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Career Facts & Statistics - Class of 2011
Information below is based on Class of 2011 graduates known to be employed as of February 24, 2012.
Placement (Employment) Rates
(261 graduates from 9/1/10 to 8/31/11) |
Number |
| Graduates whose employment status is unknown |
3 |
Graduates whose employment status is known
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258 |
| Graduates known to be employed |
241 |
| Graduates who are enrolled in a full-time degree program |
9 |
| Graduates who are unemployed and seeking work |
6 |
| Graduates who are unemployed and not seeking work |
2 |
Employment Duration
| Type of employment |
Long term position |
Short term position
(includes post-grad fellowships, temporary and part-time law firm positions, professional business positions)
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| Non-Law School funded |
180 |
25 |
| Law School funded |
3 |
21 |
| Total |
183 |
46 |
| 12 graduates known to be employed did not report employment duration |
Salary Data for Graduates Employed in the Private Sector
(law firms, business, industry, or other private sector jobs) |
Private Sector Salary |
| Median starting salary |
$110,000 |
| 75th percentile salary |
$124,000 |
| 25th percentile salary |
$85,000 |
| Range |
$35,000 - $179,000 |
| Percent of all 2011 graduates known to be employed in the private sector who reported salary data |
40% |
Salary Data for Graduates Employed in the Public Sector
(includes any branch of government, judicial clerkships, academic posts, and positions in non-profit advocacy) |
Public Sector Salary |
| Median starting salary |
$50,000 |
| 75th percentile salary |
$59,000 |
| 25th percentile salary |
$41,000 |
| Range |
$11,000 - $80,000 |
| Percent of all 2011 graduates known to be employed in the public sector who reported salary data |
45% |
| Type of Employment for Graduates Known to be Employed |
Number |
Long-term |
Short-term |
Unknown Duration |
Law firm
Solo
2-10 attorneys
11-25 attorneys
26-50 attorneys
51-100 attorneys
101-250 attorneys
251-500 attorneys
500+ attorneys
Unknown |
2
38
8
3
7
9
18
9
2 |
2
36
6
2
7
9
14
9
2 |
0
2
2
1
0
0
4
0
0 |
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 |
| Business & industry |
44 |
32 |
12 |
0 |
| Government |
19 |
12 |
7 |
0 |
| Public interest (including public defenders) |
22 |
9 |
13 |
0 |
Judicial clerkship
Federal
State & local |
12
27 |
11
26 |
1
1 |
0
0 |
| Academia |
7 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
| Unknown employer type |
14 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
| Total |
241 |
183 |
46 |
12 |
| Type of Job for Graduates Known to be Employed |
Total |
Full Time |
Part Time |
Unknown |
| Bar admission required/anticipated (includes judicial clerks) |
192 |
189 |
3 |
0 |
| J.D. advantage; law degree enhances position (e.g. accounting firm, management consulting firm, law school, or law firm administration) |
28 |
20 |
5 |
3 |
| Professional other |
6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
| Non-professional other |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Unknown type of job |
13 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
| Total |
241 |
213 |
9 |
19 |
Employment Locations of Graduates Known to be Employed
| Region |
State |
Number Employed |
| Middle Atlantic |
District of Columbia |
8 |
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New Jersey (Southern) |
1 |
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Pennsylvania |
4 |
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Virginia |
4 |
| Midwest |
Illinois |
8 |
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Indiana |
1 |
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Iowa |
1 |
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Michigan |
2 |
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Minnesota |
152 |
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Missouri |
2 |
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North Dakota |
1 |
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Ohio |
1 |
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South Dakota |
2 |
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Wisconsin |
6 |
| Northeast |
Massachusetts |
1 |
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New Jersey (Northern) |
1 |
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New York |
9 |
| Southeast |
Florida |
1 |
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Louisiana |
1 |
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Tennessee |
1 |
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Texas |
4 |
| West/Rocky Mountain |
Alaska |
3 |
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California |
11 |
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Colorado |
6 |
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Idaho |
1 |
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Oregon |
1 |
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Utah |
1 |
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Washington |
1 |
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Wyoming |
1 |
| Non U.S. locations |
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1 |
| Employment location not reported |
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5 |
April 19, 2012. Subject to change.
This information is based on reporting by graduates and is subject to change. This information is prepared for the purposes of surveys and reporting requirements of the ABA, NALP, and U.S. News & World Report and is reported according to the definitions set forth by NALP. Employment statistics reflect positions including: part-time, full-time, contract, temporary, and permanent. This information is not intended as employment advice or for predicting future employment.
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Where Class of 2005-2011 Graduates Started Work
- In Washington, D.C., and every state except Kansas, South Carolina, and West Virginia
- In many major U.S. cities, including Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, and Washington D.C.
- In many foreign countries, such as Canada, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Korea, Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom
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More details are available in the
NALP Report for the Law School's
Class of 2011 (PDF).
The previous J.D. Preferred employment type category has been replaced with a new J.D. Advantage category adopted by both the ABA and NALP. Because the definitions of the categories are not exactly the same, the data for the J.D. Advantage employment type for the Class of 2011 will not be exactly comparable to the J.D. Preferred data from previous classes.
The summary report has been expanded to include more information on jobs by employer type, new summary data about the job duration categories, and the number of reported jobs funded by the law school.
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