Western 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 Graduates88100%
Unknown Status66.8%
Known Status8293.2%
FT Degree11.1%
Unemployed1921.6%
Employed6270.5%
Credentials#% of Class
Bar Passage Req.2427.3%
Full Time2225%
Part Time22.3%
J.D. Preferred2427.3%
Full Time1618.2%
Part Time89.1%
Professional1213.6%
Full Time910.2%
Part Time33.4%
Non-Professional22.3%
Full Time11.1%
Part Time11.1%
Unknown Cred.00%
Total Employed6270.5%
Non-Employed2629.5%
Employer Type#% of Class
Academic22.3%
Business1921.6%
Government44.5%
Federal Clerkship00%
Other Clerkship00%
Law Firm3539.8%
Public Interest22.3%
Unknown Type00%
Total Employed6270.5%
Non-Employed2629.5%
Location#% of Class
East North Central00%
East South Central00%
Mid Atlantic00%
Mountain00%
New England00%
Pacific00%
South Atlantic00%
West North Central00%
West South Central00%
Foreign00%
Unknown6270.5%
Total Employed6270.5%
Non-Employed2629.5%
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