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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 36,714 23,690 64.5 14,674 61.9
2022 - 23 4,231 2,995 70.8 - -
2021 - 22 4,692 3,309 70.5 2,734 82.6
2020 - 21 4,527 3,054 67.5 2,325 76.1
2019 - 20 4,648 3,022 65.0 2,059 68.1
2018 - 19 4,953 3,183 64.3 2,141 67.3
2017 - 18 5,082 3,177 62.5 2,089 65.8
2016 - 17 5,224 3,245 62.1 2,045 63.0
2015 - 16 5,338 3,219 60.3 1,946 60.5
2014 - 15 1 - - - -
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 356 274 77.0 - -
Post-Baccalaureate All 375 292 77.9 267 91.4
Principal/Assistant Principal 292 232 79.5 - -
Special Education Administrator 28 25 89.3 - -
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent 27 5 18.5 - -
Supervisor/Director 15 13 86.7 - -
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All 294 179 60.9 - -
Post-Baccalaureate All 316 213 67.4 175 82.2
School Counselor 148 95 64.2 - -
School Psychologist 55 41 74.5 - -
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor 128 71 55.5 - -
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All 400 205 51.3 - -
Post-Baccalaureate All 381 200 52.5 174 87.0
Instructional Technology Specialist 12 10 83.3 - -
Reading 178 156 87.6 - -
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders 214 41 19.2 - -
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All 2,549 1,763 69.2 - -
Baccalaureate All 945 625 66.1 428 68.5
Biology 11 8 72.7 - -
Chemistry 7 2 28.6 - -
Early Childhood 177 100 56.5 - -
Earth and Space Science 1 - - - -
Elementary 378 221 58.5 - -
English 73 46 63.0 - -
English as a Second Language 5 - - - -
Foreign Language - [French] 1 - - - -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 5 - - - -
General Science 3 - - - -
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 8 2 25.0 - -
History 63 31 49.2 - -
History/Social Science 9 6 66.7 - -
Mathematics 48 32 66.7 - -
Moderate Disabilities 92 60 65.2 - -
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 44 28 63.6 - -
Physical Education 40 13 32.5 - -
Physics 4 - - - -
Severe Disabilities 22 14 63.6 - -
Technology/Engineering 5 - - - -
Theater 11 3 27.3 - -
Visual Art 25 11 44.0 - -
World Language [Spanish] 2 - - - -
Post-Baccalaureate All 1,667 1,215 72.9 1,002 82.5
Biology 31 27 87.1 - -
Chemistry 11 6 54.5 - -
Dance 1 - - - -
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - ASL/TC 4 - - - -
Digital Literacy/Computer Science 3 - - - -
Early Childhood 126 102 81.0 - -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 4 - - - -
Elementary 265 205 77.4 - -
English 100 80 80.0 - -
English as a Second Language 68 60 88.2 - -
Foreign Language - [Chinese] 1 - - - -
Foreign Language - [French] 2 - - - -
Foreign Language - [Italian] 1 - - - -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 9 8 88.9 - -
General Science 21 18 85.7 - -
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 2 - - - -
History 66 50 75.8 - -
History/Social Science 51 34 66.7 - -
Latin and Classical Humanities 6 - - - -
Library 33 30 90.9 - -
Mathematics 81 64 79.0 - -
Middle School Humanities 2 - - - -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 4 - - - -
Moderate Disabilities 340 282 82.9 - -
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 21 11 52.4 - -
Physical Education 22 16 72.7 - -
Physics 6 - - - -
Severe Disabilities 76 40 52.6 - -
Technology/Engineering 2 - - - -
Theater 14 7 50.0 - -
Visual Art 43 30 69.8 - -
Visually Impaired 16 4 25.0 - -
World Language [French] 1 - - - -
World Language [Spanish] 6 - - - -
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All 126 80 63.5 64 80.0
Biology 3 - - - -
Chemistry 2 - - - -
Early Childhood 5 - - - -
Elementary 16 12 75.0 - -
English 11 7 63.6 - -
English as a Second Language 26 20 76.9 - -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 1 - - - -
General Science 2 - - - -
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 4 - - - -
History 3 - - - -
Mathematics 16 11 68.8 - -
Middle School Humanities 3 - - - -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 1 - - - -
Moderate Disabilities 39 31 79.5 - -
Physical Education 8 8 100.0 - -
Physics 3 - - - -
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All 98 85 86.7 - -
Post-Baccalaureate All 161 139 86.3 128 92.1
Chemistry 1 - - - -
Early Childhood 9 8 88.9 - -
Elementary 24 23 95.8 - -
English 10 9 90.0 - -
General Science 9 9 100.0 - -
History 2 - - - -
Mathematics 6 - - - -
Moderate Disabilities 7 7 100.0 - -
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 1 - - - -
Physical Education 15 11 73.3 - -
Physics 2 - - - -
Visual Art 12 7 58.3 - -


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