Boston College 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 Graduates245100%
Unknown Status10.4%
Known Status24499.6%
FT Degree41.6%
Unemployed93.7%
Employed23194.3%
Credentials#% of Class
Bar Passage Req.21286.5%
Full Time20081.6%
Part Time124.9%
J.D. Preferred135.3%
Full Time20.8%
Part Time114.5%
Professional20.8%
Full Time20.8%
Part Time00%
Non-Professional41.6%
Full Time31.2%
Part Time10.4%
Unknown Cred.00%
Total Employed23194.3%
Non-Employed145.7%
Employer Type#% of Class
Academic124.9%
Business176.9%
Government124.9%
Federal Clerkship104.1%
Other Clerkship93.7%
Law Firm15864.5%
Public Interest124.9%
Unknown Type10.4%
Total Employed23194.3%
Non-Employed145.7%
Location#% of Class
East North Central83.3%
East South Central00%
Mid Atlantic4317.6%
Mountain52%
New England00%
Pacific208.2%
South Atlantic135.3%
West North Central20.8%
West South Central52%
Foreign20.8%
Unknown10.4%
Total Employed23194.3%
Non-Employed145.7%
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