2017 Graduate Job Outcomes, Aggregated and by School

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Class of 2017: National Facts & Figures

Total ABA Graduates: 34,923
Legal Jobs: 66.2% employed with long-term, full-time legal jobs
Underemployed: 17% employed in part-time or short-term jobs, pursuing an additional degree, or unemployed and seeking
Unknown Status: 1.4%
Schools do a very good job with gathering graduate job outcome data

	% of All Grads	Total Grads
LT, FT Legal	66.2%	23,117
LT, FT JD Advantage	9.1%	3,184
Biglaw >100 Attorneys	18.6%	6,512
Federal Clerkships	3.3%	1,150
Total in School-Funded Jobs	0%	0

LT, FT Legal Jobs
< 30%	6 schools
30% - 39.9%	9 schools
40% - 49.9%	14 schools
50% - 59.9%	43 schools
60% - 74.9%	76 schools
75% - 89.9%	48 schools
≥ 90%	7 schools

Biglaw Placement
< 5%	77 schools
5% - 9.9%	39 schools
10% - 19.9%	53 schools
20% - 29.9%	10 schools
30% - 39.9%	5 schools
40% - 49.9%	6 schools
50% - 59.9%	5 schools
≥ 60%	8 schools

School-Specific Outcomes

	Legal JobsLong-Term, Full-Time	Under-Employed	Biglaw> 100 Attorneys	Public Service	Fed Clerks	LSF
Albany Law School	70.9%	18.2%	10.9%	23.6%	1.8%	0%
American University	53%	25.5%	11%	22.8%	1.9%	0%
Appalachian School of Law	52.4%	26.2%	0%	11.9%	0%	0%
Arizona State University	74.2%	9.6%	9.6%	21.2%	1%	0%
Arizona Summit Law School	34.4%	32.5%	2%	10.6%	0.7%	0%
Ave Maria School of Law	39.5%	34.6%	1.2%	12.3%	1.2%	0%
Barry University	46.3%	30.2%	1.9%	14.8%	0%	0%
Baylor University	82.3%	6.9%	13.8%	9.2%	6.2%	0%
Belmont University	75.6%	11.5%	2.6%	15.4%	0%	0%
Boston College	79.4%	12.6%	36.6%	13%	5.5%	0%
Boston University	75.6%	14.3%	41%	13.4%	0.9%	0%
Brigham Young University	60%	13.1%	13.1%	20.8%	0.8%	0%
Brooklyn Law School	71.7%	13.6%	17.1%	22.8%	2.4%	0%
California Western School of Law	53.8%	20.8%	2.5%	19.3%	1.5%	0%
Campbell University	62.9%	22.1%	2.9%	9.3%	2.1%	0%
Capital University	53.8%	22.2%	6.8%	17.9%	0%	0%
Cardozo-Yeshiva University	80.1%	11.6%	18.8%	18.2%	0.7%	0%
Case Western Reserve University	60.1%	22.5%	13%	15.9%	2.2%	0%
Catholic University of America	55%	20.7%	15.3%	17.1%	2.7%	0%
Chapman University	54.7%	27.7%	5.4%	6.1%	0%	0%
Charleston School of Law	44.5%	38.2%	0.9%	9.1%	0%	0%
Chicago-Kent College of Law	59.6%	18.8%	11.7%	11.2%	0.9%	0%
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law	52.1%	31.6%	9.4%	17.1%	0.9%	0%
Columbia University	92.8%	2.5%	79.6%	9%	3.5%	0%
Concordia University School of Law	62.5%	20.8%	0%	16.7%	0%	0%
Cornell University	92.1%	3.5%	71.3%	5.4%	5.4%	0%
Creighton University	68.3%	21.8%	5%	14.9%	2%	0%
CUNY	69.1%	24.5%	0%	50%	1.1%	0%
DePaul University	54.8%	28.3%	6.5%	11.7%	1.3%	0%
Drake University	62.1%	16.8%	3.2%	12.6%	1.1%	0%
Drexel University	71%	16.9%	10.5%	8.1%	0.8%	0%
Duke University	93.8%	0.4%	64.4%	5.3%	16.9%	0%
Duquesne University	63.5%	15.1%	10.3%	8.7%	0.8%	0%
Elon Law School	34.1%	41.8%	0%	13.2%	1.1%	0%
Emory University	71.9%	13.2%	28.8%	12.5%	3.1%	0%
Faulkner University	49.4%	22.1%	3.9%	16.9%	0%	0%
Florida A&M University	46.6%	27.8%	2.3%	20.3%	0%	0%
Florida Coastal School of Law	40.8%	39.5%	0.8%	19.3%	0%	0%
Florida International University	72.3%	10.3%	6.5%	27.1%	0%	0%
Florida State University	70.4%	13.1%	5.6%	26.8%	2.3%	0%
Fordham University	70.2%	11.7%	40.7%	9.5%	1.1%	0%
George Mason University	60.5%	13.8%	16.4%	19.7%	2%	0%
George Washington University	69.8%	14%	28.9%	20%	3.1%	0%
Georgetown University	76.8%	5.9%	54.4%	16.8%	4.4%	0%
Georgia State University	69.6%	14.1%	15.2%	14.7%	2.2%	0%
Golden Gate University	37.9%	34.5%	3.4%	12.6%	0%	0%
Gonzaga University	62.6%	25.2%	0.9%	21.5%	0%	0%
Harvard University	86.9%	2.5%	59.8%	11.8%	15.9%	0%
Hofstra University	75.9%	10.5%	10.5%	16%	0.4%	0%
Howard University	63.1%	26.2%	29.1%	20.4%	2.9%	0%
Indiana University - Bloomington	67.2%	16.9%	23.2%	19.2%	1.7%	0%
Indiana University - Indianapolis	55.2%	16.5%	6.1%	22.6%	0%	0%
Inter American University	8.8%	54.8%	0%	10.5%	0%	0%
John Marshall Law School - Atlanta	40.7%	28.1%	2.2%	12.6%	0%	0%
Lewis and Clark College	56.3%	21.9%	5.5%	13.7%	1.1%	0%
Liberty University	63.8%	22.4%	0%	36.2%	3.4%	0%
Lincoln Memorial University	76.5%	5.9%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Louisiana State University	81.3%	9.3%	4.9%	12.6%	2.7%	0%
Loyola Marymount University	68.2%	17.7%	13.7%	7%	2.7%	0%
Loyola University Chicago	62.2%	20.3%	15.8%	13.1%	2.3%	0%
Loyola University New Orleans	57%	28.1%	2.2%	13.3%	3%	0%
Marquette University	71.2%	17.8%	11.5%	15.7%	0%	0%
Mercer University	69.6%	25.6%	6.4%	16.8%	3.2%	0%
Michigan State University	59.3%	16%	10.4%	13%	1.3%	0%
Mississippi College	51.6%	32.8%	3.3%	13.9%	0.8%	0%
Mitchell Hamline School of Law	52.3%	24.3%	3.8%	13.8%	0%	0%
New England School of Law	38.2%	34%	4.7%	10.4%	0.9%	0%
New York Law School	51%	18.3%	11.6%	14.9%	0.4%	0%
New York University	88.6%	2.1%	68.6%	16.9%	6%	0%
North Carolina Central University	30.1%	39.9%	4%	12.1%	1.2%	0%
Northeastern University	69.7%	16.9%	10.6%	25.4%	1.4%	0%
Northern Illinois University	60%	17.1%	1.4%	31.4%	1.4%	0%
Northern Kentucky University	51.6%	25.8%	8.6%	11.8%	0%	0%
Northwestern University	82.3%	4.8%	61.3%	6.9%	7.7%	0%
Nova Southeastern University	57.1%	25.7%	5.3%	14.2%	0.4%	0%
Ohio Northern University	71.2%	11.5%	5.8%	23.1%	1.9%	0%
Ohio State University	76.4%	6.7%	21.2%	23.6%	2.4%	0%
Oklahoma City University	65.6%	18.3%	3.1%	25.2%	0%	0%
Pace University	74.7%	12.4%	4.7%	28.2%	1.2%	0%
Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson Law	67.2%	16.4%	4.9%	31.1%	4.9%	0%
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Law	71.9%	18.4%	11.4%	21.9%	0.9%	0%
Pepperdine University	60.1%	16.1%	8.5%	7.6%	3.1%	0%
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico	0.7%	65.7%	0%	3.6%	0%	0%
Quinnipiac University	61.9%	19%	4.8%	9.5%	1.2%	0%
Regent University	59%	16.7%	1.3%	25.6%	2.6%	0%
Roger Williams University	54.1%	24.6%	0%	16.4%	0%	0%
Rutgers University	76.8%	11.3%	9.2%	6.6%	0.8%	0%
Samford University	62.3%	24.6%	11.6%	7.2%	1.4%	0%
Santa Clara University	56.6%	18.4%	13.2%	13.2%	0%	0%
Seattle University	57.9%	22.8%	7%	18%	0%	0%
Seton Hall University	82.6%	6%	11.4%	4.8%	1.2%	0%
South Texas College of Law Houston	53%	31.2%	4.7%	8.1%	0.3%	0%
Southern Illinois University	55.2%	26.7%	4.3%	17.2%	1.7%	0%
Southern Methodist University	75.8%	12.7%	26.3%	7.6%	1.7%	0%
Southern University Law Center	45.6%	33.1%	0.6%	15.6%	0%	0%
Southwestern Law School	43.5%	27%	4.6%	6.7%	0.7%	0%
St. John's University	72%	14%	17.8%	17.3%	0%	0%
St. Louis University	72.7%	10.4%	18.8%	18.2%	0%	0%
St. Mary's University	60.2%	19.9%	1%	14.8%	1.5%	0%
St. Thomas University - Florida	54.7%	27.6%	4.4%	12.7%	0%	0%
Stanford University	82.7%	4.1%	48.7%	7.1%	26.4%	0%
Stetson University	63.5%	12.9%	6.8%	16.7%	2.7%	0%
Suffolk University	46.7%	23.7%	9.8%	15.5%	0.6%	0%
Syracuse University	69.1%	16.8%	8.7%	21.5%	1.3%	0%
Temple University	79.3%	9.2%	18%	18%	3.7%	0%
Texas A&M	64.5%	16.4%	3.8%	19.1%	1.1%	0%
Texas Southern University	59.4%	25%	0.8%	18.8%	2.3%	0%
Texas Tech University	69.5%	15.7%	4.6%	14.2%	2%	0%
Thomas Jefferson School of Law	23.6%	48.9%	0%	9.2%	0%	0%
Thomas M. Cooley Law School	30.7%	30.1%	0.9%	13.4%	0%	0%
Touro College	68%	19%	2%	23.5%	0%	0%
Tulane University	64%	15.4%	15.4%	16.6%	5.1%	0%
University at Buffalo	61.2%	21.7%	7.2%	13.8%	0%	0%
University of Akron	59.2%	20%	3.3%	10.8%	0%	0%
University of Alabama	83.2%	7.6%	19.8%	16%	9.2%	0%
University of Arizona	64.8%	14.1%	6.3%	20.3%	3.9%	0%
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville	68.1%	10.3%	5.2%	25%	5.2%	0%
University of Arkansas - Little Rock	63.3%	15.8%	3.3%	18.3%	0%	0%
University of Baltimore	60.3%	16.5%	3.1%	19.6%	0%	0%
University of California - Berkeley	88.2%	3.6%	57.4%	15.7%	9.8%	0%
University of California - Davis	71.3%	10.2%	15%	24.6%	1.8%	0%
University of California - Irvine	75%	10.4%	33.3%	20.8%	8.3%	0%
University of California - Los Angeles	79.1%	5.9%	36.9%	21.8%	3.6%	0%
University of California College of Law, San Francisco	59.3%	21.1%	19.3%	13.6%	1.4%	0%
University of Chicago	92.1%	1.4%	66.4%	7.5%	21%	0%
University of Cincinnati	75.7%	20%	14.3%	18.6%	4.3%	0%
University of Colorado	75.6%	9.5%	10.7%	23.8%	1.2%	0%
University of Connecticut	65.4%	13.7%	13.7%	12.4%	1.3%	0%
University of Dayton	50%	27.1%	4.2%	16.7%	1%	0%
University of Denver	70.2%	8.7%	9.1%	25.8%	0%	0%
University of Detroit Mercy	43.7%	47.7%	6%	7.3%	1.3%	0%
University of Florida	75.9%	12.7%	18.5%	16.4%	1.9%	0%
University of Georgia	84%	6.6%	16.6%	11.6%	6.6%	0%
University of Hawaii	58.3%	10.2%	0%	27.8%	0%	0%
University of Houston	66.2%	15.6%	14.3%	9.1%	3.5%	0%
University of Idaho	60.4%	25%	0%	11.5%	1%	0%
University of Illinois	78.2%	9.2%	25.4%	12.7%	6.3%	0%
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law	56.5%	22.1%	4.2%	14.7%	0.7%	0%
University of Iowa	77.4%	10.9%	12.4%	16.8%	6.6%	0%
University of Kansas	68.6%	19.8%	9.1%	14%	2.5%	0%
University of Kentucky	79.6%	8%	9.7%	15%	6.2%	0%
University of La Verne	31.6%	52.6%	5.3%	2.6%	0%	0%
University of Louisville	71.2%	13.7%	12.3%	12.3%	5.5%	0%
University of Maine	55.4%	26.5%	1.2%	10.8%	0%	0%
University of Maryland	57.1%	19.6%	9%	13.8%	5.3%	0%
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	55.1%	30.6%	0%	26.5%	0%	0%
University of Memphis	69.7%	20.2%	5.1%	16.2%	7.1%	0%
University of Miami	75%	13.8%	14.2%	13.1%	1.5%	0%
University of Michigan	90.4%	2.1%	56.8%	10.2%	14.1%	0%
University of Minnesota	80.5%	7.3%	18.5%	13.2%	5.4%	0%
University of Mississippi	62.2%	24.4%	5.9%	11.8%	5.9%	0%
University of Missouri - Columbia	75.5%	10.8%	7.8%	21.6%	3.9%	0%
University of Missouri - Kansas City	74.1%	14.1%	7.4%	11.9%	1.5%	0%
University of Montana	74.4%	19.5%	0%	15.9%	9.8%	0%
University of Nebraska	74%	10.6%	4.8%	20.2%	2.9%	0%
University of Nevada - Las Vegas	75.2%	8.5%	7%	14%	3.9%	0%
University of New Hampshire	77%	18%	11.5%	23%	0%	0%
University of New Mexico	77.4%	13.2%	0%	23.6%	3.8%	0%
University of North Carolina	70.8%	17.4%	24.6%	14.9%	6.7%	0%
University of North Dakota	62.5%	21.9%	0%	9.4%	1.6%	0%
University of North Texas Dallas College of Law	51.5%	27.3%	3%	6.1%	0%	0%
University of Notre Dame	80.7%	9.2%	40.1%	15.5%	4.8%	0%
University of Oklahoma	80.8%	11.5%	10.3%	21.8%	1.3%	0%
University of Oregon	61.5%	19.2%	5.8%	18.3%	3.8%	0%
University of Pennsylvania	90.6%	0.8%	67.6%	6.3%	10.9%	0%
University of Pittsburgh	63%	18.1%	15.9%	8%	0.7%	0%
University of Puerto Rico	20.5%	30.7%	0.6%	8.4%	0%	0%
University of Richmond	67.8%	14.1%	12.1%	17.4%	6%	0%
University of San Diego	59.3%	29.9%	13.7%	13.2%	1%	0%
University of San Francisco	49%	35.3%	4.6%	13.1%	0.7%	0%
University of South Carolina	68.1%	15.5%	7.2%	13.5%	2.9%	0%
University of South Dakota	58.2%	16.4%	1.5%	13.4%	3%	0%
University of Southern California	85.6%	7.2%	41.1%	12.9%	2.9%	0%
University of St. Thomas - Minneapolis	53.3%	16.4%	4.9%	10.7%	0%	0%
University of Tennessee	73%	8%	12%	18%	6%	0%
University of Texas	79.2%	10.7%	35.5%	8.6%	8.9%	0%
University of The District of Columbia	26.8%	25.4%	0%	39.4%	0%	0%
University of the Pacific - McGeorge	47.3%	33.6%	1.5%	23.7%	1.5%	0%
University of Toledo	55.3%	21.1%	6.6%	15.8%	0%	0%
University of Tulsa	81.4%	4.7%	4.7%	25.6%	2.3%	0%
University of Utah	76.1%	10.3%	9.4%	14.5%	0.9%	0%
University of Virginia	91.6%	2%	69.3%	9.5%	9.5%	0%
University of Washington	68.9%	23.2%	15.3%	19.8%	4.5%	0%
University of Wisconsin	73.6%	11.9%	11.3%	32.1%	4.4%	0%
University of Wyoming	68.6%	15.7%	2.9%	20%	7.1%	0%
Valparaiso University	38.4%	48%	0%	15.2%	1.6%	0%
Vanderbilt University	86.2%	5.3%	57.4%	9.6%	9.6%	0%
Vermont Law School	54.8%	31.5%	4.8%	19.4%	0%	0%
Villanova University	75.5%	13.8%	17%	12.6%	1.3%	0%
Wake Forest University	75.1%	6.8%	18.1%	12.4%	2.3%	0%
Washburn University	66%	18.6%	6.2%	24.7%	0%	0%
Washington and Lee University	79.8%	15.2%	21.2%	14.1%	3%	0%
Washington University in St Louis	85.8%	5.1%	44.9%	12.6%	4.3%	0%
Wayne State University	57%	20.2%	14%	5.3%	0.9%	0%
West Virginia University	74.5%	11.3%	14.2%	13.2%	6.6%	0%
Western New England University School of Law	42.6%	27.7%	2%	12.9%	0%	0%
Western State College of Law at Westcliff University	43.8%	19.2%	1.4%	12.3%	0%	0%
Whittier Law School	29.5%	45.6%	0.7%	4.7%	0%	0%
Widener University - Delaware	54.1%	22.9%	4.6%	10.1%	0%	0%
Widener University - Pennsylvania	59%	18%	6.6%	21.3%	0%	0%
Willamette University	67%	24%	1%	21%	2%	0%
William and Mary	76%	15.9%	20.7%	16.8%	8.7%	0%
Yale University	75%	4.5%	33.5%	18.8%	29.5%	0%

Graduate job outcome data come from the American Bar Association.