Do you have to teach high school before you can teach college?

Autumn Vacio: No, you just need a masters degree, but you can try teaching at a private school first so you can get experience

Tommy Durrenberger: No, you don't need any teaching experience at all to get hired to teach at the college level. It would help, but almost no one who wants to teach college ever teaches high school. You need a masters degree to teach at a 2-year college, and you need a PhD in the field you want to teach to be a professor at a 4-year college or university. However, there are far more PhDs than there are jobs for them - it's very hard to get a job as a professor, and you'll have to go where the job is - you won't get to pick where you live....Show more

Romana Stiman: You don't have to teach in high school to teach in college. You just have to get a masters degree.