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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 34,728 22,833 65.7 17,430 76.3
2019 - 20 4,614 3,062 66.4 2,456 80.2
2018 - 19 4,939 3,457 70.0 3,071 88.8
2017 - 18 5,066 3,447 68.0 2,793 81.0
2016 - 17 5,209 3,536 67.9 2,644 74.8
2015 - 16 5,306 3,507 66.1 2,447 69.8
2014 - 15 5,344 3,416 63.9 2,284 66.9
2013 - 14 6,143 3,927 63.9 2,645 67.4
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 386 315 81.6 271 86.0
Post-Baccalaureate All 453 344 75.9 321 93.3
Principal/Assistant Principal 314 273 86.9 234 85.7
Special Education Administrator 31 29 93.5 25 86.2
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent 36 1 2.8 1 100.0
Supervisor/Director 12 12 100.0 11 91.7
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All 251 161 64.1 134 83.2
Post-Baccalaureate All 323 208 64.4 179 86.1
School Counselor 133 85 63.9 68 80.0
School Guidance Counselor 12 8 66.7 8 100.0
School Psychologist 51 32 62.7 29 90.6
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor 81 54 66.7 44 81.5
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All 428 224 52.3 198 88.4
Post-Baccalaureate All 409 246 60.1 220 89.4
Instructional Technology Specialist 1 - - - -
Reading 206 184 89.3 166 90.2
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders 227 41 18.1 33 80.5
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All 3,375 2,362 70.0 1,801 76.2
Baccalaureate All 1,084 665 61.3 528 79.4
Biology 18 12 66.7 10 83.3
Chemistry 5 - - - -
Early Childhood 199 104 52.3 80 76.9
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 25 17 68.0 16 94.1
Earth Science 1 - - - -
Earth and Space Science 1 - - - -
Elementary 442 258 58.4 190 73.6
English 100 67 67.0 44 65.7
English as a Second Language 12 7 58.3 4 57.1
Foreign Language - [French] 1 - - - -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 10 7 70.0 5 71.4
General Science 7 5 71.4 2 40.0
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 12 8 66.7 5 62.5
History 75 47 62.7 33 70.2
Mathematics 77 47 61.0 38 80.9
Middle School Mathematics/Science 1 - - - -
Moderate Disabilities 76 47 61.8 34 72.3
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 53 35 66.0 23 65.7
Physical Education 43 18 41.9 13 72.2
Physics 5 - - - -
Severe Disabilities 20 15 75.0 12 80.0
Technology/Engineering 5 - - - -
Theater 8 2 25.0 2 100.0
Visual Art 29 14 48.3 11 78.6
Post-Baccalaureate All 2,043 1,480 72.4 1,260 85.1
Biology 41 31 75.6 27 87.1
Business 3 - - - -
Chemistry 15 11 73.3 10 90.9
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - ASL/TC 1 - - - -
Digital Literacy/Computer Science 2 - - - -
Early Childhood 183 126 68.9 93 73.8
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 16 12 75.0 9 75.0
Earth and Space Science 3 - - - -
Elementary 329 249 75.7 176 70.7
English 133 105 78.9 74 70.5
English as a Second Language 86 77 89.5 65 84.4
Foreign Language - [Chinese] 5 - - - -
Foreign Language - [French] 7 5 71.4 4 80.0
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 22 20 90.9 19 95.0
General Science 37 32 86.5 23 71.9
History 131 86 65.6 68 79.1
Latin and Classical Humanities 10 5 50.0 3 60.0
Library 17 13 76.5 10 76.9
Mathematics 104 85 81.7 64 75.3
Middle School Humanities 3 - - - -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 3 - - - -
Moderate Disabilities 604 503 83.3 413 82.1
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 22 14 63.6 11 78.6
Physical Education 22 14 63.6 9 64.3
Physics 12 10 83.3 10 100.0
Severe Disabilities 128 76 59.4 63 82.9
Social Science 2 - - - -
Theater 19 8 42.1 6 75.0
Visual Art 59 42 71.2 28 66.7
Visually Impaired 16 2 12.5 1 50.0
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All 213 132 62.0 114 86.4
Biology 10 4 40.0 3 75.0
Chemistry 2 - - - -
Early Childhood 9 8 88.9 7 87.5
Earth Science 1 - - - -
Elementary 40 29 72.5 21 72.4
English 16 14 87.5 11 78.6
English as a Second Language 16 13 81.3 8 61.5
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 7 6 85.7 4 66.7
General Science 17 13 76.5 9 69.2
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 4 - - - -
History 18 13 72.2 9 69.2
Mathematics 33 24 72.7 13 54.2
Middle School Humanities 3 - - - -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 1 - - - -
Moderate Disabilities 26 19 73.1 16 84.2
Physical Education 8 7 87.5 6 85.7
Physics 1 - - - -
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All 156 136 87.2 119 87.5
Post-Baccalaureate All 154 133 86.4 121 91.0
Biology 3 - - - -
Early Childhood 9 6 66.7 5 83.3
Elementary 35 33 94.3 28 84.8
English 6 - - - -
Foreign Language - [French] 1 - - - -
Foreign Language - [Portuguese] 1 - - - -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 3 - - - -
General Science 4 - - - -
History 10 9 90.0 9 100.0
Mathematics 18 17 94.4 15 88.2
Moderate Disabilities 13 13 100.0 13 100.0
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 6 - - - -
Physical Education 12 8 66.7 6 75.0
Visual Art 35 27 77.1 21 77.8


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