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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 38,796 25,285 65.2 18,752 74.2
2020 - 21 4,474 3,118 69.7 2,452 78.6
2019 - 20 4,628 3,171 68.5 2,711 85.5
2018 - 19 4,947 3,382 68.4 2,720 80.4
2017 - 18 5,071 3,384 66.7 2,536 74.9
2016 - 17 5,212 3,458 66.3 2,452 70.9
2015 - 16 5,309 3,422 64.5 2,285 66.8
2014 - 15 5,348 3,331 62.3 2,138 64.2
2013 - 14 6,143 3,851 62.7 2,519 65.4
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 421 334 79.3 302 90.4
Post-Baccalaureate All 386 310 80.3 272 87.7
Principal/Assistant Principal 336 276 82.1 252 91.3
Special Education Administrator 49 43 87.8 36 83.7
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent 34 5 14.7 5 100.0
Supervisor/Director 12 10 83.3 9 90.0
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All 340 225 66.2 188 83.6
Post-Baccalaureate All 251 173 68.9 154 89.0
School Counselor 183 117 63.9 98 83.8
School Guidance Counselor 9 6 66.7 6 100.0
School Psychologist 58 41 70.7 36 87.8
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor 132 97 73.5 78 80.4
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All 413 210 50.8 181 86.2
Post-Baccalaureate All 428 232 54.2 217 93.5
Instructional Technology Specialist 2 - - - -
Reading 180 156 86.7 138 88.5
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders 236 54 22.9 43 79.6
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All 3,120 2,144 68.7 1,710 79.8
Baccalaureate All 1,177 768 65.3 628 81.8
Biology 14 10 71.4 7 70.0
Chemistry 5 - - - -
Dance 1 - - - -
Early Childhood 194 105 54.1 78 74.3
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 2 - - - -
Earth and Space Science 2 - - - -
Elementary 357 197 55.2 158 80.2
English 80 54 67.5 41 75.9
English as a Second Language 14 8 57.1 8 100.0
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 17 14 82.4 11 78.6
General Science 5 - - - -
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 9 4 44.4 3 75.0
History 78 44 56.4 36 81.8
Mathematics 58 36 62.1 31 86.1
Middle School Humanities 1 - - - -
Moderate Disabilities 95 55 57.9 45 81.8
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 47 32 68.1 19 59.4
Physical Education 36 17 47.2 15 88.2
Physics 5 - - - -
Severe Disabilities 20 11 55.0 11 100.0
Social Science 1 - - - -
Technology/Engineering 1 - - - -
Theater 8 3 37.5 2 66.7
Visual Art 43 24 55.8 19 79.2
Post-Baccalaureate All 1,997 1,473 73.8 1,250 84.9
Biology 46 36 78.3 28 77.8
Business 1 - - - -
Chemistry 23 18 78.3 14 77.8
Dance 1 - - - -
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - ASL/TC 7 1 14.3 1 100.0
Digital Literacy/Computer Science 8 7 87.5 5 71.4
Early Childhood 189 142 75.1 113 79.6
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 4 - - - -
Earth Science 1 - - - -
Earth and Space Science 7 5 71.4 4 80.0
Elementary 313 238 76.0 187 78.6
English 151 104 68.9 75 72.1
English as a Second Language 99 89 89.9 78 87.6
Foreign Language - [Arabic] 1 - - - -
Foreign Language - [Chinese] 7 3 42.9 2 66.7
Foreign Language - [French] 6 - - - -
Foreign Language - [Italian] 3 - - - -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 27 24 88.9 20 83.3
General Science 49 39 79.6 32 82.1
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 4 - - - -
History 147 101 68.7 83 82.2
Latin and Classical Humanities 7 2 28.6 1 50.0
Library 21 13 61.9 9 69.2
Mathematics 119 96 80.7 75 78.1
Middle School Humanities 6 - - - -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 3 - - - -
Moderate Disabilities 427 354 82.9 303 85.6
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 41 22 53.7 17 77.3
Physical Education 19 15 78.9 14 93.3
Physics 9 8 88.9 8 100.0
Severe Disabilities 114 62 54.4 48 77.4
Social Science 3 - - - -
Theater 15 4 26.7 4 100.0
Visual Art 55 38 69.1 28 73.7
Visually Impaired 13 2 15.4 2 100.0
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All 211 138 65.4 116 84.1
Biology 5 - - - -
Business 1 - - - -
Chemistry 7 3 42.9 3 100.0
Early Childhood 3 - - - -
Earth Science 1 - - - -
Elementary 18 15 83.3 15 100.0
English 23 19 82.6 11 57.9
English as a Second Language 20 14 70.0 10 71.4
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 1 - - - -
General Science 15 10 66.7 5 50.0
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 2 - - - -
History 13 10 76.9 8 80.0
Mathematics 23 14 60.9 10 71.4
Middle School Humanities 1 - - - -
Moderate Disabilities 36 27 75.0 23 85.2
Physical Education 3 - - - -
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All 134 118 88.1 113 95.8
Post-Baccalaureate All 156 136 87.2 122 89.7
Biology 2 - - - -
Chemistry 1 - - - -
Early Childhood 17 15 88.2 15 100.0
Elementary 24 23 95.8 20 87.0
English 8 8 100.0 8 100.0
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 1 - - - -
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 3 - - - -
History 13 12 92.3 12 100.0
Mathematics 9 8 88.9 8 100.0
Moderate Disabilities 14 12 85.7 11 91.7
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 4 - - - -
Physical Education 9 9 100.0 9 100.0
Severe Disabilities 4 - - - -
Visual Art 25 16 64.0 15 93.8


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