University of South Dakota 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 Graduates73100%
Unknown Status00%
Known Status73100%
FT Degree34.1%
Unemployed811%
Employed6284.9%
Credentials#% of Class
Bar Passage Req.5068.5%
Full Time4865.8%
Part Time22.7%
J.D. Preferred79.6%
Full Time79.6%
Part Time00%
Professional11.4%
Full Time00%
Part Time11.4%
Non-Professional22.7%
Full Time22.7%
Part Time00%
Unknown Cred.22.7%
Total Employed6284.9%
Non-Employed1115.1%
Employer Type#% of Class
Academic11.4%
Business811%
Government34.1%
Federal Clerkship11.4%
Other Clerkship1317.8%
Law Firm2838.4%
Public Interest56.8%
Unknown Type34.1%
Total Employed6284.9%
Non-Employed1115.1%
Location#% of Class
East North Central22.7%
East South Central00%
Mid Atlantic00%
Mountain34.1%
New England00%
Pacific00%
South Atlantic00%
West North Central5575.3%
West South Central11.4%
Foreign00%
Unknown00%
Total Employed6284.9%
Non-Employed1115.1%
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