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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 33,394 - 72.6 20,585 93.1
2015 - 16 5,284 - 64.1 0 *
2014 - 15 5,107 - 69.4 3,175 90.8
2013 - 14 6,032 - 75.9 4,448 91.9
2012 - 13 5,851 - 76.6 4,385 93.1
2011 - 12 6,478 - 74.7 4,769 94.2
2010 - 11 6,081 - 76.0 4,569 95.0



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 446 67.9 > 272 89.8
Post-Baccalaureate All 421 72.2 > 265 87.2
Principal/Assistant Principal 361 70.4 > 229 90.2
School Business Administrator 9 88.9 > 7 87.5
Special Education Administrator 31 90.3 > 24 85.7
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent 50 12.0 > 6 100.0
Supervisor/Director 7 100.0 > 6 85.7
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All 301 56.5 > 129 75.9
Post-Baccalaureate All 294 49.7 > 127 87.0
School Guidance Counselor 181 54.1 > 76 77.6
School Psychologist 55 78.2 > 31 72.1
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor 83 49.4 > 33 80.5
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All 383 64.8 > 207 83.5
Post-Baccalaureate All 401 63.8 > 242 94.5
Reading 258 86.4 > 187 83.9
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders 131 22.1 > 21 72.4
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All 3,814 67.0 > 2,010 78.7
Baccalaureate All 1,355 57.3 > 631 81.3
Biology 16 62.5 > 9 90.0
Chemistry 6 - >- -
Dance 1 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 187 50.3 > 65 69.1
Earth Science 2 - >- -
Elementary 501 52.3 > 186 71.0
English 103 46.6 > 36 75.0
English as a Second Language 32 50.0 > 12 75.0
Foreign Language - [French] 3 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 14 57.1 > 7 87.5
General Science 5 - >- -
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 12 33.3 > 4 100.0
History 96 40.6 > 28 71.8
Mathematics 70 70.0 > 40 81.6
Middle School Humanities 2 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 59 66.1 > 33 84.6
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 53 62.3 > 26 78.8
Physical Education 60 48.3 > 21 72.4
Physics 3 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 24 62.5 > 14 93.3
Technology/Engineering 1 - >- -
Theater 6 - >- -
Visual Art 44 29.5 > 11 84.6
Post-Baccalaureate All 2,322 73.9 > 1,480 86.2
Biology 68 82.4 > 48 85.7
Business 7 85.7 > 6 100.0
Chemistry 16 81.3 > 11 84.6
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - ASL/TC 7 - >- -
Early Childhood 1 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 158 73.4 > 91 78.4
Earth Science 4 - >- -
Elementary 378 67.5 > 191 74.9
English 210 69.0 > 111 76.6
English as a Second Language 132 87.9 > 105 90.5
Foreign Language - [Chinese] 4 - >- -
Foreign Language - [French] 6 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 28 92.9 > 22 84.6
General Science 54 90.7 > 40 81.6
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 2 - >- -
History 169 66.3 > 82 73.2
Instructional Technology 15 86.7 > 11 84.6
Latin and Classical Humanities 13 38.5 > 4 80.0
Library 17 88.2 > 13 86.7
Mathematics 150 84.0 > 110 87.3
Middle School Humanities 4 - >- -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 5 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 652 83.6 > 441 80.9
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 23 69.6 > 11 68.8
Physical Education 26 84.6 > 19 86.4
Physics 13 84.6 > 11 100.0
Severe Disabilities 176 56.8 > 82 82.0
Theater 13 30.8 > 3 75.0
Visual Art 47 63.8 > 24 80.0
Visually Impaired 10 20.0 > 2 100.0
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All 252 69.8 > 162 92.0
Biology 12 58.3 > 6 85.7
Chemistry 7 28.6 > 2 100.0
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 6 - >- -
Elementary 46 78.3 > 29 80.6
English 32 81.3 > 21 80.8
English as a Second Language 7 57.1 > 2 50.0
Foreign Language - [Italian] 1 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 3 - >- -
General Science 8 62.5 > 3 60.0
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 1 - >- -
History 17 70.6 > 9 75.0
Mathematics 36 63.9 > 16 69.6
Middle School Humanities 6 - >- -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 2 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 24 79.2 > 13 68.4
Physical Education 8 87.5 > 6 85.7
Physics 4 - >- -
Visual Art 1 - >- -
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All 308 88.6 > 246 90.1
Post-Baccalaureate All 319 87.1 > 260 93.5
Biology 5 - >- -
Chemistry 1 - >- -
Early Childhood 1 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 49 79.6 > 38 97.4
Earth Science 1 - >- -
Elementary 87 88.5 > 69 89.6
English 24 95.8 > 22 95.7
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 5 - >- -
General Science 2 - >- -
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 1 - >- -
History 22 95.5 > 17 81.0
Mathematics 25 92.0 > 21 91.3
Middle School Humanities 1 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 46 89.1 > 36 87.8
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 6 - >- -
Physical Education 13 84.6 > 11 100.0
Physics 2 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 3 - >- -
Technology/Engineering 5 - >- -
Visual Art 11 72.7 > 6 75.0



Top Employing Massachusetts Public School Districts (First Employing District)
District
 Number of 2015 Program Completers First Employment Percent of 2015 Program Completers First Employment
Boston
-
5.6
Springfield
-
3.2
Newton
-
2.5
Worcester
-
2.2
Lawrence
-
1.9


*No Data Available.

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