Valparaiso 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 Graduates165100%
Unknown Status00%
Known Status165100%
FT Degree21.2%
Unemployed4627.9%
Employed11770.9%
Credentials#% of Class
Bar Passage Req.8249.7%
Full Time7646.1%
Part Time63.6%
J.D. Preferred116.7%
Full Time84.8%
Part Time31.8%
Professional137.9%
Full Time106.1%
Part Time31.8%
Non-Professional53%
Full Time10.6%
Part Time42.4%
Unknown Cred.74.2%
Total Employed11770.9%
Non-Employed4829.1%
Employer Type#% of Class
Academic53%
Business2515.2%
Government2213.3%
Federal Clerkship31.8%
Other Clerkship00%
Law Firm5030.3%
Public Interest95.5%
Unknown Type21.2%
Total Employed11770.9%
Non-Employed4829.1%
Location#% of Class
East North Central6036.4%
East South Central10.6%
Mid Atlantic63.6%
Mountain10.6%
New England00%
Pacific31.8%
South Atlantic169.7%
West North Central53%
West South Central42.4%
Foreign00%
Unknown2012.1%
Total Employed11770.9%
Non-Employed4829.1%
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