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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

In 2010-2011 and 2011-2012, the College had 402 licensure program completers, 57.2% of which were employed in a MA public school. 91.3% of those remained employed for at least 2 years. The top three public school districts that employ our graduates are Springfield, Holyoke and Amherst-Pelham.


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 802 - 62.7 369 91.6
2013 - 14 186 - 62.9 0 *
2012 - 13 215 - 57.7 115 90.4
2011 - 12 200 - 59.5 115 93.0
2010 - 11 202 - 70.8 139 91.4



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 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 29 17.2 > 2 40.0
Post-Baccalaureate All 29 17.2 > 2 40.0
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders 29 17.2 > 2 40.0
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All 133 64.7 > 66 76.7
Baccalaureate All 42 47.6 > 16 80.0
Biology 1 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 14 42.9 > 6 100.0
English 1 - >- -
Mathematics 2 - >- -
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 15 46.7 > 4 57.1
Visual Art 9 55.6 > 4 80.0
Post-Baccalaureate All 91 72.5 > 50 75.8
Biology 7 85.7 > 5 83.3
Chemistry 1 - >- -
Elementary 17 64.7 > 10 90.9
English 12 66.7 > 5 62.5
English as a Second Language 15 80.0 > 9 75.0
Foreign Language - [Chinese] 1 - >- -
General Science 4 - >- -
History 17 88.2 > 10 66.7
Latin and Classical Humanities 6 - >- -
Mathematics 2 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 7 42.9 > 3 100.0
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 1 - >- -
Physics 1 - >- -
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All 3 - >- -
Post-Baccalaureate All 3 - >- -
General Science 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
Springfield
-
16.4
Holyoke
-
2.9
Gill-Montague
-
2.5
Amherst-Pelham
-
2.5
Chicopee
-
2.3


*No Data Available.

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