaching schools where teaching faculty who teach teaching classes can find employment. The trends in Missouri'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

Cities

Statistics

Professional Trends

Missouri Vs. National Teaching Employment

Missouri	78,570
National	4,078,490

Approximately 2% of the country's teaching professionals work in Missouri state.

Employment Growth for Teaching professionals In Missouri

2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
49,080	77,200	79,930	86,330	72,200

Yellow: Actual Values

The number of teaching professionals is growing in Missouri. In Missouri, 23,120 more teaching professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. So, in four years, the number of teaching professionals has grown by 47%. This growth is faster than the change in the number of teaching professionals around the country. Nationally, the number of teaching professionals has shrunk by 6% from 2006 to 2010.

Teaching VS. All Professions salaries in Missouri

2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
$55,812	$57,468	$58,160	$57,765	$56,141
$43,489	$45,096	$45,354	$45,661	$46,263

Light Blue: Teaching
Dark Yellow: All Professions

In Missouri, as the number of teaching professionals is growing, the salaries earned by teaching professionals are increasing. The mean salary for teaching professionals in 2006 was $55,812 per year. And in 2010 the mean salary was $56,141 per year.

Salary percentiles for Teaching professionals in Missouri

10th percentile	$30,878
25th percentile	$39,952
50th percentile	$51,756
75th percentile	$67,419
90th percentile	$87,630

Thus, there was a 1% growth in teaching professionals' salaries. This growth is mirrored by state trends for all professionals. Within the field of teaching, there is a huge variation in pay, with the highest paid teaching professionals earning 184% more money than those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket in Missouri state.

Average Salaries for Teaching professionals and related professions in Missouri

Early Childhood Education	$38,762
Educational Leadership	$70,132
Elementary Education	$53,550
Special Education	$48,213
Teaching	$55,508

Teaching professionals in Missouri earn, on average, more than their counterparts in related professions.

Educational Trends

Teaching programs available for each degree type for all schools in Missouri

associate	31
bachelor	242
master	74
doctor	2
Certificate	19
Total	368

The number of students graduating from the 57 accredited teaching schools in Missouri is increasing. In 2006 there were 3,726 teaching graduates from teaching courses in Missouri and in 2010 there were 4,383 graduates.

This represents a 18% increase in the number of teaching degree or certificate school graduates in Missouri state. A majority of these graduates, or 66%, graduated with a bachelor's degree in teaching.

Teaching Faculty Salaries in Missouri

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