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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

In 2010-2011 and 2011-2012, the College had 402 licensure program completers, 57.2% of which were employed in a MA public school. 91.3% of those remained employed for at least 2 years. The top three public school districts that employ our graduates are Springfield, Holyoke and Amherst-Pelham.


Data last updated December 12, 2024

Employment by Year (All Programs)
All Years 1,028 559 54.4 390 69.8
2017 - 18 162 100 61.7 78 78.0
2016 - 17 149 79 53.0 66 83.5
2015 - 16 161 88 54.7 68 77.3
2014 - 15 162 84 51.9 59 70.2
2013 - 14 180 103 57.2 57 55.3
2012 - 13 216 107 49.5 63 58.9



Employment by Program Characteristics
District Retention in a MA Public School
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All 19 8 42.1 7 87.5
Post-Baccalaureate All 19 8 42.1 7 87.5
School Guidance Counselor 11 5 45.5 5 100.0
School Psychologist 8 3 37.5 2 66.7
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All 28 8 28.6 6 75.0
Post-Baccalaureate All 28 8 28.6 6 75.0
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders 28 8 28.6 6 75.0
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All 113 82 72.6 63 76.8
Baccalaureate All 39 30 76.9 23 76.7
Biology 3 - - - -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 15 11 73.3 9 81.8
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 2 - - - -
Mathematics 1 - - - -
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 14 11 78.6 8 72.7
Visual Art 5 - - - -
Post-Baccalaureate All 74 52 70.3 40 76.9
Biology 4 - - - -
Earth Science 1 - - - -
Elementary 14 12 85.7 9 75.0
English 6 - - - -
English as a Second Language 5 - - - -
Foreign Language - [Chinese] 1 - - - -
Foreign Language - [French] 2 - - - -
General Science 5 - - - -
History 16 10 62.5 9 90.0
Latin and Classical Humanities 6 - - - -
Mathematics 9 9 100.0 8 88.9
Moderate Disabilities 1 - - - -
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 3 - - - -
Physics 1 - - - -
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All 2 - - - -
Post-Baccalaureate All 2 - - - -
General Science 2 - - - -



Top Employing Massachusetts Public School Districts (First Employing District)
Springfield
13
8.7
New Bedford
3
2.0
Athol-Royalston
3
2.0
Chicopee
3
2.0


*No Data Available.


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