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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 Retention in a MA Public School
Number in Retention Cohort Percent remaining employed for 2 years
All Years 12,606 - 65.3 3,800 93.1
2011 - 12 6,504 - 61.7 - -
2010 - 11 6,102 - 69.2 3,800 93.1



Employment by Program Characteristics
Retention in a MA Public School
Program Type Program Level Program Subject Area Number of Program Completers Total Percent Ever Employed in a MA Public School Number in Retention Cohort Percent remaining employed for 2 years
Academic: Administrator, Initial All All 510 82.4 > 374 89.0
Post-Baccalaureate All 591 78.8 > 437 93.8
Principal/Assistant Principal 439 81.3 > 321 89.9
School Business Administrator 2 - >- -
Special Education Administrator 35 88.6 > 28 90.3
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent 10 70.0 > 5 71.4
Supervisor/Director 26 96.2 > 20 80.0
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All 330 47.6 > 118 75.2
Post-Baccalaureate All 402 53.0 > 183 85.9
School Guidance Counselor 225 44.4 > 69 69.0
School Psychologist 60 63.3 > 33 86.8
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor 56 50.0 > 24 85.7
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All 366 71.0 > 218 83.8
Post-Baccalaureate All 467 60.4 > 263 93.3
Reading 249 82.7 > 179 86.9
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders 97 36.1 > 25 71.4
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All 9 77.8 > 6 85.7
Reading 20 95.0 > 14 73.7
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All 4,328 63.5 > 2,142 77.9
Baccalaureate All 1,501 51.4 > 633 82.0
Biology 21 61.9 > 11 84.6
Chemistry 5 - >- -
Dance 1 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 193 40.4 > 62 79.5
Elementary 562 49.6 > 207 74.2
English 163 40.5 > 53 80.3
English as a Second Language 13 69.2 > 9 100.0
Foreign Language - [French] 3 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 15 46.7 > 5 71.4
General Science 7 42.9 > 3 100.0
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 5 - >- -
History 148 37.2 > 39 70.9
Latin and Classical Humanities 5 - >- -
Mathematics 75 62.7 > 39 83.0
Middle School Humanities 1 - >- -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 1 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 79 68.4 > 45 83.3
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 61 45.9 > 18 64.3
Physical Education 54 38.9 > 16 76.2
Physics 4 - >- -
Political Science/Political Philosophy 3 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 14 64.3 > 7 77.8
Technology/Engineering 1 - >- -
Theater 9 22.2 > 1 50.0
Visual Art 58 24.1 > 11 78.6
Post-Baccalaureate All 2,871 68.8 > 1,729 87.6
Biology 77 72.7 > 47 83.9
Business 2 - >- -
Chemistry 21 71.4 > 14 93.3
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing 20 20.0 > 4 100.0
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - [Oral/Aural] 1 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 195 70.8 > 105 76.1
Earth Science 2 - >- -
Elementary 525 65.7 > 255 73.9
English 223 72.2 > 119 73.9
English as a Second Language 63 71.4 > 38 84.4
Foreign Language - [Arabic] 1 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Chinese] 1 - >- -
Foreign Language - [French] 10 60.0 > 5 83.3
Foreign Language - [German] 1 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Portuguese] 2 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 34 79.4 > 20 74.1
General Science 33 84.8 > 20 71.4
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 13 84.6 > 8 72.7
History 217 69.6 > 110 72.8
Instructional Technology 20 90.0 > 15 83.3
Latin and Classical Humanities 16 18.8 > 2 66.7
Library 22 72.7 > 15 93.8
Mathematics 174 84.5 > 120 81.6
Middle School Humanities 6 - >- -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 12 66.7 > 8 100.0
Moderate Disabilities 751 82.2 > 496 80.4
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 19 52.6 > 9 90.0
Physical Education 26 65.4 > 12 70.6
Physics 16 81.3 > 12 92.3
Political Science/Political Philosophy 2 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 142 54.2 > 63 81.8
Technology/Engineering 4 - >- -
Theater 18 33.3 > 3 50.0
Visual Art 59 55.9 > 24 72.7
Visually Impaired 13 61.5 > 8 100.0
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship All 23 91.3 > 20 95.2
Biology 1 - >- -
English 3 - >- -
History 2 - >- -
Mathematics 2 - >- -
Physics 1 - >- -
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All 309 73.5 > 214 94.3
Biology 8 62.5 > 3 60.0
Business 3 - >- -
Chemistry 7 85.7 > 4 66.7
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 2 - >- -
Earth Science 1 - >- -
Elementary 15 66.7 > 8 80.0
English 31 67.7 > 16 76.2
English as a Second Language 19 63.2 > 10 83.3
Foreign Language - [Chinese] 2 - >- -
Foreign Language - [French] 1 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 8 87.5 > 5 71.4
General Science 6 - >- -
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 4 - >- -
History 15 73.3 > 7 63.6
Instructional Technology 4 - >- -
Mathematics 37 81.1 > 23 76.7
Middle School Mathematics/Science 1 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 47 70.2 > 27 81.8
Physical Education 14 85.7 > 12 100.0
Physics 4 - >- -
Technology/Engineering 1 - >- -
Visual Art 3 - >- -
Post-Baccalaureate - Teacher of Record All 2 - >- -
English 1 - >- -
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All 460 89.6 > 384 93.2
Post-Baccalaureate All 488 88.1 > 403 93.7
Biology 8 87.5 > 7 100.0
Chemistry 1 - >- -
Early Childhood 1 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 57 84.2 > 44 91.7
Earth Science 3 - >- -
Elementary 173 85.5 > 137 92.6
English 30 100.0 > 30 100.0
English Language Learners 1 - >- -
English as a Second Language 1 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 7 100.0 > 7 100.0
General Science 5 - >- -
History 32 96.9 > 30 96.8
Instructional Technology 10 100.0 > 9 90.0
Latin and Classical Humanities 1 - >- -
Mathematics 55 90.9 > 48 96.0
Middle School Mathematics/Science 1 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 40 87.5 > 32 91.4
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 5 - >- -
Physical Education 6 - >- -
Physics 2 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 3 - >- -
Technology/Engineering 1 - >- -
Visual Art 20 95.0 > 17 89.5



Top Employing Massachusetts Public School Districts (First Employing District)
District
 Number of 2011 Program Completers First Employment Percent of 2011 Program Completers First Employment
Boston
-
5.6
Springfield
-
3.6
Worcester
-
2.7
Lawrence
-
1.8
Brockton
-
1.8


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