Program Payoff

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods programs in Massachusetts

33 schools in Massachusetts teach this, at certificate or associate level. 10 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $30,119 at Roxbury Community College.

What this work pays in Massachusetts

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Massachusetts earn a median of $94,000 a year across 29,930 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Massachusetts
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$95,26028,460
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$45,89018,710
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$89,45016,570
Training and Development Specialists$80,27012,190
Self-Enrichment Teachers$49,43011,950

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Roxbury Community College Roxbury Crossing Associate's degree $30,119 (16 grads) 12
Middlesex Community College Bedford Associate's degree $30,047 (26 grads) 16
Fisher College Boston Associate's degree $28,598 (16 grads) 11
Urban College of Boston Boston Undergraduate certificate $26,585 (14 grads) 45
Bunker Hill Community College Boston Associate's degree $25,194 (13 grads) 39
Northern Essex Community College Haverhill Associate's degree $10,758 $25,194 (23 grads) 28
Urban College of Boston Boston Associate's degree $24,615 (26 grads) 68
Quinsigamond Community College Worcester Associate's degree $16,492 $24,201 (18 grads) 31
Bristol Community College Fall River Associate's degree $6,306 $23,649 (29 grads) 40
Bunker Hill Community College Boston Undergraduate certificate $23,649 (20 grads) 13
Dean College Franklin Associate's degree $12,000 not published 4
Springfield Technical Community College Springfield Associate's degree not published 25
Bay Path University Longmeadow Associate's degree not published 1
Berkshire Community College Pittsfield Undergraduate certificate not published 18
Berkshire Community College Pittsfield Associate's degree not published 6
Bristol Community College Fall River Undergraduate certificate not published 11
Cape Cod Community College West Barnstable Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Cape Cod Community College West Barnstable Associate's degree not published 15
Dean College Franklin Undergraduate certificate not published 3
Fisher College Boston Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Greenfield Community College Greenfield Undergraduate certificate not published 12
Greenfield Community College Greenfield Associate's degree not published 3
Holyoke Community College Holyoke Associate's degree not published 2
Massachusetts Bay Community College Wellesley Hills Undergraduate certificate not published 3
Massachusetts Bay Community College Wellesley Hills Associate's degree not published 17
Massasoit Community College Brockton Associate's degree not published 10
Middlesex Community College Bedford Undergraduate certificate not published 6
Mount Wachusett Community College Gardner Associate's degree not published 3
North Shore Community College Danvers Associate's degree not published 7
Quincy College Quincy Undergraduate certificate not published 3
Quincy College Quincy Associate's degree not published 18
Quinsigamond Community College Worcester Undergraduate certificate not published 14
Springfield Technical Community College Springfield Undergraduate certificate not published 31

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.