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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 2,168 - 79.8 1,376 94.8
2014 - 15 419 - 68.7 0 *
2013 - 14 448 - 83.0 315 95.2
2012 - 13 466 - 80.7 361 94.7
2011 - 12 435 - 79.1 335 94.0
2010 - 11 440 - 88.0 383 95.3



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 21 90.5 > 16 84.2
Post-Baccalaureate All 21 90.5 > 16 84.2
Principal/Assistant Principal 15 93.3 > 11 78.6
Special Education Administrator 3 - >- -
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent 2 - >- -
Supervisor/Director 1 - >- -
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All 19 15.8 > 2 66.7
Post-Baccalaureate All 19 15.8 > 2 66.7
School Guidance Counselor 7 14.3 > 1 100.0
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor 12 16.7 > 1 50.0
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All 5 - >- -
Post-Baccalaureate All 5 - >- -
Reading 5 - >- -
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All 366 76.2 > 215 77.1
Baccalaureate All 183 72.1 > 95 72.0
Biology 2 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 23 73.9 > 11 64.7
Elementary 79 72.2 > 37 64.9
English 15 66.7 > 9 90.0
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 1 - >- -
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 1 - >- -
History 16 75.0 > 10 83.3
Mathematics 6 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 10 70.0 > 5 71.4
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 1 - >- -
Physical Education 9 55.6 > 4 80.0
Severe Disabilities 18 83.3 > 11 73.3
Visual Art 2 - >- -
Post-Baccalaureate All 183 80.3 > 120 81.6
Biology 4 - >- -
Earth Science 1 - >- -
Elementary 21 61.9 > 10 76.9
English 16 93.8 > 15 100.0
English as a Second Language 10 100.0 > 8 80.0
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 3 - >- -
History 5 - >- -
Instructional Technology 3 - >- -
Mathematics 4 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 79 87.3 > 52 75.4
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 3 - >- -
Physical Education 3 - >- -
Physics 3 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 24 50.0 > 11 91.7
Theater 1 - >- -
Visual Art 3 - >- -
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All 7 100.0 > 5 71.4
Post-Baccalaureate All 7 100.0 > 5 71.4
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 1 - >- -
Elementary 2 - >- -
English 2 - >- -
Mathematics 1 - >- -
Visual Art 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
Brockton
-
6.0
Fall River
-
4.0
Taunton
-
3.6
New Bedford
-
3.4
Plymouth
-
3.1


*No Data Available.

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