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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 District Retention in a MA Public School
Number in Retention Cohort Percent remaining employed for 2 years
All Years 31,467 20,747 65.9 15,927 76.8
2017 - 18 5,063 3,404 67.2 2,752 80.8
2016 - 17 5,205 3,564 68.5 3,060 85.9
2015 - 16 5,301 3,582 67.6 2,829 79.0
2014 - 15 5,339 3,530 66.1 2,560 72.5
2013 - 14 6,140 4,049 65.9 2,897 71.5
2012 - 13 5,895 3,794 64.4 2,561 67.5
2010 - 11 1 - - - -



Employment by Program Characteristics
Program Type Program Level Program Subject Area Number of Program Completers Total Number Ever Employed in a MA Public School Total Percent Ever Employed in a MA Public School District Retention in a MA Public School
Number in Retention Cohort Percent remaining employed for 2 years
Academic: Administrator, Initial All All 440 309 70.2 284 91.9
Post-Baccalaureate All 450 326 72.4 300 92.0
Principal/Assistant Principal 348 258 74.1 239 92.6
School Business Administrator 13 9 69.2 6 66.7
Special Education Administrator 43 33 76.7 30 90.9
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent 51 1 2.0 1 100.0
Supervisor/Director 9 9 100.0 9 100.0
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All 284 182 64.1 148 81.3
Post-Baccalaureate All 311 179 57.6 148 82.7
School Counselor 82 49 59.8 36 73.5
School Guidance Counselor 88 54 61.4 41 75.9
School Psychologist 44 35 79.5 32 91.4
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor 86 56 65.1 45 80.4
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All 369 231 62.6 213 92.2
Post-Baccalaureate All 365 240 65.8 215 89.6
Reading 216 190 88.0 176 92.6
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders 155 42 27.1 37 88.1
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All 3,616 2,451 67.8 1,999 81.6
Baccalaureate All 1,207 717 59.4 566 78.9
Biology 18 12 66.7 9 75.0
Business 1 - - - -
Chemistry 5 - - - -
Dance 1 - - - -
Early Childhood 46 25 54.3 20 80.0
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 145 74 51.0 52 70.3
Elementary 435 241 55.4 186 77.2
English 102 47 46.1 39 83.0
English as a Second Language 28 4 14.3 3 75.0
Foreign Language - [French] 1 - - - -
Foreign Language - [German] 1 - - - -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 7 3 42.9 3 100.0
General Science 3 - - - -
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 11 8 72.7 7 87.5
History 78 41 52.6 31 75.6
Mathematics 59 36 61.0 24 66.7
Middle School Mathematics/Science 1 - - - -
Moderate Disabilities 62 34 54.8 30 88.2
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 46 24 52.2 16 66.7
Physical Education 39 16 41.0 14 87.5
Physics 9 4 44.4 4 100.0
Severe Disabilities 19 10 52.6 7 70.0
Social Science 1 - - - -
Technology/Engineering 2 - - - -
Theater 10 1 10.0 1 100.0
Visual Art 38 20 52.6 17 85.0
Post-Baccalaureate All 2,198 1,590 72.3 1,370 86.2
Biology 58 45 77.6 38 84.4
Chemistry 19 16 84.2 14 87.5
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - ASL/TC 13 2 15.4 2 100.0
Early Childhood 106 73 68.9 56 76.7
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 108 70 64.8 54 77.1
Earth Science 1 - - - -
Elementary 416 305 73.3 241 79.0
English 177 129 72.9 106 82.2
English as a Second Language 97 82 84.5 72 87.8
Foreign Language - [Arabic] 1 - - - -
Foreign Language - [French] 4 - - - -
Foreign Language - [Italian] 3 - - - -
Foreign Language - [Portuguese] 1 - - - -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 28 27 96.4 25 92.6
General Science 49 37 75.5 34 91.9
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 5 - - - -
History 167 117 70.1 94 80.3
Instructional Technology 21 21 100.0 20 95.2
Latin and Classical Humanities 9 1 11.1 - -
Library 21 18 85.7 15 83.3
Mathematics 124 97 78.2 84 86.6
Middle School Humanities 3 - - - -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 1 - - - -
Moderate Disabilities 588 494 84.0 433 87.7
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 15 12 80.0 10 83.3
Physical Education 10 8 80.0 6 75.0
Physics 14 12 85.7 11 91.7
Severe Disabilities 159 91 57.2 79 86.8
Technology/Engineering 1 - - - -
Theater 23 7 30.4 5 71.4
Visual Art 52 27 51.9 18 66.7
Visually Impaired 4 - - - -
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All 262 180 68.7 166 92.2
Biology 13 7 53.8 4 57.1
Chemistry 4 - - - -
Early Childhood 3 - - - -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 1 - - - -
Elementary 47 33 70.2 24 72.7
English 30 25 83.3 18 72.0
English as a Second Language 24 18 75.0 14 77.8
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 3 - - - -
General Science 15 10 66.7 8 80.0
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 2 - - - -
History 17 12 70.6 8 66.7
Mathematics 38 31 81.6 23 74.2
Middle School Humanities 6 - - - -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 2 - - - -
Moderate Disabilities 36 27 75.0 26 96.3
Physical Education 7 7 100.0 6 85.7
Physics 4 - - - -
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All 275 242 88.0 227 93.8
Post-Baccalaureate All 332 289 87.0 265 91.7
Biology 2 - - - -
Chemistry 1 - - - -
Early Childhood 26 24 92.3 24 100.0
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 5 - - - -
Elementary 91 83 91.2 77 92.8
English 10 10 100.0 9 90.0
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 2 - - - -
General Science 5 - - - -
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 1 - - - -
History 14 12 85.7 11 91.7
Mathematics 18 17 94.4 17 100.0
Moderate Disabilities 41 35 85.4 31 88.6
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 14 13 92.9 12 92.3
Physical Education 12 9 75.0 8 88.9
Physics 2 - - - -
Severe Disabilities 7 7 100.0 7 100.0
Visual Art 24 14 58.3 13 92.9



Top Employing Massachusetts Public School Districts (First Employing District)
District
 Number of 2017 Program Completers First Employment Percent of 2017 Program Completers First Employment
Boston
199
3.8
Springfield
133
2.6
Newton
81
1.6
Worcester
76
1.5


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