University of Pennsylvania 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 Graduates258100%
Unknown Status00%
Known Status258100%
FT Degree41.6%
Unemployed20.8%
Employed25297.7%
Credentials#% of Class
Bar Passage Req.23992.6%
Full Time23992.6%
Part Time00%
J.D. Preferred83.1%
Full Time83.1%
Part Time00%
Professional51.9%
Full Time41.6%
Part Time10.4%
Non-Professional00%
Full Time00%
Part Time00%
Unknown Cred.00%
Total Employed25297.7%
Non-Employed62.3%
Employer Type#% of Class
Academic31.2%
Business103.9%
Government103.9%
Federal Clerkship2610.1%
Other Clerkship124.7%
Law Firm18672.1%
Public Interest51.9%
Unknown Type00%
Total Employed25297.7%
Non-Employed62.3%
Location#% of Class
East North Central114.3%
East South Central00%
Mid Atlantic15459.7%
Mountain41.6%
New England00%
Pacific187%
South Atlantic4015.5%
West North Central20.8%
West South Central103.9%
Foreign51.9%
Unknown00%
Total Employed25297.7%
Non-Employed62.3%
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