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Employment of Preparation Program Completers in Massachusetts Public Schools

This report provides the percentage of program completers who were employed in a Massachusetts public school or district by June of the report year. Employment rates are reported by program completion year, program type, program subject area, and top employing districts. Employment is determined by matching program completers reported by preparation program providers with employment data collected from districts in the Education Personnel Information Management System (EPIMS). The number in retention cohort includes the number of program completers first employed at least one year prior to the report year, and is the numerator for the retention rates. More about the data…

Note: Data only include program completers who became employed in a Massachusetts public, K-12 school, including charter schools, and collaboratives. The data do not include employment in private schools or outside of Massachusetts. Additional contextual information is provided by the educator preparation program under 'Employment Rates Context'.

A dash indicates that there were fewer than six program completers, therefore employment data is not reported. For more information on how employment and retention rates are calculated, see the About the Data page.


Employment Rates Context

Boston University and its School of Education attract students from across the country and around the world. Many students are not from Massachusetts and frequently choose other destination states after graduation. Boston University is comprised of 16 schools and colleges, with more than 32,500 students, at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, from all 50 states and 135 foreign countries. University-wide 82% of first time, first year students (freshmen) are from out of state.


Data last updated June 4, 2026

Employment by Year (All Programs)
Program Completion YearNumber of Program Completers Total Number Ever Employed in a MA Public School Total Percent Ever Employed in a MA Public School Retention in a MA Public School
Number in Retention Cohort Percent remaining employed for 2 years
All Years 722 - 46.8 205 88.8
2012 - 13 237 - 48.9 0 *
2011 - 12 260 - 45.4 104 89.4
2010 - 11 231 - 46.8 103 88.3



Employment by Program Characteristics
Retention in a MA Public School
Program Type Program Level Program Subject Area Number of Program Completers Total Percent Ever Employed in a MA Public School Number in Retention Cohort Percent remaining employed for 2 years
Academic: Administrator, Initial All All 2 - >- -
Post-Baccalaureate All 2 - >- -
Principal/Assistant Principal 1 - >- -
Special Education Administrator 1 - >- -
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All 9 33.3 > 3 100.0
Post-Baccalaureate All 9 33.3 > 3 100.0
School Guidance Counselor 9 33.3 > 3 100.0
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All 31 38.7 > 8 66.7
Post-Baccalaureate All 31 38.7 > 8 66.7
Reading 6 - >- -
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders 25 24.0 > 5 83.3
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All 175 52.6 > 73 79.3
Baccalaureate All 89 41.6 > 27 73.0
Biology 1 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 13 15.4 > 2 100.0
Elementary 26 50.0 > 11 84.6
English 14 28.6 > 3 75.0
English as a Second Language 9 11.1 > 1 100.0
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 1 - >- -
History 3 - >- -
Latin and Classical Humanities 2 - >- -
Mathematics 10 70.0 > 5 71.4
Moderate Disabilities 21 57.1 > 11 91.7
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 6 - >- -
Physics 1 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 4 - >- -
Post-Baccalaureate All 86 64.0 > 46 83.6
Biology 4 - >- -
Chemistry 1 - >- -
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing 1 - >- -
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - ASL/TC 8 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 1 - >- -
Elementary 5 - >- -
English 4 - >- -
English as a Second Language 10 70.0 > 4 57.1
Foreign Language - [Arabic] 1 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 1 - >- -
General Science 2 - >- -
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 2 - >- -
History 7 71.4 > 4 80.0
Latin and Classical Humanities 1 - >- -
Mathematics 7 100.0 > 7 100.0
Moderate Disabilities 7 85.7 > 5 83.3
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 4 - >- -
Physical Education 7 85.7 > 6 100.0
Physics 2 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 1 - >- -
Visual Art 11 45.5 > 4 80.0



Top Employing Massachusetts Public School Districts (First Employing District)
District
 Number of 2012 Program Completers First Employment Percent of 2012 Program Completers First Employment
Boston
-
9.4
Chelsea
-
8.8
Brookline
-
6.0
Newton
-
4.8


*No Data Available.

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