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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.

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 23,913 - 71.1 12,516 92.9
2013 - 14 6,032 - 67.1 0 *
2012 - 13 5,851 - 72.3 3,866 92.4
2011 - 12 6,478 - 72.1 4,455 92.4
2010 - 11 6,081 - 74.0 4,382 94.0



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 358 63.7 > 192 84.2
Post-Baccalaureate All 704 80.5 > 531 93.7
Principal/Assistant Principal 320 63.1 > 172 85.1
Special Education Administrator 17 82.4 > 10 71.4
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent 29 20.7 > 5 83.3
Supervisor/Director 7 85.7 > 5 83.3
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All 305 49.2 > 115 76.7
Post-Baccalaureate All 355 56.6 > 174 86.6
School Guidance Counselor 214 47.7 > 77 75.5
School Psychologist 52 61.5 > 27 84.4
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor 55 49.1 > 21 77.8
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All 422 61.1 > 221 85.7
Post-Baccalaureate All 425 64.7 > 253 92.0
Reading 262 84.7 > 197 88.7
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders 159 18.2 > 20 69.0
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All 15 86.7 > 12 92.3
Reading 11 100.0 > 8 72.7
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All 4,014 64.0 > 1,998 77.8
Baccalaureate All 1,507 57.2 > 684 79.4
Biology 23 39.1 > 7 77.8
Chemistry 3 - >- -
Dance 1 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 189 42.9 > 62 76.5
Earth Science 1 - >- -
Elementary 547 57.2 > 229 73.2
English 131 44.3 > 43 74.1
English as a Second Language 22 45.5 > 8 80.0
Foreign Language - [French] 3 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 13 76.9 > 8 80.0
General Science 9 55.6 > 3 60.0
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 8 37.5 > 2 66.7
History 100 40.0 > 27 67.5
Mathematics 92 52.2 > 37 77.1
Moderate Disabilities 105 61.0 > 48 75.0
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 62 48.4 > 17 56.7
Physical Education 53 52.8 > 23 82.1
Physics 3 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 13 76.9 > 7 70.0
Technology/Engineering 2 - >- -
Theater 11 18.2 > 1 50.0
Visual Art 59 39.0 > 17 73.9
Post-Baccalaureate All 2,548 72.4 > 1,587 86.1
Biology 73 82.2 > 52 86.7
Business 4 - >- -
Chemistry 16 68.8 > 10 90.9
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - ASL/TC 7 - >- -
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - [Oral/Aural] 8 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 206 68.4 > 109 77.3
Earth Science 8 75.0 > 5 83.3
Elementary 459 67.3 > 241 78.0
English 188 70.7 > 104 78.2
English as a Second Language 86 79.1 > 58 85.3
Foreign Language - [Arabic] 2 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Chinese] 3 - >- -
Foreign Language - [French] 8 87.5 > 7 100.0
Foreign Language - [Portuguese] 1 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 36 80.6 > 25 86.2
General Science 36 86.1 > 25 80.6
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 11 72.7 > 6 75.0
History 157 68.8 > 81 75.0
Instructional Technology 20 80.0 > 12 75.0
Latin and Classical Humanities 13 53.8 > 7 100.0
Library 13 76.9 > 10 100.0
Mathematics 134 77.6 > 88 84.6
Middle School Humanities 7 42.9 > 3 100.0
Middle School Mathematics/Science 5 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 633 81.7 > 417 80.7
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 27 55.6 > 9 60.0
Physical Education 10 60.0 > 6 100.0
Physics 13 69.2 > 7 77.8
Political Science/Political Philosophy 4 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 145 46.9 > 53 77.9
Technology/Engineering 2 - >- -
Theater 26 19.2 > 2 40.0
Visual Art 48 54.2 > 20 76.9
Visually Impaired 11 18.2 > 2 100.0
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All 311 76.2 > 217 91.6
Biology 11 81.8 > 7 77.8
Business 1 - >- -
Chemistry 5 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 5 - >- -
Elementary 50 64.0 > 24 75.0
English 37 78.4 > 24 82.8
English as a Second Language 24 91.7 > 19 86.4
Foreign Language - [French] 2 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 4 - >- -
General Science 12 66.7 > 4 50.0
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 2 - >- -
History 6 - >- -
Mathematics 49 73.5 > 25 69.4
Middle School Humanities 5 - >- -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 1 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 28 64.3 > 14 77.8
Physical Education 9 88.9 > 6 75.0
Physics 9 66.7 > 6 100.0
Technology/Engineering 1 - >- -
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All 364 90.4 > 305 92.7
Post-Baccalaureate All 392 87.0 > 326 95.6
Biology 5 - >- -
Business 1 - >- -
Chemistry 4 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 47 89.4 > 36 85.7
Elementary 115 87.8 > 95 94.1
English 32 90.6 > 27 93.1
Foreign Language - [French] 1 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 4 - >- -
General Science 8 87.5 > 7 100.0
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 2 - >- -
History 28 96.4 > 24 88.9
Instructional Technology 5 - >- -
Latin and Classical Humanities 1 - >- -
Mathematics 30 96.7 > 27 93.1
Middle School Humanities 1 - >- -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 1 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 37 100.0 > 36 97.3
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 5 - >- -
Physical Education 13 92.3 > 11 91.7
Severe Disabilities 1 - >- -
Technology/Engineering 3 - >- -
Visual Art 24 70.8 > 15 88.2



Top Employing Massachusetts Public School Districts (First Employing District)
District
 Number of 2013 Program Completers First Employment Percent of 2013 Program Completers First Employment
Boston
-
5.6
Springfield
-
3.1
Worcester
-
2.3
Newton
-
2.3
Lawrence
-
1.8


*No Data Available.

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