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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.


Employment Rates Context

In 2010-2011 and 2011-2012, the College had 402 licensure program completers, 57.2% of which were employed in a MA public school. 91.3% of those remained employed for at least 2 years. The top three public school districts that employ our graduates are Springfield, Holyoke and Amherst-Pelham.


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
All Years 1,458 788 54.0 421 53.4
2021 - 22 171 101 59.1 - -
2020 - 21 148 80 54.1 53 66.3
2019 - 20 160 102 63.8 75 73.5
2018 - 19 169 97 57.4 66 68.0
2017 - 18 162 85 52.5 51 60.0
2016 - 17 149 75 50.3 38 50.7
2015 - 16 161 84 52.2 49 58.3
2014 - 15 162 75 46.3 47 62.7
2013 - 14 180 93 51.7 45 48.4



Employment by Program Characteristics
District Retention in a MA Public School
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All 13 7 53.8 4 57.1
Post-Baccalaureate All 13 7 53.8 4 57.1
School Counselor 6 - - - -
School Psychologist 7 4 57.1 3 75.0
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All 25 6 24.0 4 66.7
Post-Baccalaureate All 25 6 24.0 4 66.7
Reading 1 - - - -
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders 24 5 20.8 3 60.0
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All 116 69 59.5 49 71.0
Baccalaureate All 64 39 60.9 29 74.4
Early Childhood 25 14 56.0 13 92.9
English 3 - - - -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 1 - - - -
Moderate Disabilities 12 8 66.7 6 75.0
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 19 13 68.4 8 61.5
Visual Art 4 - - - -
Post-Baccalaureate All 52 30 57.7 20 66.7
Biology 3 - - - -
Elementary 8 8 100.0 4 50.0
English 5 - - - -
English as a Second Language 2 - - - -
Foreign Language - [French] 1 - - - -
General Science 1 - - - -
History 19 12 63.2 9 75.0
Latin and Classical Humanities 6 - - - -
Mathematics 4 - - - -
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 1 - - - -
Visual Art 2 - - - -
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All 3 - - - -
Post-Baccalaureate All 3 - - - -
Elementary 1 - - - -
General Science 2 - - - -


*No Data Available.


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