University of Iowa 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 Graduates206100%
Unknown Status00%
Known Status206100%
FT Degree115.3%
Unemployed62.9%
Employed18991.7%
Credentials#% of Class
Bar Passage Req.15374.3%
Full Time15173.3%
Part Time21%
J.D. Preferred2311.2%
Full Time157.3%
Part Time83.9%
Professional104.9%
Full Time73.4%
Part Time31.5%
Non-Professional21%
Full Time00%
Part Time21%
Unknown Cred.10.5%
Total Employed18991.7%
Non-Employed178.3%
Employer Type#% of Class
Academic104.9%
Business2512.1%
Government199.2%
Federal Clerkship104.9%
Other Clerkship41.9%
Law Firm10149%
Public Interest157.3%
Unknown Type52.4%
Total Employed18991.7%
Non-Employed178.3%
Location#% of Class
East North Central3517%
East South Central10.5%
Mid Atlantic115.3%
Mountain146.8%
New England00%
Pacific157.3%
South Atlantic2512.1%
West North Central8239.8%
West South Central41.9%
Foreign10.5%
Unknown00%
Total Employed18991.7%
Non-Employed178.3%
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