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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
38,796
25,285
65.2
18,752
74.2
2020 - 21
4,474
3,118
69.7
2,452
78.6
2019 - 20
4,628
3,171
68.5
2,711
85.5
2018 - 19
4,947
3,382
68.4
2,720
80.4
2017 - 18
5,071
3,384
66.7
2,536
74.9
2016 - 17
5,212
3,458
66.3
2,452
70.9
2015 - 16
5,309
3,422
64.5
2,285
66.8
2014 - 15
5,348
3,331
62.3
2,138
64.2
2013 - 14
6,143
3,851
62.7
2,519
65.4
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
376
306
81.4
264
86.3
Post-Baccalaureate All
376
306
81.4
264
86.3
Principal/Assistant Principal
306
266
86.9
229
86.1
Special Education Administrator
29
27
93.1
23
85.2
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent
37
1
2.7
1
100.0
Supervisor/Director
12
12
100.0
11
91.7
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All
250
160
64.0
133
83.1
Post-Baccalaureate All
250
160
64.0
133
83.1
School Counselor
132
84
63.6
67
79.8
School Guidance Counselor
12
8
66.7
8
100.0
School Psychologist
51
32
62.7
29
90.6
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor
81
54
66.7
44
81.5
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All
427
224
52.5
198
88.4
Post-Baccalaureate All
427
224
52.5
198
88.4
Instructional Technology Specialist
1
-
-
-
-
Reading
206
184
89.3
166
90.2
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders
226
41
18.1
33
80.5
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All
3,294
2,315
70.3
1,756
75.9
Baccalaureate All
1,151
678
58.9
498
73.5
Biology
18
12
66.7
10
83.3
Chemistry
4
-
-
-
-
Early Childhood
181
96
53.0
71
74.0
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
25
17
68.0
16
94.1
Earth Science
1
-
-
-
-
Earth and Space Science
1
-
-
-
-
Elementary
444
259
58.3
191
73.7
English
98
65
66.3
42
64.6
English as a Second Language
12
7
58.3
4
57.1
Foreign Language - [French]
1
-
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
10
7
70.0
5
71.4
General Science
7
5
71.4
2
40.0
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences
12
8
66.7
5
62.5
History
74
46
62.2
32
69.6
Mathematics
75
46
61.3
38
82.6
Middle School Mathematics/Science
1
-
-
-
-
Moderate Disabilities
76
47
61.8
34
72.3
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General
51
34
66.7
22
64.7
Physical Education
43
18
41.9
13
72.2
Physics
5
-
-
-
-
Severe Disabilities
20
15
75.0
12
80.0
Technology/Engineering
5
-
-
-
-
Theater
8
2
25.0
2
100.0
Visual Art
27
14
51.9
11
78.6
PRPIL All
6
-
-
-
-
English as a Second Language
1
-
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
1
-
-
-
-
History
2
-
-
-
-
Moderate Disabilities
2
-
-
-
-
Post-Baccalaureate All
1,937
1,481
76.5
1,148
77.5
Biology
40
30
75.0
26
86.7
Business
3
-
-
-
-
Chemistry
15
11
73.3
10
90.9
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - ASL/TC
1
-
-
-
-
Digital Literacy/Computer Science
2
-
-
-
-
Early Childhood
171
118
69.0
86
72.9
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
14
10
71.4
7
70.0
Earth and Space Science
3
-
-
-
-
Elementary
321
243
75.7
171
70.4
English
129
102
79.1
71
69.6
English as a Second Language
86
77
89.5
65
84.4
Foreign Language - [Chinese]
5
-
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [French]
7
5
71.4
4
80.0
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
22
20
90.9
19
95.0
General Science
32
27
84.4
20
74.1
History
130
85
65.4
67
78.8
Latin and Classical Humanities
10
5
50.0
3
60.0
Library
17
13
76.5
10
76.9
Mathematics
99
84
84.8
63
75.0
Middle School Humanities
3
-
-
-
-
Middle School Mathematics/Science
3
-
-
-
-
Moderate Disabilities
589
491
83.4
402
81.9
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General
22
14
63.6
11
78.6
Physical Education
22
14
63.6
9
64.3
Physics
12
10
83.3
10
100.0
Severe Disabilities
120
73
60.8
60
82.2
Social Science
2
-
-
-
-
Theater
19
8
42.1
6
75.0
Visual Art
59
42
71.2
28
66.7
Visually Impaired
16
2
12.5
1
50.0
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All
210
159
75.7
111
69.8
Biology
10
4
40.0
3
75.0
Chemistry
2
-
-
-
-
Early Childhood
9
8
88.9
7
87.5
Earth Science
1
-
-
-
-
Elementary
40
29
72.5
21
72.4
English
16
15
93.8
11
73.3
English as a Second Language
16
13
81.3
8
61.5
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
7
6
85.7
4
66.7
General Science
16
12
75.0
8
66.7
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences
4
-
-
-
-
History
18
13
72.2
9
69.2
Mathematics
33
24
72.7
13
54.2
Middle School Humanities
3
-
-
-
-
Middle School Mathematics/Science
1
-
-
-
-
Moderate Disabilities
26
19
73.1
16
84.2
Physical Education
8
7
87.5
6
85.7
Physics
1
-
-
-
-
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All
154
134
87.0
117
87.3
Post-Baccalaureate All
154
134
87.0
117
87.3
Biology
3
-
-
-
-
Early Childhood
9
6
66.7
5
83.3
Elementary
35
33
94.3
28
84.8
English
6
-
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [French]
1
-
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Portuguese]
1
-
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
3
-
-
-
-
General Science
4
-
-
-
-
History
10
9
90.0
9
100.0
Mathematics
16
15
93.8
13
86.7
Moderate Disabilities
13
13
100.0
13
100.0
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General
6
-
-
-
-
Physical Education
12
8
66.7
6
75.0
Visual Art
35
27
77.1
21
77.8


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