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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 42,981 27,430 63.8 16,858 61.5
2021 - 22 4,630 3,262 70.5 - -
2020 - 21 4,474 3,132 70.0 2,452 78.3
2019 - 20 4,628 3,098 66.9 2,284 73.7
2018 - 19 4,947 3,269 66.1 2,327 71.2
2017 - 18 5,071 3,256 64.2 2,226 68.4
2016 - 17 5,212 3,329 63.9 2,192 65.8
2015 - 16 5,309 3,294 62.0 2,071 62.9
2014 - 15 5,348 3,221 60.2 1,971 61.2
2013 - 14 6,143 3,733 60.8 2,313 62.0
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 375 295 78.7 267 90.5
Post-Baccalaureate All 421 333 79.1 306 91.9
Principal/Assistant Principal 303 246 81.2 223 90.7
Special Education Administrator 26 25 96.2 24 96.0
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent 28 2 7.1 1 50.0
Supervisor/Director 23 23 100.0 20 87.0
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All 316 211 66.8 175 82.9
Post-Baccalaureate All 340 232 68.2 200 86.2
School Counselor 164 109 66.5 93 85.3
School Guidance Counselor 6 - - - -
School Psychologist 46 35 76.1 29 82.9
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor 141 96 68.1 80 83.3
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All 381 200 52.5 174 87.0
Post-Baccalaureate All 413 210 50.8 192 91.4
Instructional Technology Specialist 4 - - - -
Reading 165 144 87.3 131 91.0
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders 212 53 25.0 40 75.5
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All 2,734 1,878 68.7 1,491 79.4
Baccalaureate All 1,042 685 65.7 564 82.3
Biology 18 16 88.9 12 75.0
Chemistry 2 - - - -
Early Childhood 152 89 58.6 74 83.1
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 1 - - - -
Elementary 352 203 57.7 159 78.3
English 90 51 56.7 35 68.6
English as a Second Language 6 - - - -
Foreign Language - [French] 2 - - - -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 10 4 40.0 3 75.0
General Science 4 - - - -
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 8 7 87.5 5 71.4
History 76 38 50.0 30 78.9
Latin and Classical Humanities 1 - - - -
Mathematics 48 32 66.7 26 81.3
Moderate Disabilities 77 54 70.1 45 83.3
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 55 37 67.3 30 81.1
Physical Education 20 8 40.0 8 100.0
Physics 7 4 57.1 2 50.0
Severe Disabilities 16 8 50.0 6 75.0
Social Science 1 - - - -
Technology/Engineering 6 - - - -
Theater 5 - - - -
Visual Art 27 9 33.3 6 66.7
Post-Baccalaureate All 1,920 1,378 71.8 1,199 87.0
Biology 48 39 81.3 31 79.5
Business 2 - - - -
Chemistry 13 11 84.6 8 72.7
Dance 1 - - - -
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - ASL/TC 7 2 28.6 2 100.0
Digital Literacy/Computer Science 9 9 100.0 7 77.8
Early Childhood 144 112 77.8 89 79.5
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 3 - - - -
Earth Science 1 - - - -
Earth and Space Science 1 - - - -
Elementary 327 242 74.0 193 79.8
English 122 80 65.6 60 75.0
English as a Second Language 94 78 83.0 65 83.3
Foreign Language - [Chinese] 5 - - - -
Foreign Language - [French] 2 - - - -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 15 13 86.7 11 84.6
General Science 32 25 78.1 21 84.0
History 131 96 73.3 68 70.8
Latin and Classical Humanities 7 3 42.9 3 100.0
Library 31 28 90.3 24 85.7
Mathematics 105 80 76.2 68 85.0
Middle School Mathematics/Science 4 - - - -
Moderate Disabilities 356 291 81.7 242 83.2
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 27 19 70.4 14 73.7
Physical Education 25 18 72.0 17 94.4
Physics 4 - - - -
Severe Disabilities 85 51 60.0 39 76.5
Theater 15 5 33.3 3 60.0
Visual Art 53 31 58.5 26 83.9
Visually Impaired 14 3 21.4 3 100.0
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All 167 104 62.3 93 89.4
Biology 5 - - - -
Business 1 - - - -
Chemistry 2 - - - -
Early Childhood 2 - - - -
Elementary 10 6 60.0 5 83.3
English 8 5 62.5 3 60.0
English as a Second Language 17 12 70.6 9 75.0
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 3 - - - -
General Science 7 3 42.9 2 66.7
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 1 - - - -
History 8 5 62.5 4 80.0
Mathematics 17 12 70.6 7 58.3
Middle School Humanities 2 - - - -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 1 - - - -
Moderate Disabilities 33 25 75.8 18 72.0
Physical Education 9 8 88.9 6 75.0
Physics 1 - - - -
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All 161 141 87.6 128 90.8
Post-Baccalaureate All 134 118 88.1 114 96.6
Biology 2 - - - -
Chemistry 2 - - - -
Early Childhood 22 19 86.4 16 84.2
Elementary 47 43 91.5 40 93.0
English 13 12 92.3 12 100.0
General Science 4 - - - -
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 3 - - - -
History 5 - - - -
Mathematics 14 12 85.7 11 91.7
Moderate Disabilities 15 14 93.3 11 78.6
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 1 - - - -
Physical Education 17 14 82.4 13 92.9
Physics 1 - - - -
Visual Art 15 9 60.0 7 77.8


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