American University Profile

Class of 2009 Employment Outcomes

These data come exclusively from U.S. News because the magazine provided the best publicly available employment information for this year. Now that schools are more transparent, and the ABA has stepped its game up, we no longer need to rely on a for-profit magazine to get prospective students the information they need to make informed decisions. Prior years of school-specific data are not directly comparable because U.S. News did not publish survey response rates.

Number% of Class
Total Graduates449100%
Unknown Status40.9%
Known Status44599.1%
FT Degree235.1%
Unemployed5612.5%
Employed36681.5%
Credentials#% of Class
Bar Passage Req.26759.5%
Full Time26158.1%
Part Time61.3%
J.D. Preferred7015.6%
Full Time6614.7%
Part Time40.9%
Professional153.3%
Full Time132.9%
Part Time20.4%
Non-Professional71.6%
Full Time71.6%
Part Time10.2%
Unknown Cred.71.6%
Total Employed36681.5%
Non-Employed8318.5%
Employer Type#% of Class
Academic153.3%
Business5111.4%
Government6213.8%
Federal Clerkship81.8%
Other Clerkship296.5%
Law Firm15735%
Public Interest449.8%
Unknown Type00%
Total Employed36681.5%
Non-Employed8318.5%
Location#% of Class
East North Central51.1%
East South Central40.9%
Mid Atlantic4910.9%
Mountain40.9%
New England00%
Pacific184%
South Atlantic25356.3%
West North Central20.4%
West South Central112.4%
Foreign71.6%
Unknown40.9%
Total Employed36681.5%
Non-Employed8318.5%
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