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Those looking for Dallas teaching jobs have hundreds of opportunities to choose from.

The Dallas area is home to 337 public schools, 89 private schools and 38 colleges, according to Wikipedia. Teachers in the area have a low unemployment rate and can expect to be paid relatively well.

The Dallas-Plano-Irving area's education and health services industry employed 255,900 workers during December 2009, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 254,600 workers during November and a 9.4 percent increase from December 2008.

According to Salary.com, the average pay for a public school teacher in Dallas is between $44,292 per year and $58,836 per year.

The majority of public elementary and secondary schools in the city are operated by the Dallas Independent School District, which is the 12th-largest school district in the country, with an enrollment of more than 161,000 students.

Several of the district's schools are well-known. During 2006, 2007 and 2009, Newsweek named the School for the Talented and Gifted the best school in the country. The School of Science and Engineering Magnet was named eighth on that list during 2006 and second during 2007. Other schools named to the list include: Hillcrest, W. T. White, and Woodrow Wilson high schools.

Most school districts in Dallas County, including DISD, are served by Dallas County Schools, a governmental agency that provides busing and other transportation services, access to a media library, technology services, ties to local organizations for education and community integration, and staff development programs.

There also are many private schools throughout the Dallas area.

When it comes to higher-education, there are many notable institutions in the area. Dallas County Community College District serves as the main two-year community college in the county. The district has seven campuses, with branches in Dallas and the surrounding suburbs.

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, which is part of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and one of the largest grouping of medical facilities in the world, also is located in Dallas. The school is extremely selective, admitting only about 200 students per year and enrolling 3,255 postgraduates.

The city also is home to the University of North Texas at Dallas, which became the first public university in the city in 2009.

There are many private higher-education institutions in the city, including two branches of Texas Woman's University, one that specializes in nursing and one that specializes in occupational therapy and physical therapy.

Other private schools in the city include: Dallas Baptist University, with an enrollment of more than 5,100 students; Paul Quinn College, a historically black college with an enrollment of about 3,000 undergrads; Criswell College, a Biblical and Christian subject school with an enrollment of about 400 students; and Dallas Theological Seminary, an evangelical school with about 2,000 graduate students.

Other colleges and universities near Dallas include:

• Dallas Hall at Dedman College at Southern Methodist University
• Southern Methodist University
• The University of Dallas
• The University of North Texas
• The University of Texas at Arlington
• Dallas Christian College
• Texas Christian University
• Texas Wesleyan University
• University of North Texas Health Science Center
• Austin College
• Texas A&M University
• Navarro College

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