Massachusetts School and District Profiles

Boston University

EPPP selectedEPPP
Select an Org
print page

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)
All Years 2,000 836 41.8 483 57.8
2021 - 22 240 117 48.8 - -
2020 - 21 222 116 52.3 90 77.6
2019 - 20 257 123 47.9 84 68.3
2018 - 19 248 98 39.5 60 61.2
2017 - 18 236 102 43.2 65 63.7
2016 - 17 195 88 45.1 64 72.7
2015 - 16 201 66 32.8 40 60.6
2014 - 15 234 69 29.5 45 65.2
2013 - 14 217 91 41.9 57 62.6



Employment by Program Characteristics
District Retention in a MA Public School
Academic: Administrator, Initial All All 12 11 91.7 2 18.2
Post-Baccalaureate All 12 11 91.7 2 18.2
Principal/Assistant Principal 9 9 100.0 1 11.1
Special Education Administrator 1 - - - -
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent 1 - - - -
Supervisor/Director 1 - - - -
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All 4 - - - -
Post-Baccalaureate All 4 - - - -
School Counselor 4 - - - -
School Guidance Counselor 1 - - - -
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All 56 12 21.4 3 25.0
Post-Baccalaureate All 56 12 21.4 3 25.0
Reading 6 - - - -
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders 50 6 12.0 - -
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All 169 92 54.4 6 6.5
Baccalaureate All 55 22 40.0 3 13.6
Chemistry 1 - - - -
Early Childhood 5 - - - -
Elementary 13 8 61.5 3 37.5
English 4 - - - -
English as a Second Language 8 4 50.0 1 25.0
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 1 - - - -
General Science 2 - - - -
History 8 2 25.0 - -
Mathematics 2 - - - -
Moderate Disabilities 3 - - - -
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 8 7 87.5 - -
Severe Disabilities 8 2 25.0 - -
Post-Baccalaureate All 115 71 61.7 3 4.2
Biology 4 - - - -
Chemistry 5 - - - -
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - ASL/TC 7 1 14.3 1 100.0
Early Childhood 7 2 28.6 - -
Elementary 11 9 81.8 - -
English 12 6 50.0 - -
English as a Second Language 6 - - - -
Foreign Language - [Arabic] 1 - - - -
Foreign Language - [Chinese] 5 - - - -
Foreign Language - [French] 2 - - - -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 2 - - - -
General Science 1 - - - -
History 10 7 70.0 - -
Mathematics 8 8 100.0 - -
Moderate Disabilities 18 10 55.6 1 10.0
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 8 8 100.0 1 12.5
Physical Education 1 - - - -
Physics 2 - - - -
Severe Disabilities 3 - - - -
Visual Art 4 - - - -


*No Data Available.

School and District Profiles