Michigan State 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 Graduates253100%
Unknown Status72.8%
Known Status24697.2%
FT Degree124.7%
Unemployed41.6%
Employed23090.9%
Credentials#% of Class
Bar Passage Req.12449%
Full Time11947%
Part Time52%
J.D. Preferred5320.9%
Full Time4517.8%
Part Time83.2%
Professional3513.8%
Full Time2610.3%
Part Time93.6%
Non-Professional72.8%
Full Time52%
Part Time20.8%
Unknown Cred.124.7%
Total Employed23090.9%
Non-Employed239.1%
Employer Type#% of Class
Academic3212.6%
Business5822.9%
Government218.3%
Federal Clerkship00%
Other Clerkship83.2%
Law Firm9939.1%
Public Interest72.8%
Unknown Type52%
Total Employed23090.9%
Non-Employed239.1%
Location#% of Class
East North Central15460.9%
East South Central10.4%
Mid Atlantic155.9%
Mountain83.2%
New England00%
Pacific41.6%
South Atlantic2911.5%
West North Central20.8%
West South Central83.2%
Foreign72.8%
Unknown00%
Total Employed23090.9%
Non-Employed239.1%
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