Also called: Professor of finance, marketing, or management
Teaches business subjects like finance, marketing, and entrepreneurship and researches how companies work.
Business professors teach MBA and undergrad classes using case studies, consult for companies, and publish research. Finance and accounting professors are among the best-paid academics.
BLS business teachers, postsecondary; finance and accounting faculty earn the most.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Doctorate (PhD), about 11 years after high school. Bachelor's, then a PhD (usually 5-7 years), often a postdoc, then a competitive faculty job search; tenure takes about 6 more years.
Ways in: Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Business, Economics, Finance.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years). BLS projects ~4% growth for postsecondary teachers overall; tenure-track jobs are very competitive.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI generates case analyses and grades homework; teaching MBA discussions, consulting and research stay human.
Classes: AP Economics, AP Statistics, Business or accounting.
Official data: O*NET occupation 25-1011.
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