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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

Boston University and its School of Education attract students from across the country and around the world. Many students are not from Massachusetts and frequently choose other destination states after graduation. Boston University is comprised of 16 schools and colleges, with more than 32,500 students, at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, from all 50 states and 135 foreign countries. University-wide 82% of first time, first year students (freshmen) are from out of state.


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 1,361 - 50.7 585 90.6
2015 - 16 199 - 43.2 0 *
2014 - 15 227 - 47.6 101 91.1
2013 - 14 215 - 56.3 118 89.0
2012 - 13 237 - 56.1 129 93.8
2011 - 12 260 - 50.0 128 90.6
2010 - 11 231 - 51.1 115 88.7



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 4 - >- -
Post-Baccalaureate All 4 - >- -
Principal/Assistant Principal 3 - >- -
Special Education Administrator 1 - >- -
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All 6 - >- -
Post-Baccalaureate All 6 - >- -
School Guidance Counselor 6 - >- -
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All 33 21.2 > 7 100.0
Post-Baccalaureate All 33 21.2 > 7 100.0
Reading 5 - >- -
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders 28 10.7 > 3 100.0
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All 152 61.2 > 81 87.1
Baccalaureate All 66 42.4 > 24 85.7
Biology 1 - >- -
Chemistry 1 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 7 42.9 > 3 100.0
Earth Science 1 - >- -
Elementary 21 47.6 > 8 80.0
English 7 42.9 > 2 66.7
English as a Second Language 8 50.0 > 3 75.0
Foreign Language - [French] 2 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 3 - >- -
General Science 1 - >- -
History 3 - >- -
Mathematics 3 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 8 75.0 > 6 100.0
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 4 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 8 50.0 > 4 100.0
Visual Art 1 - >- -
Post-Baccalaureate All 87 75.9 > 58 87.9
Biology 2 - >- -
Chemistry 1 - >- -
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - ASL/TC 7 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 1 - >- -
Elementary 5 - >- -
English 14 64.3 > 6 66.7
English as a Second Language 9 88.9 > 8 100.0
Foreign Language - [French] 1 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 2 - >- -
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 1 - >- -
History 8 87.5 > 6 85.7
Mathematics 8 87.5 > 7 100.0
Moderate Disabilities 6 - >- -
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 1 - >- -
Physical Education 12 91.7 > 9 81.8
Physics 5 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 3 - >- -
Visual Art 1 - >- -



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
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11.0
Chelsea
-
9.2
Newton
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6.3
Brookline
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6.3
Lawrence
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2.7


*No Data Available.

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