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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 28,645 - 71.9 17,009 93.1
2014 - 15 5,107 - 62.2 0 *
2013 - 14 6,032 - 73.7 4,045 92.0
2012 - 13 5,851 - 74.9 4,230 92.2
2011 - 12 6,478 - 73.6 4,670 93.6
2010 - 11 6,081 - 75.1 4,497 94.6



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 421 73.2 > 261 84.7
Post-Baccalaureate All 358 62.8 > 200 88.9
Principal/Assistant Principal 358 74.9 > 229 85.4
School Business Administrator 3 - >- -
Special Education Administrator 31 87.1 > 21 77.8
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent 32 21.9 > 7 100.0
Supervisor/Director 6 - >- -
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All 294 47.3 > 104 74.8
Post-Baccalaureate All 305 53.4 > 136 83.4
School Guidance Counselor 189 43.9 > 65 78.3
School Psychologist 49 71.4 > 24 68.6
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor 71 46.5 > 25 75.8
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All 401 62.8 > 224 88.9
Post-Baccalaureate All 411 61.3 > 229 90.9
Reading 263 84.0 > 202 91.4
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders 144 23.6 > 25 73.5
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All 11 81.8 > 8 88.9
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All 3,914 65.3 > 2,032 79.5
Baccalaureate All 1,389 57.7 > 639 79.7
Biology 18 55.6 > 9 90.0
Chemistry 10 40.0 > 2 50.0
Dance 1 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 184 53.8 > 75 75.8
Earth Science 1 - >- -
Elementary 529 54.4 > 200 69.4
English 143 49.0 > 50 71.4
English as a Second Language 24 45.8 > 8 72.7
Foreign Language - [French] 4 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Italian] 3 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 10 40.0 > 4 100.0
General Science 6 - >- -
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 9 44.4 > 2 50.0
History 111 42.3 > 32 68.1
Latin and Classical Humanities 3 - >- -
Mathematics 65 47.7 > 27 87.1
Middle School Mathematics/Science 3 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 94 63.8 > 47 78.3
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 58 46.6 > 22 81.5
Physical Education 48 33.3 > 13 81.3
Physics 5 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 26 80.8 > 16 76.2
Technology/Engineering 2 - >- -
Theater 9 11.1 > 1 100.0
Visual Art 53 43.4 > 20 87.0
Post-Baccalaureate All 2,371 70.8 > 1,440 85.8
Biology 73 79.5 > 48 82.8
Business 6 - >- -
Chemistry 16 75.0 > 9 75.0
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - ASL/TC 4 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 187 70.1 > 118 90.1
Earth Science 8 100.0 > 6 75.0
Elementary 394 64.0 > 192 76.2
English 181 69.6 > 100 79.4
English as a Second Language 91 86.8 > 68 86.1
Foreign Language - [Arabic] 1 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Chinese] 7 42.9 > 3 100.0
Foreign Language - [French] 3 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 37 83.8 > 28 90.3
General Science 38 89.5 > 26 76.5
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 7 71.4 > 4 80.0
History 155 63.9 > 74 74.7
Instructional Technology 11 81.8 > 8 88.9
Latin and Classical Humanities 14 50.0 > 6 85.7
Library 11 72.7 > 7 87.5
Mathematics 130 80.8 > 87 82.9
Middle School Humanities 6 - >- -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 3 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 672 84.4 > 471 83.1
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 21 57.1 > 10 83.3
Physical Education 9 66.7 > 3 50.0
Physics 14 78.6 > 6 54.5
Political Science/Political Philosophy 2 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 168 54.8 > 74 80.4
Technology/Engineering 1 - >- -
Theater 21 42.9 > 7 77.8
Visual Art 56 58.9 > 21 63.6
Visually Impaired 17 23.5 > 4 100.0
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All 261 68.6 > 154 86.0
Biology 11 90.9 > 8 80.0
Chemistry 6 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 10 30.0 > 3 100.0
Elementary 58 67.2 > 30 76.9
English 25 88.0 > 17 77.3
English as a Second Language 7 85.7 > 6 100.0
Foreign Language - [French] 1 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 6 - >- -
General Science 14 71.4 > 7 70.0
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 2 - >- -
History 16 93.8 > 12 80.0
Mathematics 44 68.2 > 25 83.3
Middle School Humanities 10 10.0 > 1 100.0
Middle School Mathematics/Science 3 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 27 96.3 > 21 80.8
Physical Education 9 77.8 > 6 85.7
Physics 3 - >- -
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All 319 86.8 > 253 91.3
Post-Baccalaureate All 364 87.9 > 309 96.6
Biology 1 - >- -
Chemistry 2 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 49 73.5 > 31 86.1
Elementary 94 86.2 > 73 90.1
English 24 95.8 > 22 95.7
Foreign Language - [Portuguese] 2 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 2 - >- -
General Science 8 100.0 > 7 87.5
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 6 - >- -
History 12 91.7 > 11 100.0
Mathematics 34 94.1 > 30 93.8
Middle School Humanities 2 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 38 94.7 > 33 91.7
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 9 88.9 > 7 87.5
Physical Education 15 73.3 > 11 100.0
Physics 2 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 2 - >- -
Technology/Engineering 3 - >- -
Visual Art 17 70.6 > 11 91.7



Top Employing Massachusetts Public School Districts (First Employing District)
District
 Number of 2014 Program Completers First Employment Percent of 2014 Program Completers First Employment
Boston
-
5.6
Springfield
-
3.1
Newton
-
2.5
Worcester
-
2.2
Lawrence
-
1.9


*No Data Available.

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