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<p>In order to teach at the college level, you generally have to have a post-graduate degree, most usually a Ph.D. unless what you teach is applied in nature (for example, one does not expect music professors to hold Ph.D.s).
Many Ph.D.s, however, do not teach at the college level. At least two of my Ss’ high school teachers had Ph.D.s (one in English, another in anthropology). I know a math Ph.D. from Princeton who teaches math at a prep school. And, in my Ss’ k-8 school, there is a Ed.D. who is teaching 6th grade by choice–he just loves working with young kids.</p>
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<p>In terms of salary, probably none. I should clarify that UTEP is different from a regular college B.A. insofar as the requirements for the major need to be fulfilled, but there are also teaching requirements, including a practicum. For students who graduated from top schools but are going into teaching, the difference is in the college experience itself.
Besides UTEP, other ways for students who did not attend education colleges to go into k-12 teaching is Teach for America. TFA recruits heavily at top schools and is very popular there.</p>