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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
42,981
27,430
63.8
16,858
61.5
2021 - 22
4,630
3,262
70.5
-
-
2020 - 21
4,474
3,132
70.0
2,452
78.3
2019 - 20
4,628
3,098
66.9
2,284
73.7
2018 - 19
4,947
3,269
66.1
2,327
71.2
2017 - 18
5,071
3,256
64.2
2,226
68.4
2016 - 17
5,212
3,329
63.9
2,192
65.8
2015 - 16
5,309
3,294
62.0
2,071
62.9
2014 - 15
5,348
3,221
60.2
1,971
61.2
2013 - 14
6,143
3,733
60.8
2,313
62.0
2010 - 11
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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
421
334
79.3
22
6.6
Post-Baccalaureate All
421
334
79.3
22
6.6
Principal/Assistant Principal
336
276
82.1
18
6.5
Special Education Administrator
49
43
87.8
2
4.7
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent
34
5
14.7
1
20.0
Supervisor/Director
12
10
83.3
1
10.0
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All
339
225
66.4
24
10.7
Post-Baccalaureate All
339
225
66.4
24
10.7
School Counselor
182
117
64.3
11
9.4
School Guidance Counselor
9
6
66.7
-
-
School Psychologist
58
41
70.7
3
7.3
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor
132
97
73.5
15
15.5
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All
413
210
50.8
20
9.5
Post-Baccalaureate All
413
210
50.8
20
9.5
Instructional Technology Specialist
2
-
-
-
-
Reading
180
156
86.7
16
10.3
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders
236
54
22.9
3
5.6
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All
3,409
2,429
71.3
170
7.0
Baccalaureate All
1,019
587
57.6
31
5.3
Biology
13
10
76.9
1
10.0
Chemistry
5
-
-
-
-
Dance
1
-
-
-
-
Early Childhood
182
98
53.8
9
9.2
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
2
-
-
-
-
Earth and Space Science
2
-
-
-
-
Elementary
353
196
55.5
13
6.6
English
79
53
67.1
1
1.9
English as a Second Language
14
8
57.1
1
12.5
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
17
14
82.4
1
7.1
General Science
5
-
-
-
-
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences
9
4
44.4
-
-
History
77
43
55.8
2
4.7
Mathematics
56
35
62.5
-
-
Middle School Humanities
1
-
-
-
-
Moderate Disabilities
93
53
57.0
3
5.7
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General
47
32
68.1
-
-
Physical Education
36
17
47.2
2
11.8
Physics
5
-
-
-
-
Severe Disabilities
20
11
55.0
1
9.1
Social Science
1
-
-
-
-
Technology/Engineering
1
-
-
-
-
Theater
8
3
37.5
-
-
Visual Art
43
24
55.8
-
-
PRPIL All
353
330
93.5
19
5.8
Biology
9
8
88.9
1
12.5
Business
2
-
-
-
-
Chemistry
11
11
100.0
1
9.1
Dance
5
-
-
-
-
Digital Literacy/Computer Science
4
-
-
-
-
Early Childhood
10
8
80.0
1
12.5
Elementary
15
15
100.0
-
-
English
25
23
92.0
1
4.3
English as a Second Language
28
27
96.4
1
3.7
Foreign Language - [Chinese]
5
-
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [French]
5
-
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Portuguese]
1
-
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
17
16
94.1
1
6.3
General Science
13
12
92.3
-
-
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences
17
16
94.1
-
-
History
27
25
92.6
-
-
Latin and Classical Humanities
2
-
-
-
-
Library
8
8
100.0
1
12.5
Mathematics
36
34
94.4
-
-
Middle School Humanities
1
-
-
-
-
Middle School Mathematics/Science
4
-
-
-
-
Moderate Disabilities
30
28
93.3
2
7.1
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General
18
15
83.3
3
20.0
Physical Education
23
22
95.7
1
4.5
Physics
11
11
100.0
3
27.3
Severe Disabilities
2
-
-
-
-
Technology/Engineering
7
7
100.0
-
-
Theater
2
-
-
-
-
Visual Art
18
16
88.9
1
6.3
Post-Baccalaureate All
1,879
1,395
74.2
105
7.5
Biology
46
36
78.3
2
5.6
Business
1
-
-
-
-
Chemistry
23
18
78.3
2
11.1
Dance
1
-
-
-
-
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - ASL/TC
7
1
14.3
1
100.0
Digital Literacy/Computer Science
8
7
87.5
1
14.3
Early Childhood
183
138
75.4
11
8.0
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
4
-
-
-
-
Earth Science
1
-
-
-
-
Earth and Space Science
7
5
71.4
-
-
Elementary
299
228
76.3
17
7.5
English
148
102
68.9
9
8.8
English as a Second Language
98
88
89.8
8
9.1
Foreign Language - [Arabic]
1
-
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Chinese]
7
3
42.9
-
-
Foreign Language - [French]
6
-
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Italian]
3
-
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
27
24
88.9
-
-
General Science
49
39
79.6
1
2.6
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences
4
-
-
-
-
History
144
98
68.1
8
8.2
Latin and Classical Humanities
7
2
28.6
-
-
Library
21
13
61.9
-
-
Mathematics
120
96
80.0
5
5.2
Middle School Humanities
6
-
-
-
-
Middle School Mathematics/Science
3
-
-
-
-
Moderate Disabilities
417
344
82.5
27
7.8
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General
41
22
53.7
2
9.1
Physical Education
19
15
78.9
1
6.7
Physics
9
8
88.9
-
-
Severe Disabilities
110
60
54.5
7
11.7
Social Science
3
-
-
-
-
Theater
15
4
26.7
-
-
Visual Art
55
38
69.1
4
10.5
Visually Impaired
12
2
16.7
-
-
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All
167
122
73.1
15
12.3
Biology
5
-
-
-
-
Business
1
-
-
-
-
Chemistry
7
3
42.9
1
33.3
Early Childhood
3
-
-
-
-
Earth Science
1
-
-
-
-
Elementary
18
15
83.3
3
20.0
English
23
19
82.6
1
5.3
English as a Second Language
20
14
70.0
-
-
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
1
-
-
-
-
General Science
15
10
66.7
-
-
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences
2
-
-
-
-
History
13
10
76.9
1
10.0
Mathematics
23
14
60.9
1
7.1
Middle School Humanities
1
-
-
-
-
Moderate Disabilities
36
27
75.0
6
22.2
Physical Education
3
-
-
-
-
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All
129
114
88.4
10
8.8
Post-Baccalaureate All
129
114
88.4
10
8.8
Biology
2
-
-
-
-
Chemistry
1
-
-
-
-
Early Childhood
17
15
88.2
2
13.3
Elementary
23
22
95.7
1
4.5
English
8
8
100.0
1
12.5
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
1
-
-
-
-
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences
3
-
-
-
-
History
11
10
90.9
-
-
Mathematics
8
7
87.5
2
28.6
Moderate Disabilities
14
12
85.7
-
-
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General
4
-
-
-
-
Physical Education
9
9
100.0
1
11.1
Severe Disabilities
4
-
-
-
-
Visual Art
24
16
66.7
3
18.8


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