Cornell 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 Graduates195100%
Unknown Status00%
Known Status195100%
FT Degree00%
Unemployed52.6%
Employed19097.4%
Credentials#% of Class
Bar Passage Req.18896.4%
Full Time18896.4%
Part Time00%
J.D. Preferred00%
Full Time00%
Part Time00%
Professional21%
Full Time21%
Part Time00%
Non-Professional00%
Full Time00%
Part Time00%
Unknown Cred.00%
Total Employed19097.4%
Non-Employed52.6%
Employer Type#% of Class
Academic63.1%
Business42.1%
Government42.1%
Federal Clerkship115.6%
Other Clerkship00%
Law Firm16283.1%
Public Interest42.1%
Unknown Type00%
Total Employed19097.4%
Non-Employed52.6%
Location#% of Class
East North Central105.1%
East South Central00%
Mid Atlantic11860.5%
Mountain42.1%
New England00%
Pacific199.7%
South Atlantic157.7%
West North Central21%
West South Central42.1%
Foreign42.1%
Unknown00%
Total Employed19097.4%
Non-Employed52.6%
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