Washington University in St Louis 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 Graduates291100%
Unknown Status20.7%
Known Status28999.3%
FT Degree93.1%
Unemployed20.7%
Employed27895.5%
Credentials#% of Class
Bar Passage Req.23480.4%
Full Time23079%
Part Time31%
J.D. Preferred3612.4%
Full Time175.8%
Part Time196.5%
Professional31%
Full Time31%
Part Time00%
Non-Professional31%
Full Time31%
Part Time00%
Unknown Cred.31%
Total Employed27895.5%
Non-Employed134.5%
Employer Type#% of Class
Academic31%
Business3913.4%
Government196.5%
Federal Clerkship82.7%
Other Clerkship31%
Law Firm18663.9%
Public Interest113.8%
Unknown Type82.7%
Total Employed27895.5%
Non-Employed134.5%
Location#% of Class
East North Central4716.2%
East South Central31%
Mid Atlantic3913.4%
Mountain31%
New England00%
Pacific258.6%
South Atlantic289.6%
West North Central6723%
West South Central62.1%
Foreign113.8%
Unknown3110.7%
Total Employed27895.5%
Non-Employed134.5%
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