2025 Graduate Job Outcomes, Aggregated and by School

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Class of 2025: National Facts & Figures

Total ABA Graduates: 36,206
Legal Jobs: 82.7% employed with long-term, full-time legal jobs
Underemployed: 8.8% employed in part-time or short-term jobs, pursuing an additional degree, or unemployed and seeking
Unknown Status: 0.7%
Schools do a very good job with gathering graduate job outcome data

	% of All Grads	Total Grads
LT, FT Legal	82.7%	29,928
LT, FT JD Advantage	5%	1,815
Biglaw >100 Attorneys	25.7%	9,298
Federal Clerkships	3.2%	1,144
Total in School-Funded Jobs	0%	0

LT, FT Legal Jobs
< 30%	2 schools
30% - 39.9%	1 schools
40% - 49.9%	1 schools
50% - 59.9%	7 schools
60% - 74.9%	32 schools
75% - 89.9%	104 schools
≥ 90%	48 schools

Biglaw Placement
< 5%	35 schools
5% - 9.9%	26 schools
10% - 19.9%	60 schools
20% - 29.9%	32 schools
30% - 39.9%	15 schools
40% - 49.9%	8 schools
50% - 59.9%	6 schools
≥ 60%	13 schools

School-Specific Outcomes

	Legal JobsLong-Term, Full-Time	Under-Employed	Biglaw> 100 Attorneys	Public Service	Fed Clerks	LSF
Albany Law School	88.5%	5.8%	16.2%	36.1%	1.6%	0%
American University	69.4%	15%	17.3%	18.8%	1%	0%
Appalachian School of Law	53.5%	23.3%	0%	25.6%	0%	0%
Arizona State University	89%	6.2%	21.4%	17.9%	2.1%	0%
Ave Maria School of Law	81.5%	9.9%	9.9%	24.7%	0%	0%
Barry University	63.8%	23%	12.8%	25.1%	0%	0%
Baylor University	95.5%	2.7%	20%	21.8%	7.3%	0%
Belmont University	84.7%	7.6%	11%	17.8%	0.8%	0%
Boston College	92.5%	3.3%	56.8%	13.1%	2.3%	0%
Boston University	92.1%	2.3%	52.3%	17.3%	1.4%	0%
Brigham Young University	89.8%	5.5%	34.6%	13.4%	7.1%	0%
Brooklyn Law School	84.6%	7%	25.3%	22.5%	2.2%	0%
California Western School of Law	73.7%	18%	10.2%	14.1%	1.5%	0%
Campbell University	86.7%	9.4%	11.6%	16%	1.7%	0%
Capital University	71.9%	11.6%	6.6%	24.8%	0%	0%
Cardozo-Yeshiva University	89.1%	7.9%	27.7%	18.8%	0.7%	0%
Case Western Reserve University	75.4%	16.9%	27.5%	15.5%	2.8%	0%
Catholic University of America	79.6%	6.2%	19.5%	19.5%	1.8%	0%
Chapman University	76.2%	10%	16.9%	15.4%	3.8%	0%
Charleston School of Law	76.2%	14.3%	3.3%	22.9%	0.5%	0%
Chicago-Kent College of Law	75.4%	15.5%	19%	12.5%	0.4%	0%
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law	73.5%	15.9%	18.9%	16.7%	0%	0%
Columbia University	96.5%	2%	78.4%	9.6%	4.1%	0%
Cornell University	99.5%	0.5%	65.5%	16.2%	5.6%	0%
Creighton University	84.1%	8.8%	9.7%	17.7%	1.8%	0%
CUNY	73.4%	12%	2.6%	60.9%	0%	0%
DePaul University	81.3%	9%	15.5%	16.1%	0%	0%
Drake University	86%	9.6%	2.6%	14.9%	0.9%	0%
Drexel University	85.7%	9%	24.8%	15%	0%	0%
Duke University	98.7%	0.9%	74.8%	6.1%	11.7%	0%
Duquesne University	86.8%	9.9%	16.4%	23.7%	2%	0%
Elon Law School	82.2%	9.6%	4.4%	20.7%	0.7%	0%
Emory University	87.9%	5.8%	45.1%	13.8%	3.6%	0%
Faulkner University	65.9%	19.3%	5.7%	22.7%	0%	0%
Florida A&M University	71.3%	11.1%	12%	37%	0%	0%
Florida International University	84.1%	7%	18.5%	26.1%	0.6%	0%
Florida State University	87.1%	6.1%	19.7%	25.8%	3.8%	0%
Fordham University	85.5%	7.1%	55.5%	11.9%	3.1%	0%
George Mason University	81.4%	1.8%	15.6%	30.5%	7.8%	0%
George Washington University	89.8%	3%	32.5%	21.4%	2.6%	0%
Georgetown University	91.6%	3.1%	61.6%	15.6%	4.8%	0%
Georgia State University	88.7%	6.7%	25.1%	16.9%	0.5%	0%
Gonzaga University	78.3%	16.7%	4.5%	28.8%	0.5%	0%
Harvard University	93.4%	2.2%	59%	12.1%	16.6%	0%
Hofstra University	86.3%	7.2%	20.5%	24%	0.8%	0%
Howard University	68.4%	26.5%	38.1%	18.7%	0.6%	0%
Indiana University - Bloomington	84.8%	8.5%	30.5%	18.9%	4.3%	0%
Indiana University - Indianapolis	75.9%	12.3%	10.8%	26.9%	0.5%	0%
Inter American University	25.9%	31.5%	0.5%	15.7%	0%	0%
Jacksonville University	92.3%	0%	23.1%	46.2%	0%	0%
John Marshall Law School - Atlanta	72.3%	12.9%	5%	19.8%	0%	0%
Lewis and Clark College	79.7%	10.5%	6.5%	23.5%	1.3%	0%
Liberty University	88%	8%	1%	44%	0%	0%
Lincoln Memorial University	74.5%	10.9%	5.5%	21.8%	0%	0%
Louisiana State University	83.8%	10.1%	15.2%	15.7%	4.5%	0%
Loyola Marymount University	85.7%	6.3%	25.3%	11.7%	1%	0%
Loyola University Chicago	79.7%	6.1%	27.6%	17.6%	0.8%	0%
Loyola University New Orleans	80.8%	13.6%	12.4%	15.8%	1.1%	0%
Marquette University	88.6%	4%	20.6%	16%	0.6%	0%
Mercer University	90.1%	6.3%	15.5%	19%	1.4%	0%
Michigan State University	81.2%	9.6%	13.7%	21.3%	2%	0%
Mississippi College	90.3%	6.8%	3.9%	16.5%	7.8%	0%
Mitchell Hamline School of Law	60.1%	12.6%	3.1%	16.9%	0.6%	0%
New England School of Law	51.4%	29.7%	6.4%	19.3%	0.3%	0%
New York Law School	74.8%	12.8%	16.3%	24%	1%	0%
New York University	98.1%	0.7%	67.4%	20.1%	5.5%	0%
North Carolina Central University	62%	22.6%	5.8%	33.6%	0%	0%
Northeastern University	82.2%	12.2%	25.4%	30.5%	2.3%	0%
Northern Illinois University	70.1%	14%	4.7%	31.8%	0%	0%
Northern Kentucky University	67.7%	13.5%	13.5%	26%	2.1%	0%
Northwestern University	92%	1.9%	71.6%	8.3%	5.7%	0%
Nova Southeastern University	69.8%	17.3%	17.8%	15.3%	0%	0%
Ohio Northern University	83.7%	2%	2%	18.4%	0%	0%
Ohio State University	88.5%	4.5%	35%	21%	1.3%	0%
Oklahoma City University	79%	15.2%	6.5%	18.1%	2.2%	0%
Pace University	81.6%	6.9%	12.3%	27.6%	0.4%	0%
Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson Law	83.4%	8.1%	13.9%	30.9%	1.8%	0%
Pepperdine University	91.8%	6.6%	17.5%	10.9%	1.1%	0%
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico	17%	43.5%	0.7%	15.6%	0%	0%
Quinnipiac University	76.4%	7.3%	3.3%	17.9%	0%	0%
Regent University	93.2%	3.9%	1%	24.3%	5.8%	0%
Roger Williams University	69.2%	17.2%	3.6%	17.2%	0%	0%
Rutgers University	85.3%	5.2%	16.3%	12.8%	2.2%	0%
Samford University	80.6%	12.9%	18.7%	14.4%	2.2%	0%
Santa Clara University	75.3%	16.7%	23.2%	15.2%	0.5%	0%
Seattle University	75.5%	15.2%	6.9%	26.5%	0%	0%
Seton Hall University	87%	3.9%	21.7%	6.3%	0.5%	0%
South Texas College of Law Houston	81.9%	11%	13%	15.4%	1%	0%
Southern Illinois University	73%	8.1%	6.8%	20.3%	0%	0%
Southern Methodist University	94.7%	1.8%	44.4%	8%	2.7%	0%
Southern University Law Center	39.8%	42.9%	4.8%	21.6%	0%	0%
Southwestern Law School	78.6%	11.7%	9.7%	14.5%	0.3%	0%
St. John's University	90.4%	5.6%	29.3%	22.9%	3.2%	0%
St. Louis University	87.6%	5.3%	23.7%	12.4%	0%	0%
St. Mary's University	80.6%	12.9%	6%	19%	2.2%	0%
St. Thomas University - Florida	77.8%	18.6%	11.3%	17%	1%	0%
Stanford University	86.8%	6.3%	48.9%	13.2%	19.5%	0%
Stetson University	80.8%	10.8%	19.9%	25.1%	1.4%	0%
Suffolk University	76.3%	9.8%	18.2%	16.8%	1.1%	0%
Syracuse University	71.2%	9.1%	12%	31.3%	1.4%	0%
Temple University	88.2%	3.1%	30.8%	22.1%	2.6%	0%
Texas A&M	96%	0%	23.4%	24.2%	8.1%	0%
Texas Southern University	53.7%	36%	11%	13.4%	0%	0%
Texas Tech University	91.9%	4.4%	10.3%	18.4%	0.7%	0%
Thomas M. Cooley Law School	58.7%	22.4%	2.1%	32.9%	0%	0%
Touro College	75.2%	14.5%	4.1%	30.3%	0%	0%
Tulane University	84.1%	10.7%	24.8%	22.9%	7%	0%
University at Buffalo	91.2%	5.1%	16.8%	28.5%	0.7%	0%
University of Akron	78.2%	8.3%	9%	28.6%	0.8%	0%
University of Alabama	93.2%	0.7%	29.5%	15.1%	12.3%	0%
University of Arizona	90%	6.2%	21.5%	23.8%	4.6%	0%
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville	67.2%	11.8%	9.2%	16.8%	1.7%	0%
University of Arkansas - Little Rock	75%	12.9%	1.5%	28%	2.3%	0%
University of Baltimore	73.5%	13.7%	5.4%	14.2%	0.5%	0%
University of California - Berkeley	96.8%	2.5%	62.2%	17.7%	6.4%	0%
University of California - Davis	91.7%	3.4%	30.4%	26.5%	1.5%	0%
University of California - Irvine	92.9%	4.5%	41.9%	16.1%	0.6%	0%
University of California - Los Angeles	94.3%	1.8%	60.8%	13.6%	3.9%	0%
University of California College of Law, San Francisco	87%	6.8%	34.7%	19.2%	0%	0%
University of Chicago	96.8%	1.9%	63.9%	6.9%	22.7%	0%
University of Cincinnati	82.7%	8.7%	18.9%	21.3%	0.8%	0%
University of Colorado	93%	3.8%	27.4%	24.8%	0.6%	0%
University of Connecticut	81.7%	10.6%	23.9%	11.3%	0.7%	0%
University of Dayton	73.9%	9.8%	16.3%	21.7%	0%	0%
University of Denver	77.2%	14%	14.7%	20.4%	0.4%	0%
University of Detroit Mercy	88.4%	7.9%	16.8%	15.8%	0%	0%
University of Florida	88.8%	5.1%	41.4%	14.9%	4.7%	0%
University of Georgia	93.5%	2.9%	28.8%	17.1%	9.4%	0%
University of Hawaii	75.5%	6.1%	0%	19.4%	3.1%	0%
University of Houston	84.9%	6.7%	31.9%	13.4%	1.7%	0%
University of Idaho	83.2%	13.1%	2.2%	35%	0.7%	0%
University of Illinois	92.2%	0.7%	38.6%	13.7%	4.6%	0%
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law	71.2%	17.9%	8.4%	21.9%	0.4%	0%
University of Iowa	91.1%	2.5%	24.1%	17.1%	5.1%	0%
University of Kansas	91.3%	3.2%	15.1%	23.8%	4%	0%
University of Kentucky	89.6%	5.2%	15.7%	13.9%	6.1%	0%
University of Louisville	89.1%	7.6%	19.3%	26.1%	0.8%	0%
University of Maine	71.6%	13.6%	8%	18.2%	2.3%	0%
University of Maryland	79.8%	7.2%	15.4%	15.4%	1.9%	0%
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	68.4%	18.4%	2%	25.5%	0%	0%
University of Memphis	79.8%	5.3%	10.6%	22.3%	2.1%	0%
University of Miami	83.3%	8.9%	32.4%	13.1%	0.3%	0%
University of Michigan	95.9%	1.7%	59.5%	16.3%	9.9%	0%
University of Minnesota	91%	3.6%	28.8%	19.4%	3.2%	0%
University of Mississippi	81.3%	12.5%	10.2%	18.8%	5.7%	0%
University of Missouri - Columbia	86.4%	4.8%	14.4%	24.8%	0.8%	0%
University of Missouri - Kansas City	81.3%	10.2%	12.5%	11.7%	1.6%	0%
University of Montana	80%	10.6%	3.5%	30.6%	5.9%	0%
University of Nebraska	86%	7.7%	12.6%	20.3%	2.8%	0%
University of Nevada - Las Vegas	88.9%	5.1%	14.5%	16.2%	2.6%	0%
University of New Hampshire	57.8%	14.1%	10.4%	18.8%	0%	0%
University of New Mexico	74%	5%	1%	27%	1%	0%
University of North Carolina	90.2%	2.2%	38.3%	14.8%	4.4%	0%
University of North Dakota	80.8%	5.5%	2.7%	31.5%	5.5%	0%
University of North Texas Dallas College of Law	71.7%	15%	6.7%	20%	1.7%	0%
University of Notre Dame	93.3%	4.3%	40.9%	15.2%	16.5%	0%
University of Oklahoma	91.1%	4.4%	10.8%	28.5%	2.5%	0%
University of Oregon	82.4%	14.8%	7%	21.1%	2.1%	0%
University of Pennsylvania	97.2%	0.4%	71.4%	12.3%	7.9%	0%
University of Pittsburgh	82%	5.7%	25.4%	21.3%	3.3%	0%
University of Puerto Rico	48.4%	29%	8.9%	14.5%	0.8%	0%
University of Richmond	88%	7.7%	13.7%	17.9%	2.6%	0%
University of San Diego	88.6%	0.8%	28%	13.1%	2.1%	0%
University of San Francisco	76.3%	14.9%	23.7%	25.4%	0%	0%
University of South Carolina	88.9%	5.3%	18.4%	15.8%	1.6%	0%
University of South Dakota	78%	12.2%	0%	24.4%	3.7%	0%
University of Southern California	94.3%	2.2%	67.4%	7%	3.5%	0%
University of St. Thomas - Minneapolis	82.6%	8.7%	8.1%	15.4%	1.3%	0%
University of Tennessee	88.7%	6.5%	18.5%	15.3%	4.8%	0%
University of Texas	95.8%	0.6%	43.8%	17.5%	14.3%	0%
University of The District of Columbia	52.5%	25%	3.8%	33.8%	0%	0%
University of the Pacific - McGeorge	68.9%	15.5%	10.1%	20.9%	1.4%	0%
University of Toledo	62.8%	24.5%	5.3%	23.4%	1.1%	0%
University of Tulsa	79.6%	6.2%	3.5%	20.4%	0%	0%
University of Utah	92.5%	2.2%	12.9%	17.2%	0%	0%
University of Virginia	98.1%	1%	69.2%	10.7%	10.7%	0%
University of Washington	83.1%	8.5%	22%	29.9%	1.7%	0%
University of Wisconsin	90.2%	4.7%	25.1%	25.5%	3.5%	0%
University of Wyoming	85.9%	12.5%	4.7%	39.1%	3.1%	0%
Vanderbilt University	98.2%	1.2%	60.7%	11.3%	11.3%	0%
Vermont Law School	69.2%	18.5%	3.1%	22.3%	0%	0%
Villanova University	90.8%	3.3%	33.7%	14.7%	1.1%	0%
Wake Forest University	89.2%	0.6%	39.2%	11.4%	4.4%	0%
Washburn University	86.9%	5.1%	3%	27.3%	1%	0%
Washington and Lee University	91.8%	4.5%	40%	13.6%	9.1%	0%
Washington University in St Louis	94.1%	1.5%	53.5%	9.5%	11.7%	0%
Wayne State University	84.7%	3.2%	19.4%	16.9%	0%	0%
West Virginia University	76.9%	14.3%	11%	26.4%	3.3%	0%
Western New England University School of Law	54.8%	25%	2.4%	13.1%	0%	0%
Western State College of Law at Westcliff University	79.6%	4.3%	5.4%	8.6%	0%	0%
Widener University - Delaware	83%	8.7%	8.7%	13.6%	0%	0%
Widener University - Pennsylvania	77.1%	13.3%	6.7%	21.9%	0%	0%
Willamette University	73.3%	21%	2.9%	24.8%	0%	0%
William and Mary	90.5%	6%	28.1%	19.1%	6%	0%
Yale University	87.6%	4.3%	37.6%	21%	23.3%	0%

Graduate job outcome data come from the American Bar Association.