Postsecondary teachers held nearly 1.6 million jobs in 2002. Most were employed in public and private 4-year colleges and universities and in 2-year community colleges. Postsecondary career and technical education teachers also are employed by schools and institutes that specialize in training people in a specific field, such as technology centers or culinary schools. Some career and technical education teachers work for State and local governments and job training facilities. The following tabulation shows postsecondary teaching jobs in specialties having 20,000 or more jobs in 2002:
| Graduate teaching assistants |
128,000 |
| Vocational education teachers |
119,000 |
| Health specialties teachers |
86,000 |
| Business teachers |
67,000 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers |
58,000 |
| English language and literature teachers |
55,000 |
| Education teachers |
42,000 |
| Biological science teachers |
47,000 |
| Mathematical science teachers |
41,000 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers |
37,000 |
| Computer science teachers |
33,000 |
| Engineering teachers |
29,000 |
| Psychology teachers |
26,000 |
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