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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 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 37,898 - 73.6 24,234 93.3
2016 - 17 5,064 - 67.1 0 *
2015 - 16 5,284 - 71.4 3,385 92.3
2014 - 15 5,107 - 72.5 3,542 90.4
2013 - 14 6,032 - 77.5 4,580 93.1
2012 - 13 5,851 - 77.5 4,483 93.7
2011 - 12 6,478 - 75.5 4,840 94.5
2010 - 11 6,081 - 76.5 4,620 95.1



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 3,345 79.1 > 2,379 96.6
Post-Baccalaureate ALL 3,345 79.1 > 2,379 96.6
Principal/Assistant Principal 2,974 77.9 > 2,098 96.7
School Business Administrator 15 86.7 > 5 -
Special Education Administrator 197 91.4 > 152 94.1
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent 172 29.7 > 45 100.0
Supervisor/Director 115 93.0 > 99 98.0
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial ALL ALL 2,251 61.0 > 1,156 90.8
Post-Baccalaureate ALL 2,251 61.0 > 1,156 90.8
School Guidance Counselor 1,609 57.6 > 794 88.9
School Psychologist 377 79.8 > 250 95.6
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor 367 61.3 > 172 93.0
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial ALL ALL 2,769 69.1 > 1,629 93.8
Post-Baccalaureate ALL 2,694 68.3 > 1,556 94.1
Reading 1,742 87.8 > 1,298 95.6
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders 992 33.9 > 278 87.1
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record ALL 75 97.3 > 73 87.7
Reading 75 97.3 > 73 87.7
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Professional ALL ALL 1 - >- -
Post-Baccalaureate ALL 1 - >- -
Reading 1 - >- -
Academic: Teacher, Initial ALL ALL 28,276 73.5 > 17,824 92.7
Baccalaureate ALL 9,643 64.5 > 5,285 92.2
Biology 115 68.7 > 68 92.6
Business 2 - >- -
Chemistry 37 70.3 > 21 85.7
Dance 4 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 1,350 62.5 > 711 92.1
Earth Science 7 42.9 >- -
Elementary 3,779 70.4 > 2,267 92.6
English 954 60.6 > 495 92.9
English as a Second Language 114 54.4 > 46 95.7
Foreign Language - [French] 26 46.2 > 11 72.7
Foreign Language - [Italian] 3 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 101 69.3 > 61 96.7
General Science 40 67.5 > 23 91.3
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 54 57.4 > 25 96.0
History 849 54.4 > 399 91.7
Latin and Classical Humanities 12 66.7 > 8 87.5
Mathematics 538 68.0 > 301 93.0
Middle School Humanities 8 50.0 >- -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 6 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 532 73.5 > 343 94.5
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 398 62.8 > 210 85.7
Physical Education 471 54.6 > 216 95.4
Physics 29 48.3 > 14 100.0
Political Science/Political Philosophy 5 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 105 74.3 > 63 88.9
Technology/Engineering 14 78.6 > 11 90.9
Theater 76 25.0 > 19 94.7
Visual Art 385 53.0 > 170 88.8
Post-Baccalaureate ALL 17,532 78.5 > 11,741 93.1
Biology 514 81.1 > 360 95.3
Business 24 83.3 > 14 100.0
Chemistry 135 80.7 > 96 93.8
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing 58 34.5 > 16 81.3
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - ASL/TC 26 3.8 >- -
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - [Oral/Aural] 10 0.0 >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 1,286 75.5 > 828 91.4
Earth Science 51 88.2 > 41 87.8
Elementary 3,318 75.8 > 2,192 92.1
English 1,514 75.9 > 985 90.8
English as a Second Language 555 86.3 > 353 92.6
Foreign Language - [Arabic] 5 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Chinese] 19 36.8 > 6 100.0
Foreign Language - [French] 59 74.6 > 38 100.0
Foreign Language - [German] 4 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Italian] 3 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Japanese] 3 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Portuguese] 8 87.5 > 7 100.0
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 266 85.7 > 199 92.5
General Science 282 88.3 > 199 93.0
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 62 85.5 > 49 93.9
History 1,302 72.8 > 810 92.0
Instructional Technology 129 85.3 > 94 97.9
Latin and Classical Humanities 91 48.4 > 38 89.5
Library 127 81.1 > 88 95.5
Mathematics 1,110 85.5 > 817 94.6
Middle School Humanities 50 74.0 > 33 90.9
Middle School Mathematics/Science 47 87.2 > 36 94.4
Moderate Disabilities 4,756 87.0 > 3,549 94.8
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 157 70.7 > 92 97.8
Physical Education 135 77.0 > 78 94.9
Physics 106 84.0 > 78 94.9
Political Science/Political Philosophy 17 58.8 > 10 100.0
Severe Disabilities 1,058 68.1 > 586 92.8
Technology/Engineering 15 86.7 > 13 92.3
Theater 122 36.1 > 38 78.9
Visual Art 434 67.1 > 256 89.8
Visually Impaired 92 42.4 > 35 91.4
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record ALL 1,855 79.3 > 1,300 91.2
Biology 65 75.4 > 41 82.9
Business 17 100.0 > 17 100.0
Chemistry 39 74.4 > 27 92.6
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 28 53.6 > 10 100.0
Earth Science 6 - >- -
Elementary 268 74.6 > 160 91.9
English 263 79.5 > 179 93.3
English as a Second Language 132 84.1 > 106 92.5
Foreign Language - [Chinese] 8 87.5 > 7 100.0
Foreign Language - [French] 8 87.5 > 7 100.0
Foreign Language - [Italian] 1 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 47 91.5 > 40 92.5
General Science 86 79.1 > 63 87.3
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 16 100.0 > 15 93.3
History 105 84.8 > 78 89.7
Instructional Technology 5 - >- -
Latin and Classical Humanities 2 - >- -
Mathematics 336 77.7 > 235 89.4
Middle School Humanities 21 28.6 > 4 -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 23 69.6 > 16 87.5
Moderate Disabilities 245 79.6 > 176 89.2
Physical Education 72 91.7 > 57 96.5
Physics 45 77.8 > 32 93.8
Political Science/Political Philosophy 3 - >- -
Technology/Engineering 2 - >- -
Visual Art 19 100.0 > 17 100.0
Academic: Teacher, Professional ALL ALL 2,626 92.0 > 2,143 96.1
Post-Baccalaureate ALL 2,626 92.0 > 2,143 96.1
Biology 35 94.3 > 28 100.0
Business 1 - >- -
Chemistry 15 100.0 > 13 100.0
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 381 90.0 > 300 96.0
Earth Science 6 - >- -
Elementary 983 90.8 > 812 95.6
English 165 97.0 > 139 95.7
English Language Learners 1 - >- -
English as a Second Language 10 100.0 > 10 100.0
Foreign Language - [French] 3 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Portuguese] 3 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 34 97.1 > 29 100.0
General Science 38 97.4 > 36 100.0
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 8 100.0 > 7 100.0
History 158 93.0 > 130 96.2
Instructional Technology 24 100.0 > 24 87.5
Latin and Classical Humanities 3 - >- -
Mathematics 260 95.0 > 225 94.2
Middle School Humanities 5 - >- -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 5 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 267 94.0 > 211 98.1
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 37 94.6 > 31 96.8
Physical Education 88 83.0 > 60 98.3
Physics 10 80.0 > 7 100.0
Political Science/Political Philosophy 1 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 14 92.9 > 11 100.0
Technology/Engineering 11 100.0 > 6 100.0
Visual Art 90 83.3 > 66 97.0



Top Employing Massachusetts Public School Districts (First Employing District)
District
 Number of 2016 Program Completers First Employment Percent of 2016 Program Completers First Employment
Boston
-
5.6
Springfield
-
3.2
Newton
-
2.5
Worcester
-
2.2
Lawrence
-
2.0


*No Data Available.

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