Law School Transparency
2015 State of Legal Education

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You are viewing Job Outcomes for ABA-approved law schools

We put all schools on the following chart by plotting LT, FT BPR job rates in 2014 against . "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).

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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).

Average 2014 Legal Job Rate
All Schools
197 schools		 60.6%

Read this chart across each row. For example, the 197 schools had an average LT, FT BPR job rate of 60.6% in 2014.

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