2014 Graduate Job Outcomes, Aggregated and by School

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Class of 2014: National Facts & Figures

Total ABA Graduates: 43,797
Legal Jobs: 59.9% employed with long-term, full-time legal jobs
3.2% of these jobs were funded by the law school. If we exclude school-funded jobs, 58% of graduates were employed with long-term, full-time legal jobs.
Underemployed: 21.4% employed in part-time or short-term jobs, pursuing an additional degree, or unemployed and seeking
Unknown Status: 2.1%
Schools do a very good job with gathering graduate job outcome data

	% of All Grads	Total Grads
LT, FT Legal	59.9%	26,224
LT, FT Legal Excl. School Funded	58%	25,391
LT, FT JD Advantage	11.2%	4,903
Biglaw >100 Attorneys	13.8%	6,065
Federal Clerkships	2.8%	1,247
Total in School-Funded Jobs	3.6%	1,584

LT, FT Legal Jobs	School-Funded
LT, FT Legal Jobs	Included	Excluded
< 30%	8 schools	8 schools
30% - 39.9%	15 schools	16 schools
40% - 49.9%	34 schools	34 schools
50% - 59.9%	50 schools	51 schools
60% - 74.9%	68 schools	79 schools
75% - 89.9%	18 schools	13 schools
≥ 90%	10 schools	2 schools

Biglaw Placement
< 5%	92 schools
5% - 9.9%	44 schools
10% - 19.9%	39 schools
20% - 29.9%	8 schools
30% - 39.9%	7 schools
40% - 49.9%	4 schools
50% - 59.9%	4 schools
≥ 60%	5 schools

School-Specific Outcomes

	Legal JobsLong-Term, Full-Time	Legal JobsLong-Term, Full-TimeExcluding LSF	Under-Employed	Biglaw> 100 Attorneys	Public Service	Fed Clerks	LSF
Albany Law School	62.3%	62.3%	19.1%	2.9%	21.6%	0.5%	0%
American University	54.6%	45%	24.6%	8.7%	33.7%*	3.7%	10.4%
Appalachian School of Law	35.8%	35.8%	47.4%	3.2%	9.5%*	0%	1.1%
Arizona State University	71.2%	70.2%	7.1%	12.1%	22.2%*	2%	4%
Arizona Summit Law School	41.7%	39.9%	29.1%	0.6%	15.6%*	0.6%	10.1%
Ave Maria School of Law	37.3%	36.4%	46.4%	0%	15.5%*	0%	0.9%
Barry University	42.1%	42.1%	27.3%	1.4%	16.7%	0%	1%
Baylor University	68.4%	67.6%	16.2%	8.8%	11.8%*	2.2%	2.9%
Belmont University	64.7%	64.7%	14.3%	3.4%	16.8%	0.8%	0%
Boston College	75.1%	74.4%	11.4%	31.5%	18.3%*	5.1%	1.5%
Boston University	72.8%	67.9%	16.7%	34.6%	17.9%*	1.6%	8.1%
Brigham Young University	76.1%	68.1%	8%	13%	21.7%*	5.8%	8%
Brooklyn Law School	52.4%	52.4%	26.7%	11.3%	14.4%	1.6%	9.7%
California Western School of Law	48.9%	48.9%	32.4%	3.7%	12.8%	0.5%	0%
Campbell University	59.7%	59.7%	20.8%	1.3%	18.8%	1.9%	0%
Capital University	38.8%	38.8%	38.8%	1.9%	11.3%	0%	0%
Cardozo-Yeshiva University	56.6%	56.4%	26.5%	11.2%	12.2%*	1.8%	4.1%
Case Western Reserve University	54.8%	54.2%	29.2%	10.7%	13.7%*	1.2%	11.3%
Catholic University of America	45.8%	45.8%	20.7%	5.6%	36.3%	0.6%	1.1%
Chapman University	47.8%	47.8%	37%	2.9%	4.3%	0%	1.4%
Charleston School of Law	52.7%	52.7%	24.9%	1%	5%	2%	0%
Charlotte School of Law	34.1%	34.1%	38.7%	0.2%	5.8%	0.2%	8%
Chicago-Kent College of Law	51.7%	51.7%	21.9%	8.2%	8.2%	0%	1.4%
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law	49%	48.3%	29.1%	8.6%	8.6%*	0.7%	0.7%
Columbia University	93.8%	87.2%	2.8%	74.1%	11.5%*	4.7%	6.6%
Cornell University	95.8%	90.1%	2.1%	64.4%	10.5%*	9.9%	6.3%
Creighton University	63.9%	63.9%	15.8%	3.8%	15.8%	3%	0%
CUNY	48.7%	48.7%	38.7%	0.7%	38%	1.3%	6.7%
DePaul University	55.2%	55.2%	25.5%	7.3%	10.1%	0.3%	0%
Drake University	64.6%	64.6%	18.5%	0%	13.8%	0.8%	0%
Drexel University	63.1%	63.1%	24.8%	6.4%	16.3%	1.4%	3.5%
Duke University	90.2%	87.9%	4.7%	56.7%	9.3%*	13.5%	5.1%
Duquesne University	57.1%	57.1%	16.5%	11.8%	8.2%	0.6%	0%
Elon Law School	39.4%	39.4%	38.5%	0%	5.8%*	2.9%	1%
Emory University	83.6%	64.2%	7.8%	26.1%	21.3%*	3%	21.3%
Faulkner University	45.8%	45.8%	24.1%	0%	13.3%	0%	1.2%
Florida A&M University	31%	31%	27%	1.7%	13.8%	0%	0%
Florida Coastal School of Law	34.7%	34.5%	41.5%	0.8%	10.1%*	0%	6.6%
Florida International University	65.6%	65.6%	16.9%	3.2%	16.9%	0%	0%
Florida State University	67.2%	67.2%	14.2%	5.6%	27.6%	1.5%	0.4%
Fordham University	67.8%	67.8%	20.3%	35.3%	11.1%	1.7%	7.2%
George Mason University	55.4%	51.6%	16.8%	8.7%	22.3%*	2.7%	9.8%
George Washington University	78.9%	65.6%	8.7%	28.6%	27.4%*	3.8%	13.4%
Georgetown University	79.9%	69.6%	9.4%	44.9%	24.1%*	3.5%	14.2%
Georgia State University	71.2%	71.2%	14.1%	11.6%	11.6%	4%	0%
Golden Gate University	25.7%	24.6%	59%	3.3%	7.7%*	0%	10.4%
Gonzaga University	56.8%	56.8%	22.2%	1.2%	13.6%	0.6%	0%
Hamline University	48.7%	48.7%	14.9%	1.5%	14.4%	0%	0%
Harvard University	89.9%	85.5%	4.3%	56.7%	13.5%*	14.5%	5.1%
Hofstra University	57.7%	56.8%	18.9%	4.1%	13.6%*	0.9%	3.8%
Howard University	55.8%	54.9%	18.6%	21.2%	26.5%*	2.7%	0.9%
Indiana University - Bloomington	65.8%	64.9%	14%	16.7%	20.3%*	2.3%	5%
Indiana University - Indianapolis	61.3%	60.2%	14.7%	7.9%	18.6%*	0%	1.1%
Inter American University	11.1%	11.1%	45.8%	0.5%	12.5%	0%	0%
John Marshall Law School - Atlanta	43.7%	43.7%	23.7%	1.1%	12.6%	0%	0%
Lewis and Clark College	52.6%	52.6%	27.4%	3%	17.9%	2.6%	0%
Liberty University	47.4%	46.1%	27.6%	0%	17.1%*	1.3%	2.6%
Lincoln Memorial University	66.7%	66.7%	4.4%	0%	6.7%	0%	0%
Louisiana State University	72.4%	72.4%	9.2%	6.6%	14.9%	3.1%	0%
Loyola Marymount University	60.6%	58.3%	24.5%	13.1%	8.3%*	2.3%	3.3%
Loyola University Chicago	55.7%	55.3%	21.8%	10.7%	15.6%*	0.8%	0.8%
Loyola University New Orleans	52.8%	51.4%	29.8%	2.3%	10.6%*	2.8%	1.4%
Marquette University	51.4%	51.4%	22.9%	10.3%	11.2%	2.8%	0.5%
Mercer University	69.2%	69.2%	19.6%	3.5%	16.8%*	3.5%	0.7%
Michigan State University	46.8%	46.2%	29.6%	6.9%	12.1%*	0.3%	17.5%
Mississippi College	53.1%	53.1%	32%	2.9%	6.3%	2.3%	0%
New England School of Law	42.1%	42.1%	25.8%	2.3%	15.1%	0%	0%
New York Law School	43.1%	43.1%	23.4%	6.3%	12.3%*	0.5%	0.7%
New York University	93.5%	86%	2.1%	64.1%	16.5%*	7.3%	8.1%
North Carolina Central University	40.8%	40.8%	31%	1.4%	14.1%*	0.7%	0.7%
Northeastern University	53.2%	52.8%	28.7%	7.9%	20.4%*	0%	3.7%
Northern Illinois University	60.6%	59.6%	20.2%	2%	20.2%*	0%	2%
Northern Kentucky University	44.9%	44.9%	17.9%	3.8%	17.3%	2.6%	0%
Northwestern University	81.4%	78.4%	8.2%	55.7%	8.2%*	9.3%	3.4%
Nova Southeastern University	62.1%	62.1%	27.1%	5.7%	11.8%	0.4%	0%
Ohio Northern University	47.9%	47.9%	33%	1.1%	11.7%	2.1%	0%
Ohio State University	73.8%	72.4%	10%	17.6%	18.1%*	1.9%	5.7%
Oklahoma City University	63.6%	63.6%	8%	2.5%	16%	0%	0%
Pace University	58.5%	56.2%	24.4%	2.8%	15.7%*	1.4%	4.1%
Penn State University	65.9%	65.3%	17%	8%	14.2%*	2.8%	1.7%
Pepperdine University	49%	49%	34.3%	5.1%	8.1%*	4%	6.6%
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico	5.5%	5.5%	73.6%	0%	4.5%	0%	0%
Quinnipiac University	42.5%	41.6%	31%	1.8%	12.4%*	0%	2.7%
Regent University	47.5%	47.5%	27%	0%	18%	4.1%	0.8%
Roger Williams University	46.2%	46.2%	28.3%	0.6%	9.8%	0%	0%
Rutgers State University - Camden	61.5%	61.5%	24.7%	6.1%	4.1%	2.4%	0%
Rutgers State University - Newark	65.2%	63%	12.3%	12.8%	11%*	2.2%	2.2%
Samford University	56.6%	56.6%	30.9%	5.1%	11%	0.7%	0%
Santa Clara University	35.6%	35.6%	44.4%	10%	7.7%	0%	3.8%
Seattle University	49.2%	48.8%	28.5%	3.4%	11.2%*	0.7%	0.7%
Seton Hall University	72.3%	72.3%	12.3%	4.6%	6.3%	2.1%	0%
South Texas College of Law Houston	61.8%	61.8%	14.6%	5.1%	8.2%	0%	0%
Southern Illinois University	64.8%	63.8%	24.8%	1%	16.2%*	1%	1.9%
Southern Methodist University	69.7%	69.7%	13.4%	20.5%	5.9%	2.8%	0.4%
Southern University Law Center	34.5%	34.5%	30.3%	0.6%	24.2%	1.2%	0%
Southwestern Law School	39%	38.7%	33.5%	4.2%	2.9%*	0%	0.3%
St. John's University	61.5%	61.5%	23.3%	9.3%	13.6%*	0.8%	1.9%
St. Louis University	62.5%	62.5%	16.1%	12.4%	14.6%	1.1%	0.4%
St. Mary's University	58.7%	58.7%	24.3%	2.3%	10.1%	0%	0%
St. Thomas University - Florida	47.2%	47.2%	25.5%	1.9%	9.7%	0.5%	0.5%
Stanford University	90.4%	85%	3.2%	44.4%	10.7%*	30.5%	5.3%
Stetson University	57%	57%	21.8%	4.6%	15.6%	1%	8.8%
Suffolk University	46.9%	46.7%	26.2%	7.5%	12%*	0.2%	0.2%
Syracuse University	57.3%	57.3%	22.3%	9%	15.2%	1.9%	0.9%
Temple University	61.7%	61.3%	20.9%	16.6%	12.3%*	5.1%	5.5%
Texas A&M	52.2%	52.2%	24.1%	1.3%	6.5%*	0%	0.9%
Texas Southern University	50.7%	50.7%	25.7%	0%	10%	0.7%	0%
Texas Tech University	60.6%	60.6%	24.9%	5.6%	9.9%	1.9%	0%
Thomas Jefferson School of Law	29.7%	29.7%	38.9%	0.7%	8.9%	0.7%	0%
Thomas M. Cooley Law School	30%	30%	38.6%	0.9%	10.9%	0%	0.1%
Touro College	56.6%	56.6%	26%	0%	15.3%	0%	0%
Tulane University	61.8%	60.9%	19.3%	11.3%	15.1%*	6.3%	1.7%
University at Buffalo	59.7%	59.7%	23%	6.8%	14.7%	1.6%	0%
University of Akron	50.8%	50.8%	20.6%	2.4%	21.4%	0%	0%
University of Alabama	73.1%	72.5%	11.1%	12.9%	17.5%*	4.7%	1.8%
University of Arizona	71.5%	65.3%	12.5%	4.9%	16.7%*	3.5%	7.6%
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville	55%	55%	13.2%	5.4%	17.1%*	3.1%	1.6%
University of Arkansas - Little Rock	59.2%	59.2%	22.4%	0.8%	22.4%	0.8%	0%
University of Baltimore	51.3%	51.3%	19.4%	1%	14.3%	0.6%	0.6%
University of California - Berkeley	92.3%	85.4%	3.8%	48.4%	21.3%*	13.9%	7.3%
University of California - Davis	77.5%	66.3%	15.4%	14.8%	29%*	3%	12.4%
University of California - Irvine	74.2%	63.4%	12.9%	17.2%	22.6%*	10.8%	14%
University of California - Los Angeles	81%	71.7%	10.7%	35.1%	17.6%*	4.5%	9.8%
University of California College of Law, San Francisco	51.2%	50.7%	36.3%	13.2%	11.7%*	1.2%	5.7%
University of Chicago	92.4%	87.1%	2.9%	60%	11%*	15.7%	5.7%
University of Cincinnati	63.2%	63.2%	16%	15.2%	23.2%	1.6%	0%
University of Colorado	69.7%	66.7%	19.4%	13.3%	20.6%*	1.2%	10.9%
University of Connecticut	52.9%	52.9%	17.1%	9.6%	12.3%	2.7%	0.5%
University of Dayton	52.9%	52.9%	20%	2.1%	12.1%	0.7%	0%
University of Denver	56%	55.2%	28.9%	6.5%	19.9%*	0.4%	11.6%
University of Detroit Mercy	37.2%	37.2%	41%	3.8%	3.3%	0.5%	0%
University of Florida	69.3%	69.3%	20.4%	15.2%	15.9%	1.6%	1.9%
University of Georgia	70.6%	70.6%	17%	14.5%	17.9%	5.1%	0%
University of Hawaii	54.4%	54.4%	27.2%	0%	46.6%	0%	0%
University of Houston	66.4%	65.2%	14.8%	16.4%	9.8%*	1.6%	2%
University of Idaho	68.3%	68.3%	13.8%	0.8%	18.7%	0%	0%
University of Illinois	72.4%	64.3%	15.1%	24.9%	16.2%*	3.8%	8.1%
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law	56.6%	56.1%	22.7%	4.5%	12.6%*	0.5%	1.2%
University of Iowa	77.8%	77.8%	10.8%	15.3%	12.5%*	3.4%	1.7%
University of Kansas	68.1%	68.1%	16.8%	8.4%	21.8%*	3.4%	3.4%
University of Kentucky	80.2%	80.2%	5.6%	8.7%	14.3%	7.9%	0%
University of La Verne	45.5%	45.5%	38.6%	0%	9.1%	0%	0%
University of Louisville	66.1%	66.1%	14.3%	7.1%	17%	1.8%	0%
University of Maine	50.5%	50.5%	22.1%	0%	14.7%	4.2%	0%
University of Maryland	57.4%	57.1%	18.6%	6.8%	20.3%*	2.7%	2%
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	30.9%	30.9%	37%	2.5%	17.3%	0%	0%
University of Memphis	57.3%	57.3%	29.8%	3.1%	8.4%	3.8%	0%
University of Miami	68.9%	68.2%	12%	9.8%	14.1%*	0.2%	1%
University of Michigan	90.3%	81.8%	5.6%	43.3%	21%*	10.5%	10%
University of Minnesota	76.1%	73.7%	16.2%	15.8%	15.4%*	4.2%	6.2%
University of Mississippi	54.7%	54.7%	23.5%	3.4%	14%	3.9%	0%
University of Missouri - Columbia	65.9%	65.9%	14.1%	10.4%	18.5%*	3.7%	1.5%
University of Missouri - Kansas City	64.3%	64.3%	25.9%	3.5%	13.3%*	1.4%	1.4%
University of Montana	67.5%	67.5%	22.5%	5%	13.8%	7.5%	0%
University of Nebraska	73.5%	73.5%	12%	5.1%	15.4%	2.6%	0.9%
University of Nevada - Las Vegas	66.9%	65.5%	18%	5.8%	10.1%*	0.7%	1.4%
University of New Hampshire	64.3%	64.3%	26.2%	6.3%	11.9%	1.6%	0%
University of New Mexico	80.2%	80.2%	11.7%	1.8%	38.7%*	0.9%	1.8%
University of North Carolina	69.5%	68.7%	20.2%	18.9%	15.2%*	6.6%	1.2%
University of North Dakota	59.2%	59.2%	18.4%	1.3%	3.9%	2.6%	0%
University of Notre Dame	78.8%	66.5%	13.4%	29.6%	21.8%*	7.8%	14.5%
University of Oklahoma	68.5%	68.5%	15.4%	8.4%	16.1%*	2.1%	0.7%
University of Oregon	47.8%	47.3%	34.8%	2.7%	13%*	1.1%	12%
University of Pennsylvania	94.6%	91.4%	1.8%	70.1%	6.5%*	7.9%	3.2%
University of Pittsburgh	52.5%	52.5%	21.3%	9.5%	8.1%	1.8%	0.5%
University of Puerto Rico	16.4%	16.4%	35.8%	2%	6.5%*	0%	1%
University of Richmond	59.1%	59.1%	15.4%	8.1%	15.4%	5.4%	0.7%
University of San Diego	47.9%	47.6%	35.6%	10.9%	9%*	1.1%	3.4%
University of San Francisco	33%	33%	40.1%	5.6%	8.1%	0%	0.5%
University of South Carolina	65.3%	65.3%	20.8%	8.9%	14.4%	1.5%	0%
University of South Dakota	67.9%	67.9%	14.8%	0%	14.8%*	2.5%	1.2%
University of Southern California	79.3%	65%	8.8%	37.8%	18.9%*	3.2%	15.7%
University of St. Thomas - Minneapolis	49%	49%	23.1%	5.6%	11.9%*	0.7%	0.7%
University of Tennessee	57%	57%	23.8%	10.6%	13.2%	2%	0.7%
University of Texas	78.1%	71.5%	10.5%	35.9%	17.7%*	10.5%	6.8%
University of The District of Columbia	28.2%	26.2%	39.8%	1%	14.6%*	0%	1.9%
University of the Pacific - McGeorge	45.5%	44.9%	31.6%	2.7%	18.2%*	1.1%	2.1%
University of Toledo	43.9%	43.9%	33.3%	3.3%	14.6%*	1.6%	0.8%
University of Tulsa	69.4%	68.4%	13.3%	2%	14.3%*	1%	2%
University of Utah	66.7%	66.7%	17.9%	4.9%	20.3%	2.4%	0%
University of Virginia	94.3%	84.8%	1.7%	52.4%	14.3%*	15.2%	9.7%
University of Washington	63.5%	63.5%	21.5%	11%	19%*	5%	1%
University of Wisconsin	66.5%	66.5%	17.8%	14.8%	15.7%	1.3%	0%
University of Wyoming	49.3%	49.3%	32.4%	1.4%	7%	4.2%	1.4%
Valparaiso University	49.4%	48.8%	39.5%	1.7%	16.3%*	0.6%	1.2%
Vanderbilt University	84.5%	73.2%	10.3%	29.9%	20.6%*	11.3%	11.9%
Vermont Law School	48.5%	48.5%	29.2%	2.3%	20.8%	0.8%	0%
Villanova University	65%	65%	20%	15.5%	9.5%	0.9%	2.3%
Wake Forest University	71.1%	69.5%	12.3%	13.4%	17.1%*	4.3%	2.7%
Washburn University	72.3%	72.3%	13.4%	2.7%	19.6%	0%	0%
Washington and Lee University	64.6%	63.8%	24.4%	15%	16.5%*	5.5%	1.6%
Washington University in St Louis	78.3%	72.9%	7.4%	27.1%	16.7%*	4.3%	6.2%
Wayne State University	53.3%	52.1%	30.8%	13.6%	9.5%*	0.6%	3%
West Virginia University	58.9%	58.9%	17.8%	14%	12.4%	3.9%	2.3%
Western New England University School of Law	36.7%	36.7%	29.6%	2%	17.3%	0%	0%
Western State College of Law at Westcliff University	32.7%	32.7%	35.3%	2%	5.3%	0%	0%
Whittier Law School	27.3%	27.3%	44.8%	2.1%	2.1%	0%	7.7%
Widener University - Delaware	44.9%	44.9%	25%	1.7%	9.3%	0.4%	0%
Widener University - Pennsylvania	54%	54%	27.4%	0.9%	22.1%	0.9%	0%
Willamette University	66.4%	66.4%	18%	0%	8.2%	0%	3.3%
William and Mary	72.6%	63.7%	14%	15.3%	27%*	5.6%	11.2%
William Mitchell College of Law	55.9%	55.9%	20.5%	4.5%	11.8%	0.3%	0%
Yale University	72.6%	69.6%	8.7%	34.8%	15.7%*	25.7%	8.7%

Graduate job outcome data come from the American Bar Association.