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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 35,874 23,514 65.5 17,781 75.6
2018 - 19 4,928 3,381 68.6 2,838 83.9
2017 - 18 5,063 3,472 68.6 2,992 86.2
2016 - 17 5,205 3,533 67.9 2,783 78.8
2015 - 16 5,301 3,543 66.8 2,578 72.8
2014 - 15 5,339 3,469 65.0 2,386 68.8
2013 - 14 6,140 3,983 64.9 2,732 68.6
2012 - 13 5,895 3,732 63.3 2,443 65.5
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 453 354 78.1 316 89.3
Post-Baccalaureate All 440 303 68.9 286 94.4
Principal/Assistant Principal 364 289 79.4 256 88.6
School Business Administrator 24 20 83.3 19 95.0
Special Education Administrator 41 38 92.7 34 89.5
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent 22 2 9.1 2 100.0
Supervisor/Director 6 - - - -
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All 323 181 56.0 141 77.9
Post-Baccalaureate All 284 187 65.8 164 87.7
School Counselor 124 63 50.8 50 79.4
School Guidance Counselor 62 39 62.9 28 71.8
School Psychologist 64 39 60.9 30 76.9
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor 88 48 54.5 40 83.3
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All 409 245 59.9 214 87.3
Post-Baccalaureate All 369 236 64.0 224 94.9
Reading 216 195 90.3 177 90.8
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders 198 52 26.3 38 73.1
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All 3,338 2,195 65.8 1,705 77.7
Baccalaureate All 1,123 687 61.2 572 83.3
Biology 20 13 65.0 10 76.9
Business 1 - - - -
Chemistry 10 6 60.0 4 66.7
Early Childhood 103 52 50.5 42 80.8
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 52 20 38.5 15 75.0
Elementary 409 200 48.9 147 73.5
English 99 50 50.5 38 76.0
English as a Second Language 10 5 50.0 5 100.0
Foreign Language - [Chinese] 3 - - - -
Foreign Language - [French] 2 - - - -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 17 12 70.6 7 58.3
General Science 1 - - - -
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 10 3 30.0 1 33.3
History 66 37 56.1 26 70.3
Mathematics 71 44 62.0 35 79.5
Middle School Humanities 1 - - - -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 1 - - - -
Moderate Disabilities 54 33 61.1 25 75.8
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 63 31 49.2 24 77.4
Physical Education 43 16 37.2 10 62.5
Physics 5 - - - -
Severe Disabilities 13 9 69.2 7 77.8
Technology/Engineering 2 - - - -
Theater 11 3 27.3 2 66.7
Visual Art 39 19 48.7 13 68.4
Post-Baccalaureate All 2,252 1,674 74.3 1,482 88.5
Biology 49 42 85.7 36 85.7
Chemistry 20 18 90.0 15 83.3
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - ASL/TC 8 1 12.5 1 100.0
Early Childhood 137 87 63.5 68 78.2
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 28 19 67.9 13 68.4
Earth and Space Science 2 - - - -
Elementary 373 259 69.4 201 77.6
English 150 99 66.0 75 75.8
English as a Second Language 91 79 86.8 64 81.0
Foreign Language - [Chinese] 1 - - - -
Foreign Language - [French] 5 - - - -
Foreign Language - [Portuguese] 1 - - - -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 17 15 88.2 14 93.3
General Science 43 39 90.7 35 89.7
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 3 - - - -
History 131 85 64.9 65 76.5
Latin and Classical Humanities 12 8 66.7 4 50.0
Library 18 12 66.7 11 91.7
Mathematics 111 91 82.0 75 82.4
Middle School Humanities 1 - - - -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 2 - - - -
Moderate Disabilities 598 500 83.6 401 80.2
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 20 17 85.0 13 76.5
Physical Education 19 11 57.9 3 27.3
Physics 11 6 54.5 6 100.0
Severe Disabilities 145 83 57.2 69 83.1
Social Science 1 - - - -
Theater 24 2 8.3 2 100.0
Visual Art 49 27 55.1 17 63.0
Visually Impaired 10 - - - -
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All 244 165 67.6 146 88.5
Biology 11 8 72.7 6 75.0
Business 1 - - - -
Chemistry 3 - - - -
Early Childhood 3 - - - -
Elementary 33 22 66.7 16 72.7
English 27 21 77.8 15 71.4
English as a Second Language 11 5 45.5 3 60.0
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 3 - - - -
General Science 17 15 88.2 14 93.3
History 17 13 76.5 8 61.5
Mathematics 38 25 65.8 16 64.0
Middle School Humanities 4 - - - -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 3 - - - -
Moderate Disabilities 41 35 85.4 26 74.3
Physical Education 4 - - - -
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All 154 135 87.7 118 87.4
Post-Baccalaureate All 275 240 87.3 230 95.8
Biology 4 - - - -
Chemistry 1 - - - -
Early Childhood 20 16 80.0 15 93.8
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 4 - - - -
Elementary 41 38 92.7 33 86.8
English 11 10 90.9 6 60.0
Foreign Language - [Portuguese] 1 - - - -
General Science 5 - - - -
History 5 - - - -
Mathematics 10 10 100.0 10 100.0
Moderate Disabilities 14 11 78.6 9 81.8
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 1 - - - -
Physical Education 10 7 70.0 6 85.7
Physics 2 - - - -
Severe Disabilities 2 - - - -
Visual Art 24 19 79.2 17 89.5



Top Employing Massachusetts Public School Districts (First Employing District)
District
 Number of 2018 Program Completers First Employment Percent of 2018 Program Completers First Employment
Boston
216
4.3
Springfield
122
2.4
Worcester
84
1.7
Newton
81
1.6


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