Northwestern 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 Graduates260100%
Unknown Status20.8%
Known Status25899.2%
FT Degree51.9%
Unemployed62.3%
Employed24795%
Credentials#% of Class
Bar Passage Req.23088.5%
Full Time21984.2%
Part Time114.2%
J.D. Preferred51.9%
Full Time20.8%
Part Time31.2%
Professional103.8%
Full Time93.5%
Part Time10.4%
Non-Professional20.8%
Full Time00%
Part Time20.8%
Unknown Cred.00%
Total Employed24795%
Non-Employed135%
Employer Type#% of Class
Academic72.7%
Business155.8%
Government51.9%
Federal Clerkship207.7%
Other Clerkship20.8%
Law Firm18872.3%
Public Interest72.7%
Unknown Type20.8%
Total Employed24795%
Non-Employed135%
Location#% of Class
East North Central10440%
East South Central124.6%
Mid Atlantic5420.8%
Mountain20.8%
New England00%
Pacific2710.4%
South Atlantic2710.4%
West North Central20.8%
West South Central20.8%
Foreign51.9%
Unknown31.2%
Total Employed24795%
Non-Employed135%
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