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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 1,147 - 64.9 624 91.5
2015 - 16 178 - 57.3 0 *
2014 - 15 170 - 58.2 92 90.2
2013 - 14 186 - 72.6 131 88.5
2012 - 13 215 - 63.3 132 90.2
2011 - 12 200 - 63.5 125 95.2
2010 - 11 202 - 73.3 144 93.1



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 1 - >- -
Post-Baccalaureate All 1 - >- -
Special Education Administrator 1 - >- -
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All 20 35.0 > 6 85.7
Post-Baccalaureate All 20 35.0 > 6 85.7
School Guidance Counselor 10 50.0 > 4 80.0
School Psychologist 10 20.0 > 2 100.0
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All 20 35.0 > 5 71.4
Post-Baccalaureate All 20 35.0 > 5 71.4
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders 20 35.0 > 5 71.4
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All 114 66.7 > 54 71.1
Baccalaureate All 43 69.8 > 19 63.3
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 17 58.8 > 5 50.0
Earth Science 1 - >- -
English 2 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 1 - >- -
History 1 - >- -
Mathematics 4 - >- -
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 16 75.0 > 8 66.7
Visual Art 1 - >- -
Post-Baccalaureate All 71 64.8 > 35 76.1
Biology 4 - >- -
Chemistry 1 - >- -
Elementary 16 68.8 > 7 63.6
English 13 61.5 > 7 87.5
English as a Second Language 3 - >- -
Foreign Language - [French] 2 - >- -
General Science 4 - >- -
History 16 56.3 > 7 77.8
Latin and Classical Humanities 6 - >- -
Mathematics 2 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 1 - >- -
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 2 - >- -
Physics 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
Springfield
-
16.8
Holyoke
-
3.4
Amherst-Pelham
-
2.9
Chicopee
-
2.5
Gill-Montague
-
2.4


*No Data Available.

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