Wayne State 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 Graduates183100%
Unknown Status00%
Known Status183100%
FT Degree52.7%
Unemployed2614.2%
Employed15283.1%
Credentials#% of Class
Bar Passage Req.12367.2%
Full Time11663.4%
Part Time73.8%
J.D. Preferred84.4%
Full Time52.7%
Part Time21.1%
Professional179.3%
Full Time168.7%
Part Time10.5%
Non-Professional52.7%
Full Time52.7%
Part Time00%
Unknown Cred.00%
Total Employed15283.1%
Non-Employed3116.9%
Employer Type#% of Class
Academic84.4%
Business2212%
Government137.1%
Federal Clerkship21.1%
Other Clerkship00%
Law Firm10456.8%
Public Interest31.6%
Unknown Type00%
Total Employed15283.1%
Non-Employed3116.9%
Location#% of Class
East North Central14378.1%
East South Central10.5%
Mid Atlantic10.5%
Mountain00%
New England00%
Pacific10.5%
South Atlantic42.2%
West North Central00%
West South Central21.1%
Foreign00%
Unknown00%
Total Employed15283.1%
Non-Employed3116.9%
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