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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)
Retention in a MA Public School
Program Completion YearNumber of Program Completers Total Number Ever Employed in a MA Public School Total Percent Ever Employed in a MA Public School Number in Retention Cohort Percent remaining employed for 2 years
All Years
1,552
-
52.5
690
90.4
2016 - 17
194
-
51.5
0
*
2015 - 16
199
-
47.7
86
89.5
2014 - 15
227
-
50.2
108
90.7
2013 - 14
215
-
57.7
121
90.9
2012 - 13
237
-
57.4
133
94.0
2011 - 12
260
-
50.8
130
90.0
2010 - 11
231
-
52.4
118
87.3



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
22
81.8
16
93.8
Post-Baccalaureate ALL
22
81.8
16
93.8
Principal/Assistant Principal
14
92.9
11
100.0
Special Education Administrator
6
66.7
-
-
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent
3
-
-
-
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial ALL ALL
68
44.1
28
100.0
Post-Baccalaureate ALL
68
44.1
28
100.0
School Guidance Counselor
64
42.2
25
100.0
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor
5
-
-
-
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial ALL ALL
248
25.4
52
82.7
Post-Baccalaureate ALL
248
25.4
52
82.7
Reading
35
80.0
24
95.8
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders
213
16.4
28
71.4
Academic: Teacher, Initial ALL ALL
1,202
57.7
584
90.6
Baccalaureate ALL
581
49.4
250
90.4
Biology
9
55.6
-
-
Chemistry
3
-
-
-
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
61
32.8
16
81.3
Earth Science
1
-
-
-
Elementary
171
57.3
85
97.6
English
78
48.7
33
93.9
English as a Second Language
48
50.0
19
94.7
Foreign Language - [French]
4
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Italian]
2
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
11
63.6
5
-
General Science
5
-
-
-
History
72
44.4
30
83.3
Latin and Classical Humanities
4
-
-
-
Mathematics
56
64.3
34
85.3
Moderate Disabilities
101
61.4
55
98.2
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General
23
39.1
6
100.0
Physics
5
-
-
-
Political Science/Political Philosophy
3
-
-
-
Severe Disabilities
34
58.8
16
68.8
Visual Art
8
25.0
-
-
Post-Baccalaureate ALL
626
65.5
337
90.8
Biology
25
72.0
16
93.8
Chemistry
6
83.3
-
-
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
25
24.0
6
66.7
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - ASL/TC
26
3.8
-
-
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
14
71.4
10
90.0
Elementary
46
63.0
27
85.2
English
73
61.6
36
91.7
English as a Second Language
53
79.2
32
87.5
Foreign Language - [Arabic]
5
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [French]
11
63.6
6
100.0
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
11
81.8
7
71.4
General Science
5
-
-
-
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences
23
82.6
16
93.8
History
47
61.7
21
76.2
Instructional Technology
3
-
-
-
Latin and Classical Humanities
4
-
-
-
Mathematics
64
76.6
42
92.9
Moderate Disabilities
45
80.0
29
96.6
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General
30
63.3
17
100.0
Physical Education
43
76.7
21
90.5
Physics
19
89.5
12
100.0
Severe Disabilities
11
54.5
5
-
Visual Art
44
63.6
27
96.3
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 2016 Program Completers First Employment Percent of 2016 Program Completers First Employment
Boston
-
11.0
Chelsea
-
8.4
Newton
-
6.3
Brookline
-
6.2
Lawrence
-
2.6


*No Data Available.

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