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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)
District 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
34,728
22,833
65.7
17,430
76.3
2019 - 20
4,614
3,062
66.4
2,456
80.2
2018 - 19
4,939
3,457
70.0
3,071
88.8
2017 - 18
5,066
3,447
68.0
2,793
81.0
2016 - 17
5,209
3,536
67.9
2,644
74.8
2015 - 16
5,306
3,507
66.1
2,447
69.8
2014 - 15
5,344
3,416
63.9
2,284
66.9
2013 - 14
6,143
3,927
63.9
2,645
67.4
2010 - 11
1
1
100.0
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-



Employment by Program Characteristics
District Retention in a MA Public School
Program Type Program Level Program Subject Area Number 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
Academic: Administrator, Initial All All
451
352
78.0
314
89.2
Post-Baccalaureate All
451
352
78.0
314
89.2
Principal/Assistant Principal
362
287
79.3
254
88.5
School Business Administrator
24
20
83.3
19
95.0
Special Education Administrator
41
38
92.7
34
89.5
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent
22
2
9.1
2
100.0
Supervisor/Director
6
5
83.3
5
100.0
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All
321
179
55.8
140
78.2
Post-Baccalaureate All
321
179
55.8
140
78.2
School Counselor
124
63
50.8
50
79.4
School Guidance Counselor
60
37
61.7
27
73.0
School Psychologist
64
39
60.9
30
76.9
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor
88
48
54.5
40
83.3
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All
402
239
59.5
209
87.4
Post-Baccalaureate All
402
239
59.5
209
87.4
Reading
210
189
90.0
172
91.0
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders
197
52
26.4
38
73.1
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All
3,305
2,173
65.7
1,686
77.6
Baccalaureate All
1,080
552
51.1
410
74.3
Biology
20
13
65.0
10
76.9
Business
1
-
-
-
-
Chemistry
9
5
55.6
4
80.0
Early Childhood
102
52
51.0
42
80.8
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
52
20
38.5
15
75.0
Elementary
409
200
48.9
147
73.5
English
99
50
50.5
38
76.0
English as a Second Language
10
5
50.0
5
100.0
Foreign Language - [Chinese]
3
2
66.7
1
50.0
Foreign Language - [French]
2
1
50.0
1
100.0
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
17
12
70.6
7
58.3
General Science
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences
10
3
30.0
1
33.3
History
66
37
56.1
26
70.3
Mathematics
71
44
62.0
35
79.5
Middle School Humanities
1
-
-
-
-
Middle School Mathematics/Science
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
Moderate Disabilities
54
33
61.1
25
75.8
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General
62
31
50.0
24
77.4
Physical Education
43
16
37.2
10
62.5
Physics
4
2
50.0
1
50.0
Severe Disabilities
13
9
69.2
7
77.8
Technology/Engineering
2
2
100.0
2
100.0
Theater
11
3
27.3
2
66.7
Visual Art
39
19
48.7
13
68.4
Post-Baccalaureate All
2,015
1,467
72.8
1,165
79.4
Biology
49
42
85.7
36
85.7
Chemistry
20
18
90.0
15
83.3
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - ASL/TC
7
1
14.3
1
100.0
Early Childhood
133
86
64.7
67
77.9
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
28
19
67.9
13
68.4
Earth and Space Science
2
2
100.0
1
50.0
Elementary
366
253
69.1
195
77.1
English
148
98
66.2
74
75.5
English as a Second Language
89
78
87.6
63
80.8
Foreign Language - [Chinese]
1
-
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [French]
5
5
100.0
4
80.0
Foreign Language - [Portuguese]
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
17
15
88.2
14
93.3
General Science
43
39
90.7
35
89.7
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences
3
2
66.7
2
100.0
History
130
84
64.6
64
76.2
Latin and Classical Humanities
12
8
66.7
4
50.0
Library
18
12
66.7
11
91.7
Mathematics
108
88
81.5
72
81.8
Middle School Humanities
1
-
-
-
-
Middle School Mathematics/Science
2
1
50.0
1
100.0
Moderate Disabilities
590
494
83.7
397
80.4
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General
20
17
85.0
13
76.5
Physical Education
19
11
57.9
3
27.3
Physics
11
6
54.5
6
100.0
Severe Disabilities
145
82
56.6
68
82.9
Social Science
1
-
-
-
-
Theater
24
2
8.3
2
100.0
Visual Art
49
27
55.1
17
63.0
Visually Impaired
10
-
-
-
-
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All
212
155
73.1
112
72.3
Biology
11
8
72.7
6
75.0
Business
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
Chemistry
3
-
-
-
-
Early Childhood
3
3
100.0
3
100.0
Elementary
33
22
66.7
16
72.7
English
27
21
77.8
15
71.4
English as a Second Language
11
5
45.5
3
60.0
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
3
3
100.0
3
100.0
General Science
17
15
88.2
14
93.3
History
17
13
76.5
8
61.5
Mathematics
38
25
65.8
16
64.0
Middle School Humanities
4
1
25.0
-
-
Middle School Mathematics/Science
3
2
66.7
2
100.0
Moderate Disabilities
40
34
85.0
25
73.5
Physical Education
4
4
100.0
2
50.0
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All
152
133
87.5
116
87.2
Post-Baccalaureate All
152
133
87.5
116
87.2
Biology
4
4
100.0
4
100.0
Chemistry
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
Early Childhood
20
16
80.0
15
93.8
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
4
4
100.0
3
75.0
Elementary
40
37
92.5
32
86.5
English
11
10
90.9
6
60.0
Foreign Language - [Portuguese]
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
General Science
5
5
100.0
5
100.0
History
5
5
100.0
5
100.0
Mathematics
10
10
100.0
10
100.0
Moderate Disabilities
13
10
76.9
8
80.0
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General
1
1
100.0
-
-
Physical Education
10
7
70.0
6
85.7
Physics
2
2
100.0
1
50.0
Severe Disabilities
2
2
100.0
2
100.0
Visual Art
24
19
79.2
17
89.5


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