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To teach at the college level (or at a private high school), a minimum of a master's degree in mathematics (or a closely related field) is required. Some colleges will allow teachers to teach as adjuncts (meaning they are not official professors, do not have offices, teach only a few classes, and make a much lower salary than official professors) if they are in the process of getting a master's degree.

To teach at the high school level, the requirements vary from state to state in the US. Most require a bachelor's degree in mathematics education.

The main difference is that colleges do not require any education background whatsoever (just math) while high schools require more education than math (in some districts with a shortage of teachers, a history teacher with no math background could be allowed to teach calculus).

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