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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 18,173 - 68.9 8,154 92.8
2012 - 13 5,851 - 66.1 0 *
2011 - 12 6,478 - 68.8 3,991 92.9
2010 - 11 6,081 - 72.1 4,205 92.7



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 704 82.8 > 527 90.4
Post-Baccalaureate All 510 81.6 > 379 91.1
Principal/Assistant Principal 628 82.0 > 463 89.9
Special Education Administrator 36 88.9 > 31 96.9
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent 13 76.9 > 10 100.0
Supervisor/Director 32 87.5 > 25 89.3
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All 355 53.8 > 153 80.1
Post-Baccalaureate All 330 52.4 > 146 84.4
School Guidance Counselor 249 47.4 > 92 78.0
School Psychologist 75 78.7 > 51 86.4
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor 43 53.5 > 17 73.9
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All 440 67.7 > 255 85.6
Post-Baccalaureate All 346 69.4 > 212 88.3
Reading 285 86.3 > 215 87.4
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders 142 27.5 > 29 74.4
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All 20 85.0 > 14 82.4
Reading 15 93.3 > 12 85.7
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All 4,324 65.4 > 2,205 77.9
Baccalaureate All 1,430 52.3 > 612 81.8
Biology 10 60.0 > 4 66.7
Business 1 - >- -
Chemistry 2 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 210 38.6 > 57 70.4
Elementary 616 56.8 > 250 71.4
English 143 41.3 > 36 61.0
English as a Second Language 15 33.3 > 5 100.0
Foreign Language - [French] 2 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 22 59.1 > 13 100.0
General Science 6 - >- -
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 4 - >- -
History 124 40.3 > 38 76.0
Latin and Classical Humanities 3 - >- -
Mathematics 89 66.3 > 49 83.1
Moderate Disabilities 83 56.6 > 39 83.0
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 60 51.7 > 22 71.0
Physical Education 77 37.7 > 20 69.0
Physics 6 - >- -
Political Science/Political Philosophy 1 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 13 61.5 > 6 75.0
Technology/Engineering 1 - >- -
Theater 16 18.8 > 2 66.7
Visual Art 63 38.1 > 19 79.2
Post-Baccalaureate All 2,672 72.2 > 1,615 83.7
Biology 71 78.9 > 45 80.4
Business 2 - >- -
Chemistry 18 88.9 > 14 87.5
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing 1 - >- -
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - ASL/TC 8 - >- -
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - [Oral/Aural] 5 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 168 58.9 > 69 69.7
Earth Science 7 71.4 > 3 60.0
Elementary 470 72.6 > 257 75.4
English 238 68.1 > 120 74.1
English as a Second Language 85 87.1 > 65 87.8
Foreign Language - [Arabic] 1 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Chinese] 4 - >- -
Foreign Language - [French] 9 66.7 > 6 100.0
Foreign Language - [German] 1 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Portuguese] 1 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 41 85.4 > 28 80.0
General Science 39 84.6 > 26 78.8
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 9 66.7 > 3 50.0
History 170 63.5 > 81 75.0
Instructional Technology 23 95.7 > 20 90.9
Latin and Classical Humanities 18 61.1 > 9 81.8
Library 18 83.3 > 12 80.0
Mathematics 152 80.3 > 102 83.6
Middle School Humanities 6 - >- -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 5 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 719 82.6 > 497 83.7
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 29 58.6 > 14 82.4
Physical Education 15 66.7 > 10 100.0
Physics 16 93.8 > 13 86.7
Political Science/Political Philosophy 5 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 147 51.7 > 64 84.2
Technology/Engineering 2 - >- -
Theater 16 75.0 > 10 83.3
Visual Art 64 62.5 > 27 67.5
Visually Impaired 12 41.7 > 4 80.0
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship All 9 100.0 > 8 88.9
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All 232 67.2 > 140 89.7
Biology 7 85.7 > 4 66.7
Business 5 - >- -
Chemistry 4 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 2 - >- -
Earth Science 2 - >- -
Elementary 47 83.0 > 32 82.1
English 46 84.8 > 37 94.9
English as a Second Language 21 90.5 > 14 73.7
Foreign Language - [Chinese] 2 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 8 87.5 > 6 85.7
General Science 16 87.5 > 10 71.4
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 2 - >- -
History 16 87.5 > 13 92.9
Mathematics 61 72.1 > 35 79.5
Middle School Humanities 1 - >- -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 3 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 42 81.0 > 27 79.4
Physical Education 12 91.7 > 11 100.0
Physics 8 87.5 > 6 85.7
Political Science/Political Philosophy 1 - >- -
Visual Art 6 - >- -
Post-Baccalaureate - Teacher of Record All 1 - >- -
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All 392 91.1 > 321 89.9
Post-Baccalaureate All 460 89.1 > 395 96.3
Biology 5 - >- -
Chemistry 6 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 49 81.6 > 36 90.0
Earth Science 1 - >- -
Elementary 135 91.1 > 111 90.2
English 23 87.0 > 19 95.0
English as a Second Language 2 - >- -
Foreign Language - [French] 1 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 7 100.0 > 6 85.7
General Science 9 100.0 > 9 100.0
History 25 92.0 > 21 91.3
Instructional Technology 8 100.0 > 5 62.5
Mathematics 52 100.0 > 48 92.3
Middle School Mathematics/Science 1 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 40 90.0 > 30 83.3
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 6 - >- -
Physical Education 15 73.3 > 10 90.9
Physics 2 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 2 - >- -
Visual Art 6 - >- -



Top Employing Massachusetts Public School Districts (First Employing District)
District
 Number of 2012 Program Completers First Employment Percent of 2012 Program Completers First Employment
Boston
-
5.5
Springfield
-
3.1
Worcester
-
2.3
Newton
-
2.3
Brockton
-
1.8


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