Penn 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 Graduates201100%
Unknown Status84%
Known Status19396%
FT Degree105%
Unemployed157.5%
Employed16883.6%
Credentials#% of Class
Bar Passage Req.12461.7%
Full Time10451.7%
Part Time2010%
J.D. Preferred2512.4%
Full Time157.5%
Part Time105%
Professional136.5%
Full Time52.5%
Part Time84%
Non-Professional73.5%
Full Time00%
Part Time73.5%
Unknown Cred.00%
Total Employed16883.6%
Non-Employed3316.4%
Employer Type#% of Class
Academic73.5%
Business2411.9%
Government3215.9%
Federal Clerkship31.5%
Other Clerkship2512.4%
Law Firm6733.3%
Public Interest21%
Unknown Type84%
Total Employed16883.6%
Non-Employed3316.4%
Location#% of Class
East North Central10.5%
East South Central00%
Mid Atlantic9145.3%
Mountain31.5%
New England00%
Pacific73.5%
South Atlantic3215.9%
West North Central10.5%
West South Central31.5%
Foreign31.5%
Unknown2411.9%
Total Employed16883.6%
Non-Employed3316.4%
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