University of San Diego 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 Graduates326100%
Unknown Status82.5%
Known Status31897.5%
FT Degree237.1%
Unemployed195.8%
Employed27684.7%
Credentials#% of Class
Bar Passage Req.24173.9%
Full Time20061.3%
Part Time4112.6%
J.D. Preferred247.4%
Full Time61.8%
Part Time185.5%
Professional72.1%
Full Time61.8%
Part Time10.3%
Non-Professional41.2%
Full Time20.6%
Part Time20.6%
Unknown Cred.00%
Total Employed27684.7%
Non-Employed5015.3%
Employer Type#% of Class
Academic257.7%
Business3711.3%
Government257.7%
Federal Clerkship51.5%
Other Clerkship30.9%
Law Firm16450.3%
Public Interest164.9%
Unknown Type10.3%
Total Employed27684.7%
Non-Employed5015.3%
Location#% of Class
East North Central30.9%
East South Central00%
Mid Atlantic103.1%
Mountain41.2%
New England00%
Pacific22769.6%
South Atlantic123.7%
West North Central00%
West South Central72.1%
Foreign61.8%
Unknown72.1%
Total Employed27684.7%
Non-Employed5015.3%
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