University of South Carolina 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 Graduates245100%
Unknown Status135.3%
Known Status23294.7%
FT Degree83.3%
Unemployed187.3%
Employed20684.1%
Credentials#% of Class
Bar Passage Req.18575.5%
Full Time18073.5%
Part Time52%
J.D. Preferred104.1%
Full Time104.1%
Part Time00%
Professional62.4%
Full Time31.2%
Part Time41.6%
Non-Professional20.8%
Full Time00%
Part Time20.8%
Unknown Cred.20.8%
Total Employed20684.1%
Non-Employed3915.9%
Employer Type#% of Class
Academic20.8%
Business197.8%
Government3112.7%
Federal Clerkship41.6%
Other Clerkship3313.5%
Law Firm10944.5%
Public Interest62.4%
Unknown Type20.8%
Total Employed20684.1%
Non-Employed3915.9%
Location#% of Class
East North Central10.4%
East South Central20.8%
Mid Atlantic20.8%
Mountain00%
New England00%
Pacific20.8%
South Atlantic19579.6%
West North Central10.4%
West South Central31.2%
Foreign00%
Unknown00%
Total Employed20684.1%
Non-Employed3915.9%
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