Teaching Schools In Massachusetts
Massachusetts has 67 accredited teaching schools where teaching faculty who teach teaching classes can find employment. The following statistics and charts help analyze the current state of the teaching academic community in Massachusetts, and the future trends in teaching training at the following levels:
- Teaching Certificate
- Associates degree in Teaching
- Bachelors degree in Teaching
- Masters degree in Teaching
- PhD degree in Teaching
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Professional Trends
Massachusetts Vs. National Teaching Employment
| Massachusetts | 105,620 |
| National | 4,078,490 |
Of all of the teaching professionals that work in the US, approximately 3% work in Massachusetts state.
Employment Growth for Teaching professionals In Massachusetts
| 103,810 | 99,410 | 105,130 | 107,080 | 96,590 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
The number of teaching professionals is shrinking in Massachusetts. In Massachusetts, 7,220 less teaching professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. So, in four years, the number of teaching professionals has shrunk by 7%. This decline is faster than the change in the number of teaching professionals around the country. Nationally, the number of teaching professionals has shrunk by 6% from 2006 to 2010.
Teaching VS. All Professions salaries in Massachusetts
| $63,528 | $72,004 | $73,669 | $77,240 | $78,733 |
| $49,058 | $52,712 | $53,675 | $55,178 | $56,645 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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- Light Blue: Teaching
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
In Massachusetts, as the number of teaching professionals is declining, the salaries earned by teaching professionals are increasing. The mean salary for teaching professionals in 2006 was $63,528 per year. And in 2010 the mean salary was $78,733 per year.
Salary percentiles for Teaching professionals in Massachusetts
10th percentile |
$42,434 |
25th percentile |
$55,214 |
50th percentile |
$72,545 |
75th percentile |
$78,532 |
90th percentile |
$84,519 |
This represents a growth in salaries of 19%. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. Within the field of teaching, there is a huge variation in pay, with the highest paid teaching professionals earning 82% more money than those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket in Massachusetts state.
Average Salaries for Teaching professionals and related professions in Massachusetts
Early Childhood Education |
$52,550 |
Educational Leadership |
$85,390 |
Elementary Education |
$67,875 |
Special Education |
$59,923 |
Teaching |
$76,923 |
Teaching professionals in Massachusetts earn, on average, more than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Teaching programs available for each degree type for all schools in Massachusetts
associate |
33 |
bachelor |
139 |
master |
175 |
doctor |
6 |
Certificate |
96 |
| Total | 449 |
As the number of teaching professionals is decreasing in Massachusetts state, the number of students graduating from the 67 accredited teaching schools in Massachusetts state is increasing. In 2006 there were 4,194 teaching graduates from teaching courses in Massachusetts and in 2010 there were 4,974 graduates.
This represents a 19% increase in the number of teaching degree or certificate school graduates in Massachusetts state. 39% of these graduates received a master's degree in teaching.