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			Full-Time Salaries
	# in Class	% of Class	# with Salary	25th Percentile	Median	75th Percentile	Mean
Total Graduates = 202
Employment Status Known:
Bar Passage Required (Full Time)	113	55.9%	80	$53,500	$66,750	$120,000	$83,619
Bar Passage Required (Part Time)	17	8.4%
Bar Passage Required (FT/PT Unknown)	0	0%
JD Preferred (Full Time)	24	11.9%	10	$48,804	$56,500	$60,000	$53,877
JD Preferred (Part Time)	11	5.4%
JD Preferred (FT/PT Unknown)	0	0%
Professional (Full Time)	6	3%	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Professional (Part Time)	7	3.5%
Professional (FT/PT Unknown)	0	0%
Non-Professional (Full Time)	0	0%	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Non-Professional (Part Time)	1	0.5%
Non-Professional (FT/PT Unknown)	0	0%
Employment Type Unknown	0	0%
Pursuing Degree FT	9	4.5%
Unemployed - Seeking	1	0.5%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	13	6.4%
Known Status	202	100%
Unknown Status	0	0%
Total	202	100%
Total Employed or Degree:
Pursuing Degree FT	9	4.5%
Employed	179	88.6%	91	$53,000	$65,000	$100,000	$80,421
Subtotal	188	93.1%
Employment by Sector:
Private Sector	111	55%	59	$60,000	$90,000	$120,000	$94,782
Public Sector	68	33.7%	32	$45,500	$53,500	$60,000	$53,941
Unknown Sector	0	0%
Subtotal	179	88.6%

			Full-Time Salaries
	# in Class	% of Class	# with Salary	25th Percentile	Median	75th Percentile	Mean
Employment Categories:
Academic	13	6.4%	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
LT/ST/Unknown: 3% / 3.5% / 0%
FT/PT/Unknown: Unk. / Unk. / Unk.
Business	36	17.8%	12	$48,000	$59,000	$79,000	$62,667
LT/ST/Unknown: 13.4% / 4.5% / 0%
FT/PT/Unknown: Unk. / Unk. / Unk.
Judicial Clerk	10	5%	8	$49,500	$59,458	$61,000	$55,853
LT/ST/Unknown: 5% / 0% / 0%
FT/PT/Unknown: Unk. / Unk. / Unk.
Private Practice	75	37.1%	47	$66,000	$100,000	$145,000	$102,982
LT/ST/Unknown: 35.6% / 1.5% / 0%
FT/PT/Unknown: Unk. / Unk. / Unk.
Government	38	18.8%	18	$46,000	$52,315	$60,000	$52,611
LT/ST/Unknown: 16.3% / 2.5% / 0%
FT/PT/Unknown: Unk. / Unk. / Unk.
Public Interest	7	3.5%	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
LT/ST/Unknown: 1% / 2.5% / 0%
FT/PT/Unknown: Unk. / Unk. / Unk.
Unknown	0	0%
Subtotal	179	88.6%
Business Jobs:
Bar Passage Required	18	8.9%	10	$41,000	$62,500	$80,000	$63,900
JD Preferred	8	4%	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Professional	9	4.5%	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Non-Professional	1	0.5%	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Unknown	0	0%
Subtotal	36	17.8%
Law Firm Size:
Solo	3	1.5%
2-10 Attorneys	24	11.9%	6	$35,000	$51,000	$72,000	$53,667
11-25 Attorneys	7	3.5%	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
26-50 Attorneys	8	4%	7	$56,650	$70,000	$90,000	$80,236
51-100 Attorneys	4	2%	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
101-250 Attorneys	4	2%	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
251-500 Attorneys	7	3.5%	7	$100,000	$120,000	$120,000	$117,143
501+ Attorneys	14	6.9%	14	$145,000	$160,000	$160,000	$144,357
Unknown Size	4	2%
Subtotal	75	37.1%
Type of Law Firm Job:
Attorney	67	33.2%	45	$70,000	$100,000	$145,000	$105,381
Law Clerk	7	3.5%	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Paralegal	0	0%	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Administrative	0	0%	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Unknown	1	0.5%
Subtotal	75	37.1%

			Full-Time Salaries
	# in Class	% of Class	# with Salary	25th Percentile	Median	75th Percentile	Mean
Jobs Taken by Region:
New England	3	1.5%	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Mid-Atlantic	8	4%	8	$49,500	$160,000	$160,000	$117,625
East North Central	126	62.4%	64	$50,000	$63,955	$100,000	$77,597
West North Central	1	0.5%	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
South Atlantic	20	9.9%	9	$58,000	$60,000	$62,467	$59,566
East South Central	2	1%	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
West South Central	6	3%	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Mountain	3	1.5%	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Pacific	5	2.5%	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
U.S. Territories	0	0%	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Foreign	3	1.5%	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Unknown	2	1%
Subtotal	179	88.6%
Location of Jobs:
In-State	111	55%	54	$50,000	$63,955	$90,000	$74,207
Out-of-State	66	32.7%	37	$58,000	$65,000	$135,000	$89,489
Unknown	2	1%
Subtotal	179	88.6%
# States with Employed Grads	22
Timing of Job Offer:
Before Graduation	65	32.2%
Before Bar Results	63	31.2%
After Bar Results	51	25.2%
Unknown	0	0%
Subtotal	179	88.6%

Job Source By Employer Type	Fall OCI	Job Listing	Pre-Law School Employer	Referral from Friend	Letter / Self- Initiated	Other	Unknown
Academic	0	4	0	1	7	1	0
Business	0	2	1	1	23	9	0
Judicial Clerk	0	3	0	1	5	0	1
Private Practice (<50 Attorneys)	1	3	1	3	27	6	1
Private Practice (>50 Attorneys)	15	1	0	0	5	7	1
Private Practice (Size Unknown)							4
Government	2	9	1	1	21	3	1
Public Interest	0	2	0	1	4	0	0
Unknown Employer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Percent of Class (sum = 88.6%)	8.9%	11.9%	1.5%	4%	45.5%	12.9%	2%

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