Vanderbilt 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 Graduates189100%
Unknown Status21.1%
Known Status18798.9%
FT Degree73.7%
Unemployed31.6%
Employed17793.7%
Credentials#% of Class
Bar Passage Req.17391.5%
Full Time16185.2%
Part Time126.3%
J.D. Preferred31.6%
Full Time31.6%
Part Time00%
Professional10.5%
Full Time10.5%
Part Time00%
Non-Professional00%
Full Time00%
Part Time00%
Unknown Cred.00%
Total Employed17793.7%
Non-Employed126.3%
Employer Type#% of Class
Academic115.8%
Business52.6%
Government52.6%
Federal Clerkship189.5%
Other Clerkship52.6%
Law Firm12767.2%
Public Interest52.6%
Unknown Type00%
Total Employed17793.7%
Non-Employed126.3%
Location#% of Class
East North Central1910.1%
East South Central4825.4%
Mid Atlantic2814.8%
Mountain52.6%
New England00%
Pacific73.7%
South Atlantic4423.3%
West North Central21.1%
West South Central126.3%
Foreign42.1%
Unknown42.1%
Total Employed17793.7%
Non-Employed126.3%
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