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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 37,898 - 73.6 24,234 93.3
2016 - 17 5,064 - 67.1 0 *
2015 - 16 5,284 - 71.4 3,385 92.3
2014 - 15 5,107 - 72.5 3,542 90.4
2013 - 14 6,032 - 77.5 4,580 93.1
2012 - 13 5,851 - 77.5 4,483 93.7
2011 - 12 6,478 - 75.5 4,840 94.5
2010 - 11 6,081 - 76.5 4,620 95.1



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 450 73.6 > 294 88.8
Post-Baccalaureate All 446 68.4 > 278 91.1
Principal/Assistant Principal 361 75.6 > 242 88.6
School Business Administrator 10 90.0 > 8 88.9
Special Education Administrator 33 90.9 > 26 86.7
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent 46 13.0 > 6 100.0
Supervisor/Director 17 88.2 > 13 86.7
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All 311 51.4 > 122 76.3
Post-Baccalaureate All 301 58.5 > 142 80.7
School Guidance Counselor 189 53.4 > 71 70.3
School Psychologist 53 67.9 > 30 83.3
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor 80 42.5 > 30 88.2
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All 365 66.6 > 207 85.2
Post-Baccalaureate All 383 63.2 > 213 88.0
Reading 242 87.6 > 180 84.9
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders 130 26.9 > 31 88.6
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All 3,654 66.0 > 1,895 78.6
Baccalaureate All 1,239 57.9 > 582 81.2
Biology 21 52.4 > 10 90.9
Business 1 - >- -
Chemistry 2 - >- -
Early Childhood 6 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 210 48.6 > 76 74.5
Earth Science 2 - >- -
Elementary 454 57.7 > 174 66.4
English 106 44.3 > 30 63.8
English as a Second Language 28 35.7 > 6 60.0
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 13 61.5 > 6 75.0
General Science 8 50.0 > 4 100.0
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 11 45.5 > 2 40.0
History 83 39.8 > 24 72.7
Latin and Classical Humanities 1 - >- -
Mathematics 66 66.7 > 34 77.3
Middle School Mathematics/Science 1 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 57 61.4 > 28 80.0
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 52 65.4 > 27 79.4
Physical Education 59 40.7 > 17 70.8
Physics 2 - >- -
Political Science/Political Philosophy 1 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 20 60.0 > 9 75.0
Technology/Engineering 1 - >- -
Theater 9 22.2 >- -
Visual Art 43 30.2 > 7 53.8
Post-Baccalaureate All 2,368 74.1 > 1,507 85.9
Biology 60 81.7 > 43 87.8
Business 1 - >- -
Chemistry 14 85.7 > 10 83.3
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - ASL/TC 7 14.3 > 1 100.0
Early Childhood 8 62.5 > 3 60.0
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 232 69.4 > 134 83.2
Earth Science 7 85.7 > 6 100.0
Elementary 392 70.2 > 215 78.2
English 161 68.9 > 88 79.3
English as a Second Language 70 78.6 > 46 83.6
Foreign Language - [Chinese] 5 - >- -
Foreign Language - [French] 6 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Portuguese] 2 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 28 85.7 > 20 83.3
General Science 24 79.2 > 17 89.5
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 2 - >- -
History 166 70.5 > 96 82.1
Instructional Technology 12 83.3 > 9 90.0
Latin and Classical Humanities 11 54.5 > 5 83.3
Library 17 82.4 > 13 92.9
Mathematics 129 75.2 > 78 80.4
Middle School Humanities 5 - >- -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 7 57.1 > 3 75.0
Moderate Disabilities 608 83.4 > 409 80.7
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 24 75.0 > 13 72.2
Physical Education 13 92.3 > 9 75.0
Physics 15 93.3 > 13 92.9
Severe Disabilities 144 56.3 > 61 75.3
Technology/Engineering 3 - >- -
Theater 20 35.0 > 6 85.7
Visual Art 54 51.9 > 20 71.4
Visually Impaired 14 14.3 > 2 100.0
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All 218 63.3 > 122 88.4
Biology 16 62.5 > 9 90.0
Chemistry 2 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 13 38.5 > 4 80.0
Elementary 41 70.7 > 23 79.3
English 24 79.2 > 14 73.7
English as a Second Language 27 88.9 > 22 91.7
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 4 - >- -
General Science 15 80.0 > 11 91.7
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 9 88.9 > 7 87.5
History 18 83.3 > 15 100.0
Mathematics 41 70.7 > 25 86.2
Middle School Humanities 7 42.9 > 2 66.7
Middle School Mathematics/Science 2 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 43 65.1 > 23 82.1
Physical Education 9 100.0 > 8 88.9
Physics 3 - >- -
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All 332 89.5 > 264 88.9
Post-Baccalaureate All 308 88.0 > 250 92.3
Biology 9 100.0 > 8 88.9
Chemistry 3 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 42 92.9 > 35 89.7
Elementary 106 91.5 > 85 87.6
English 31 96.8 > 28 93.3
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 3 - >- -
General Science 7 100.0 > 5 71.4
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 1 - >- -
History 27 85.2 > 22 95.7
Mathematics 28 92.9 > 25 96.2
Moderate Disabilities 39 84.6 > 30 90.9
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 4 - >- -
Physical Education 10 80.0 > 7 87.5
Severe Disabilities 2 - >- -
Visual Art 24 70.8 > 11 64.7



Top Employing Massachusetts Public School Districts (First Employing District)
District
 Number of 2016 Program Completers First Employment Percent of 2016 Program Completers First Employment
Boston
-
5.6
Springfield
-
3.2
Newton
-
2.5
Worcester
-
2.2
Lawrence
-
2.0


*No Data Available.

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