Law School Transparency
2015 State of Legal Education

Visual Data Navigator

You are viewing Job Outcomes for ABA-approved law schools grouped by Job Outcomes in 2014

We put all schools on the following chart by plotting LT, FT BPR job rates in 2014 against Job Outcomes in 2014. "LT, FT BPR" means a job that is long term (a job with an indefinite duration or fixed duration of 1 year or more), full time (at least 35 hours per week) bar passage required (job requires a law license).

Click on a group in the legend to hide/show all schools in the group. You can also click anywhere on the chart and drag your cursor to zoom.

  • Legend:

On this page, we use a weighted average rather than a normal average. "LT, FT BPR" means a job that is long term (a job with an indefinite duration or fixed duration of 1 year or more), full time (at least 35 hours per week) bar passage required (job requires a law license).

Grouped by Job Outcomes in 2014 Average 2014 Legal Job Rate
≥ 90% LT, FT BPR
10 schools		 92.9%
75% - 89.9% LT, FT BPR
18 schools		 80.5%
60% - 74.9% LT, FT BPR
66 schools		 66.8%
50% - 59.9% LT, FT BPR
50 schools		 55%
40% - 49.9% LT, FT BPR
34 schools		 46.1%
30% - 39.9% LT, FT BPR
14 schools		 35.5%
< 30% LT, FT BPR
5 schools		 29%

Read this chart across each row. For example, the 10 schools with ≥ 90% LT, FT BPR had an average LT, FT BPR job rate of 92.9% in 2014.

School 2014 LT, FT
Legal Jobs
Duke University 90.2%
University of Michigan 90.3%
Stanford University 90.4%
University of California - Berkeley 92.3%
University of Chicago 92.4%
New York University 93.5%
Columbia University 93.8%
University of Virginia 94.3%
University of Pennsylvania 94.6%
Cornell University 95.8%
Boston College 75.1%
University of Minnesota 76.1%
Brigham Young University 76.1%
University of California - Davis 77.5%
University of Iowa 77.8%
University of Texas 78.1%
Washington University in St Louis 78.3%
University of Notre Dame 78.8%
George Washington University 78.9%
University of Southern California 79.3%
Georgetown University 79.9%
University of Kentucky 80.2%
University of New Mexico 80.2%
University of California - Los Angeles 81%
Northwestern University 81.4%
Emory University 83.6%
Vanderbilt University 84.5%
Harvard University 89.9%
Texas Tech University 60.6%
Northern Illinois University 60.6%
Loyola Marymount University 60.6%
Indiana University - Indianapolis 61.3%
St. John's University 61.5%
Rutgers State University - Camden 61.5%
Temple University 61.7%
Tulane University 61.8%
South Texas College of Law Houston 61.8%
Nova Southeastern University 62.1%
Albany Law School 62.3%
St. Louis University 62.6%
Drexel University 63.1%
University of Cincinnati 63.2%
University of Washington 63.5%
Oklahoma City University 63.6%
Creighton University 63.9%
University of New Hampshire 64.3%
University of Missouri - Kansas City 64.3%
Washington and Lee University 64.6%
Drake University 64.6%
Southern Illinois University 64.8%
Villanova University 65%
Rutgers State University - Newark 65.2%
University of South Carolina 65.4%
Florida International University 65.6%
Indiana University - Bloomington 65.8%
Penn State University 65.9%
University of Missouri - Columbia 65.9%
University of Louisville 66.1%
Willamette University 66.4%
University of Houston 66.4%
University of Wisconsin 66.5%
University of Utah 66.7%
University of Nevada - Las Vegas 66.9%
Florida State University 67.2%
University of Montana 67.5%
Fordham University 67.8%
University of South Dakota 67.9%
University of Kansas 68.1%
University of Idaho 68.3%
Baylor University 68.4%
University of Oklahoma 68.5%
University of Miami 68.9%
Mercer University 69.2%
University of Florida 69.3%
University of Tulsa 69.4%
University of North Carolina 69.6%
Southern Methodist University 69.7%
University of Colorado 69.7%
University of Georgia 70.6%
Wake Forest University 71.1%
Arizona State University 71.2%
Georgia State University 71.2%
University of Arizona 71.5%
Seton Hall University 72.3%
Washburn University 72.3%
Louisiana State University 72.4%
University of Illinois 72.4%
William and Mary 72.6%
Yale University 72.6%
Boston University 72.8%
University of Alabama 73.1%
University of Nebraska 73.5%
Ohio State University 73.8%
University of California - Irvine 74.2%
University of Maine 50.5%
Texas Southern University 50.7%
University of Akron 50.8%
University of California - Hastings 51.2%
University of Baltimore 51.3%
Marquette University 51.4%
Chicago-Kent College of Law 51.7%
Texas A&M 52.2%
Brooklyn Law School 52.4%
University of Pittsburgh 52.5%
Lewis and Clark College 52.6%
Charleston School of Law 52.7%
Loyola University New Orleans 52.8%
University of Dayton 52.9%
University of Connecticut 52.9%
Mississippi College 53.1%
Northeastern University 53.2%
Wayne State University 53.3%
Widener University - Pennsylvania 54%
University of Hawaii 54.4%
American University 54.6%
University of Mississippi 54.8%
Case Western Reserve University 54.8%
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville 55%
DePaul University 55.2%
George Mason University 55.4%
Loyola University Chicago 55.7%
Howard University 55.8%
William Mitchell College of Law 55.9%
University of Denver 56%
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law 56.6%
Samford University 56.6%
Cardozo-Yeshiva University 56.6%
Touro College 56.6%
Gonzaga University 56.8%
University of Tennessee 57%
Stetson University 57%
Duquesne University 57.1%
University of Memphis 57.3%
Syracuse University 57.4%
University of Maryland 57.4%
Hofstra University 57.7%
Pace University 58.5%
St. Mary's University 58.7%
West Virginia University 58.9%
University of Richmond 59.1%
University of Arkansas - Little Rock 59.2%
University of North Dakota 59.2%
SUNY Buffalo 59.7%
Campbell University 59.7%
North Carolina Central University 40.9%
Arizona Summit Law School 41.7%
Barry University 42.1%
New England School of Law 42.1%
Quinnipiac University 42.5%
New York Law School 43.1%
John Marshall Law School - Atlanta 43.7%
University of Toledo 43.9%
Northern Kentucky University 44.9%
Widener University - Delaware 44.9%
University of the Pacific 45.5%
University of La Verne 45.5%
Faulkner University 45.8%
Catholic University of America 45.8%
Roger Williams University 46.2%
Michigan State University 46.8%
Suffolk University 46.9%
St. Thomas University - Florida 47.2%
Liberty University 47.4%
Regent University 47.5%
University of Oregon 47.8%
Chapman University 47.8%
Ohio Northern University 47.9%
University of San Diego 47.9%
Vermont Law School 48.5%
CUNY 48.7%
Hamline University 48.7%
California Western School of Law 48.9%
University of St. Thomas - Minneapolis 49%
Pepperdine University 49%
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law 49%
Seattle University 49.2%
University of Wyoming 49.3%
Valparaiso University 49.4%
Florida A&M University 31%
Western State University 32.7%
University of San Francisco 33%
Charlotte School of Law 34.1%
Southern University Law Center 34.6%
Florida Coastal School of Law 34.7%
Santa Clara University 35.6%
Appalachian School of Law 35.8%
Western New England University School of Law 36.7%
University of Detroit Mercy 37.2%
Ave Maria School of Law 37.3%
Capital University 38.8%
Southwestern Law School 39%
Elon Law School 39.4%
Concordia University School of Law 0%
Rutgers University 0%
Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson Law 0%
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Law 0%
Mitchell Hamline School of Law 0%
University of North Texas Dallas College of Law 0%
Indiana Tech 0%
Golden Gate University 25.7%
Whittier Law School 27.3%
University of The District of Columbia 28.2%
Thomas Jefferson School of Law 29.7%
Western Michigan University - Cooley Law School 30%