As an appendix to my employment report, here is a ranking of all the law schools that reported employment data by their percentages of graduates finding full-time, long-term, bar-passage-required jobs. (Taste all the those hyphens.)
PERCENT GRADUATES EMPLOYED FULL-TIME/LONG-TERM IN BAR-PASSAGE-REQUIRED JOBS (EXCL. LAW-SCHOOL-FUNDED JOBS) | ||||
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RANK | LAW SCHOOL | ’17 | ’18 | CHANGE |
1. | Columbia | 92.6% | 93.5% | 0.9% |
2. | Virginia | 91.6% | 92.6% | 1.1% |
3. | Duke | 93.8% | 91.4% | -2.4% |
4. | Chicago | 92.1% | 91.3% | -0.8% |
5. | Cornell | 92.1% | 90.8% | -1.3% |
6. | New York University | 88.6% | 89.7% | 1.1% |
7. | Northwestern | 82.3% | 89.5% | 7.3% |
8. | Michigan | 90.4% | 89.3% | -1.0% |
9. | California-Berkeley | 88.2% | 89.3% | 1.1% |
10. | Pennsylvania | 90.6% | 88.9% | -1.7% |
11. | Seton Hall | 82.6% | 88.6% | 6.0% |
12. | Washington University | 85.8% | 87.6% | 1.7% |
13. | Iowa | 77.4% | 87.2% | 9.9% |
14. | Belmont | 75.6% | 87.2% | 11.5% |
15. | Kentucky | 79.6% | 87.0% | 7.4% |
16. | Washington and Lee | 79.8% | 86.7% | 6.9% |
17. | Harvard | 86.7% | 86.1% | -0.6% |
18. | Georgia | 84.0% | 85.6% | 1.7% |
19. | Texas | 79.2% | 85.3% | 6.1% |
20. | Stanford | 82.7% | 85.0% | 2.2% |
21. | Baylor | 82.3% | 84.7% | 2.4% |
22. | Vanderbilt | 86.2% | 82.7% | -3.5% |
23. | St. John’s | 72.0% | 82.3% | 10.3% |
24. | North Carolina | 70.8% | 82.2% | 11.4% |
25. | Notre Dame | 80.7% | 82.0% | 1.3% |
26. | Nebraska | 74.0% | 81.9% | 7.9% |
27. | Georgetown | 76.8% | 81.8% | 5.0% |
28. | Fordham | 70.2% | 81.4% | 11.2% |
29. | Penn State (Dickinson Law) | 67.2% | 81.0% | 13.7% |
30. | Minnesota | 80.5% | 80.7% | 0.2% |
31. | Texas Tech | 69.5% | 80.6% | 11.1% |
32. | Florida | 75.9% | 80.6% | 4.7% |
33. | Boston University | 75.6% | 80.5% | 5.0% |
34. | California-Los Angeles | 79.1% | 80.3% | 1.3% |
35. | Colorado | 76.2% | 80.3% | 4.1% |
36. | Southern Methodist | 75.8% | 80.0% | 4.2% |
37. | Ohio State | 76.4% | 79.8% | 3.4% |
38. | William and Mary | 76.0% | 79.7% | 3.7% |
39. | Rutgers | 76.8% | 79.7% | 2.8% |
40. | Louisiana State | 81.3% | 79.3% | -2.1% |
41. | Illinois | 78.2% | 79.2% | 1.0% |
42. | Southern California | 85.6% | 79.0% | -6.6% |
43. | Tulsa | 81.4% | 79.0% | -2.4% |
44. | Washington | 68.9% | 78.9% | 10.0% |
45. | Villanova | 75.5% | 78.9% | 3.4% |
46. | Hofstra | 75.9% | 77.8% | 1.9% |
47. | Detroit Mercy | 43.7% | 77.7% | 34.0% |
48. | Alabama | 83.2% | 77.5% | -5.7% |
49. | South Carolina | 68.1% | 77.5% | 9.4% |
50. | Nevada | 75.8% | 77.4% | 1.6% |
51. | Wisconsin | 74.2% | 77.3% | 3.1% |
52. | Yale | 75.0% | 77.2% | 2.2% |
53. | Utah | 76.1% | 77.2% | 1.1% |
54. | Temple | 79.3% | 77.0% | -2.2% |
55. | Montana | 74.4% | 76.8% | 2.4% |
56. | Willamette | 67.0% | 76.6% | 9.6% |
57. | California-Davis | 71.3% | 76.3% | 5.0% |
58. | Florida State | 70.4% | 76.1% | 5.7% |
59. | Cardozo, Yeshiva | 80.1% | 76.1% | -4.0% |
60. | Loyola (CA) | 68.2% | 76.1% | 7.8% |
61. | Oklahoma | 80.8% | 76.0% | -4.7% |
62. | Louisville | 71.2% | 76.0% | 4.7% |
63. | Houston | 66.2% | 75.7% | 9.4% |
64. | Drake | 62.1% | 75.5% | 13.4% |
65. | Brigham Young | 60.0% | 75.4% | 15.4% |
66. | Boston College | 79.4% | 74.8% | -4.6% |
67. | Emory | 71.9% | 74.8% | 2.9% |
68. | Florida International | 72.3% | 74.7% | 2.4% |
69. | California-Irvine | 75.0% | 74.6% | -0.4% |
70. | Connecticut | 65.4% | 74.4% | 9.1% |
71. | Stetson | 63.5% | 74.0% | 10.5% |
72. | Cleveland State | 52.1% | 73.9% | 21.7% |
73. | Miami | 75.4% | 73.7% | -1.7% |
74. | Drexel | 71.0% | 73.6% | 2.7% |
75. | Arizona State | 74.2% | 73.6% | -0.7% |
76. | Northeastern | 69.7% | 73.5% | 3.8% |
77. | George Washington | 69.8% | 72.3% | 2.6% |
78. | Albany | 70.9% | 72.3% | 1.4% |
79. | Kansas | 68.6% | 72.3% | 3.7% |
80. | Duquesne | 63.5% | 71.7% | 8.2% |
81. | Indiana (Bloomington) | 67.2% | 71.6% | 4.4% |
82. | Georgia State | 69.6% | 71.5% | 1.9% |
83. | Liberty | 63.8% | 71.1% | 7.3% |
84. | Pace | 74.7% | 71.1% | -3.6% |
85. | Marquette | 71.2% | 70.9% | -0.3% |
86. | Wayne State | 57.0% | 70.9% | 13.9% |
87. | St. Louis | 72.7% | 69.9% | -2.8% |
88. | Missouri (Columbia) | 75.5% | 69.9% | -5.6% |
89. | Tulane | 64.0% | 69.9% | 5.9% |
90. | New Hampshire | 77.0% | 69.9% | -7.2% |
91. | Mercer | 69.6% | 69.7% | 0.1% |
92. | Maryland | 57.1% | 69.7% | 12.6% |
93. | Wyoming | 67.1% | 69.4% | 2.3% |
94. | Tennessee | 73.0% | 69.3% | -3.7% |
95. | Lincoln Memorial | 76.5% | 69.2% | -7.2% |
96. | SUNY Buffalo | 61.2% | 69.2% | 8.0% |
97. | Oklahoma City | 65.6% | 69.1% | 3.5% |
98. | Penn State (Penn State Law) | 71.9% | 68.8% | -3.1% |
99. | Creighton | 68.3% | 68.3% | 0.0% |
100. | Regent | 59.0% | 68.2% | 9.2% |
101. | Washburn | 66.0% | 68.0% | 2.0% |
102. | Loyola (LA) | 57.0% | 67.9% | 10.9% |
103. | Samford | 62.3% | 67.9% | 5.6% |
104. | Pepperdine | 59.6% | 67.9% | 8.2% |
105. | Michigan State | 59.3% | 67.5% | 8.1% |
106. | Texas A&M [Wesleyan] | 64.1% | 67.4% | 3.3% |
107. | Touro | 68.0% | 67.4% | -0.6% |
108. | Brooklyn | 71.7% | 67.3% | -4.4% |
109. | Wake Forest | 75.1% | 67.1% | -8.0% |
110. | Syracuse | 69.1% | 67.1% | -2.1% |
111. | City University | 69.1% | 66.7% | -2.5% |
112. | Baltimore | 60.3% | 66.7% | 6.4% |
113. | West Virginia | 74.5% | 66.3% | -8.2% |
114. | Case Western Reserve | 60.1% | 65.9% | 5.7% |
115. | George Mason | 60.5% | 65.7% | 5.2% |
116. | Richmond | 67.8% | 65.2% | -2.6% |
117. | San Diego | 59.3% | 65.2% | 5.8% |
118. | Cincinnati | 75.7% | 64.4% | -11.3% |
119. | St. Thomas (MN) | 53.3% | 64.4% | 11.1% |
120. | California-Hastings | 58.9% | 64.3% | 5.3% |
121. | Chicago-Kent, IIT | 59.6% | 64.2% | 4.6% |
122. | Idaho | 60.4% | 64.2% | 3.8% |
123. | Hawaii | 58.3% | 64.2% | 5.9% |
124. | South Dakota | 58.2% | 64.1% | 5.9% |
125. | Maine | 55.4% | 64.0% | 8.6% |
126. | Gonzaga | 62.6% | 63.9% | 1.3% |
127. | Denver | 70.2% | 63.1% | -7.2% |
128. | Pittsburgh | 63.0% | 63.0% | -0.1% |
129. | Lewis and Clark | 56.3% | 62.9% | 6.6% |
130. | New Mexico | 77.4% | 62.5% | -14.9% |
131. | Missouri (Kansas City) | 74.1% | 62.2% | -11.9% |
132. | Quinnipiac | 61.9% | 61.8% | -0.1% |
133. | Loyola (IL) | 62.2% | 61.7% | -0.5% |
134. | Vermont | 55.6% | 61.5% | 5.9% |
135. | Arizona | 64.8% | 61.5% | -3.4% |
136. | New York Law School | 51.0% | 61.2% | 10.1% |
137. | Arkansas (Fayetteville) | 68.1% | 61.1% | -7.0% |
138. | St. Thomas (FL) | 54.7% | 61.0% | 6.3% |
139. | Widener (Commonwealth) | 59.0% | 60.4% | 1.4% |
140. | Howard | 63.1% | 60.2% | -3.0% |
141. | Dayton | 50.0% | 59.0% | 9.0% |
142. | South Texas-Houston | 53.0% | 58.6% | 5.6% |
143. | Santa Clara | 56.6% | 58.5% | 1.9% |
144. | Memphis | 69.7% | 58.3% | -11.4% |
145. | Massachusetts — Dartmouth | 55.1% | 58.0% | 2.9% |
146. | Catholic | 55.0% | 57.7% | 2.8% |
147. | Ohio Northern | 71.2% | 57.6% | -13.5% |
148. | St. Mary’s | 60.2% | 57.6% | -2.6% |
149. | Roger Williams | 54.1% | 57.6% | 3.5% |
150. | Southern Illinois | 55.2% | 57.3% | 2.1% |
151. | Oregon | 61.5% | 57.1% | -4.4% |
152. | Mississippi | 62.2% | 56.5% | -5.7% |
153. | North Dakota | 64.1% | 56.5% | -7.6% |
154. | Chapman | 54.7% | 56.0% | 1.2% |
155. | Arkansas (Little Rock) | 63.3% | 55.9% | -7.5% |
156. | Northern Illinois | 60.0% | 55.8% | -4.2% |
157. | DePaul | 54.8% | 55.8% | 1.0% |
158. | Ave Maria | 39.5% | 55.7% | 16.2% |
159. | John Marshall (Chicago) | 56.5% | 55.1% | -1.4% |
160. | Northern Kentucky | 51.6% | 54.8% | 3.2% |
161. | Capital | 53.8% | 54.5% | 0.6% |
162. | American | 53.0% | 54.2% | 1.2% |
163. | Akron | 59.2% | 54.2% | -5.0% |
164. | Indiana (Indianapolis) | 55.2% | 53.8% | -1.4% |
165. | Toledo | 55.3% | 53.4% | -1.8% |
166. | Seattle | 57.9% | 52.9% | -5.0% |
167. | Suffolk | 46.7% | 52.9% | 6.2% |
168. | Mitchell|Hamline | 52.3% | 52.5% | 0.2% |
169. | North Texas-Dallas | 51.5% | 52.4% | 0.9% |
170. | Concordia | 62.5% | 51.7% | -10.8% |
171. | Elon | 34.1% | 51.4% | 17.3% |
172. | Florida Coastal | 40.8% | 50.5% | 9.8% |
173. | Campbell | 62.9% | 50.4% | -12.5% |
174. | Nova Southeastern | 57.1% | 49.8% | -7.3% |
175. | Pacific, McGeorge | 47.3% | 49.6% | 2.3% |
176. | Widener (Delaware) | 54.1% | 49.1% | -5.1% |
177. | Western State | 43.8% | 49.0% | 5.2% |
178. | Southwestern | 43.5% | 48.1% | 4.6% |
179. | Barry | 46.3% | 47.9% | 1.6% |
180. | Charleston | 44.5% | 47.3% | 2.7% |
181. | Mississippi College | 51.6% | 47.2% | -4.5% |
182. | Southern University | 45.6% | 47.1% | 1.5% |
183. | Texas Southern | 59.4% | 45.3% | -14.1% |
184. | Faulkner | 49.4% | 45.0% | -4.4% |
185. | Appalachian | 52.4% | 44.8% | -7.6% |
186. | California Western | 53.8% | 44.0% | -9.8% |
187. | New England | 38.2% | 43.7% | 5.5% |
188. | Florida A&M | 43.6% | 39.7% | -3.9% |
189. | North Carolina Central | 30.1% | 39.4% | 9.3% |
190. | District of Columbia | 26.8% | 38.8% | 12.0% |
191. | Arizona Summit [Phoenix] | 34.4% | 38.1% | 3.7% |
192. | Western New England | 42.6% | 33.8% | -8.8% |
193. | Golden Gate | 37.9% | 32.5% | -5.4% |
194. | WMU Cooley | 30.7% | 29.7% | -1.0% |
195. | San Francisco | 49.0% | 29.0% | -20.0% |
196. | Atlanta’s John Marshall | 40.0% | 25.6% | -14.4% |
197. | Puerto Rico | 20.5% | 23.4% | 2.9% |
198. | La Verne | 31.6% | 22.4% | -9.2% |
199. | Thomas Jefferson | 23.6% | 19.4% | -4.1% |
200. | Inter American | 8.8% | 10.1% | 1.4% |
201. | Pontifical Catholic | 0.7% | 0.0% | -0.7% |
202. | Valparaiso | 38.4% | N/A | N/A |
203. | Whittier | 29.5% | N/A | N/A |
TOTAL (EXCL. P.R.) | 67.2% | 69.4% | 2.2% | |
10TH PERCENTILE (EXCL. P.R.) | 47.3% | 49.0% | 1.7% | |
25TH PERCENTILE (EXCL. P.R.) | 56.6% | 57.6% | 1.0% | |
MEDIAN (EXCL. P.R.) | 67.1% | 68.5% | 1.5% | |
75TH PERCENTILE (EXCL. P.R.) | 75.6% | 77.5% | 1.9% | |
90TH PERCENTILE (EXCL. P.R.) | 82.3% | 85.3% | 3.0% | |
MEAN (EXCL. P.R.) | 65.5% | 67.3% | 1.8% |
I don’t think there are any law schools missing from the list this year, but the ABA has a habit of removing closed law schools from its database retroactively, as though they never existed at all. Impressively, Arizona Summit and Western State reported their data to the ABA.
Here’s a list of all my employment reports:
- “Class of 2018 Employment Report: About the Same”
- “CLASS OF 2017 EMPLOYMENT REPORT: The Rankings“
- “CLASS OF 2017 EMPLOYMENT REPORT: Take That, JD-Advantage Jobs!“
- “CLASS OF 2016 EMPLOYMENT REPORT (Corrected)“
- “Change in Graduate Outcomes Driven by Small Jobs” [’15]
- “CLASS OF 2015 EMPLOYMENT REPORT“
- “Law Grad Jobs Unequal Like Income in Corrupt Countries” [’14]
- “CLASS OF 2014 EMPLOYMENT REPORT (Updated)“
- “CLASS OF 2013 EMPLOYMENT REPORT“
- “Quick Comment on the 2012 Employment Data“
- “Class of ’11 This is Your JD on Versatility“
- “Those of You Who Wanted Transparency…” [’10]