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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 731 - 81.9 461 93.9
2013 - 14 157 - 73.9 0 *
2012 - 13 159 - 79.2 115 94.8
2011 - 12 210 - 84.3 170 92.4
2010 - 11 208 - 88.0 176 94.9



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: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All 10 70.0 > 6 85.7
Post-Baccalaureate All 10 70.0 > 6 85.7
School Guidance Counselor 10 70.0 > 6 85.7
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All 13 92.3 > 11 91.7
Post-Baccalaureate All 13 92.3 > 11 91.7
Reading 13 92.3 > 11 91.7
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All 90 77.8 > 58 82.9
Baccalaureate All 43 62.8 > 21 77.8
Biology 1 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 8 50.0 > 3 75.0
Elementary 18 72.2 > 10 76.9
English 6 - >- -
History 3 - >- -
Mathematics 2 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 8 75.0 > 6 100.0
Severe Disabilities 3 - >- -
Technology/Engineering 2 - >- -
Post-Baccalaureate All 47 91.5 > 37 86.0
Biology 2 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 4 - >- -
Elementary 7 100.0 > 7 100.0
English 1 - >- -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 1 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 28 92.9 > 23 88.5
Severe Disabilities 3 - >- -
Technology/Engineering 1 - >- -
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All 21 100.0 > 19 90.5
Post-Baccalaureate All 21 100.0 > 19 90.5
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 5 - >- -
Elementary 4 - >- -
English 3 - >- -
Middle School Humanities 1 - >- -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 1 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 3 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 1 - >- -
Technology/Engineering 3 - >- -



Top Employing Massachusetts Public School Districts (First Employing District)
District
 Number of 2013 Program Completers First Employment Percent of 2013 Program Completers First Employment
Leominster
-
8.3
Fitchburg
-
5.7
Lowell
-
4.7
North Middlesex
-
3.3
Gardner
-
3.1


*No Data Available.

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