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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

Boston University and its School of Education attract students from across the country and around the world. Many students are not from Massachusetts and frequently choose other destination states after graduation. Boston University is comprised of 16 schools and colleges, with more than 32,500 students, at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, from all 50 states and 135 foreign countries. University-wide 82% of first time, first year students (freshmen) are from out of state.


Data last updated December 12, 2024

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 1,162 - 50.3 460 90.2
2014 - 15 227 - 44.5 0 *
2013 - 14 215 - 54.9 105 87.6
2012 - 13 237 - 54.4 124 93.5
2011 - 12 260 - 49.2 124 90.3
2010 - 11 231 - 49.8 112 89.3



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 18 88.9 > 13 92.3
Post-Baccalaureate All 18 88.9 > 13 92.3
Principal/Assistant Principal 12 91.7 > 8 100.0
Special Education Administrator 5 - >- -
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent 2 - >- -
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All 55 49.1 > 21 100.0
Post-Baccalaureate All 55 49.1 > 21 100.0
School Guidance Counselor 51 47.1 > 19 100.0
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor 5 - >- -
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All 169 22.5 > 32 87.5
Post-Baccalaureate All 169 22.5 > 32 87.5
Reading 23 78.3 > 17 88.2
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders 146 13.7 > 15 86.7
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All 907 54.5 > 384 89.8
Baccalaureate All 436 47.9 > 159 90.6
Biology 5 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 43 27.9 > 8 62.5
Elementary 123 56.9 > 51 96.1
English 64 43.8 > 21 95.2
English as a Second Language 30 40.0 > 5 -
Foreign Language - [French] 2 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 6 - >- -
General Science 2 - >- -
History 62 41.9 > 22 90.9
Latin and Classical Humanities 4 - >- -
Mathematics 48 64.6 > 27 88.9
Moderate Disabilities 78 61.5 > 34 97.1
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 19 31.6 > 5 -
Physics 4 - >- -
Political Science/Political Philosophy 3 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 23 65.2 > 9 55.6
Visual Art 7 28.6 >- -
Post-Baccalaureate All 475 60.6 > 227 89.4
Biology 20 65.0 > 10 90.0
Chemistry 5 - >- -
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing 25 20.0 >- -
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - ASL/TC 15 0.0 >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 13 76.9 > 9 88.9
Elementary 37 67.6 > 18 77.8
English 51 58.8 > 19 89.5
English as a Second Language 38 73.7 > 24 87.5
Foreign Language - [Arabic] 4 - >- -
Foreign Language - [French] 9 55.6 >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 5 - >- -
General Science 4 - >- -
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 19 63.2 > 10 100.0
History 36 50.0 > 13 84.6
Instructional Technology 3 - >- -
Latin and Classical Humanities 4 - >- -
Mathematics 47 80.9 > 34 94.1
Moderate Disabilities 33 72.7 > 16 93.8
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 28 57.1 > 16 93.8
Physical Education 29 65.5 > 17 88.2
Physics 12 83.3 > 5 -
Severe Disabilities 9 44.4 >- -
Visual Art 33 60.6 > 16 93.8
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All 16 75.0 > 12 91.7
Post-Baccalaureate All 16 75.0 > 12 91.7
Elementary 1 - >- -
English 2 - >- -
English as a Second Language 1 - >- -
Mathematics 10 60.0 > 6 100.0
Moderate Disabilities 1 - >- -
Physics 1 - >- -



Top Employing Massachusetts Public School Districts (First Employing District)
District
 Number of 2014 Program Completers First Employment Percent of 2014 Program Completers First Employment
Boston
-
10.5
Chelsea
-
9.2
Brookline
-
6.3
Newton
-
5.6
Lawrence
-
2.5


*No Data Available.

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