Continuing my coverage of the Placement Success component of the 2010 U.S. News Law School Rankings, which counts 20% in the U.S. News methodology: the chart below compares the Employed at Nine Months data (14%) with the school’s overall ranking:

Employed at 9 Months Rank	Employed at 9 Months Score	School	Overall Rank
1	100.0%	Stanford	3
1	100.0%	Duke	10
1	100.0%	Utah	45
1	100.0%	Kentucky	55
5	99.8%	NYU	5
6	99.7%	UCLA	15
6	99.7%	Washington U.	19
6	99.7%	Boston University	20
6	99.7%	Seattle	77
10	99.6%	Pennsylvania	8
10	99.6%	Northwestern	10
10	99.6%	Georgia State	65
13	99.5%	Yale	1
13	99.5%	Chicago	6
13	99.5%	Michigan	9
13	99.5%	BYU	41
13	99.5%	George Mason	41
13	99.5%	Florida State	52
19	99.3%	Harvard	2
19	99.3%	UC-Berkeley	6
19	99.3%	Texas	15
19	99.3%	Alabama	30
19	99.3%	Wisconsin	35
24	99.2%	Virginia	10
24	99.2%	Iowa	26
24	99.2%	Georgia	35
24	99.2%	Cincinnati	52
24	99.2%	New Mexico	77
29	99.1%	William & Mary	28
30	99.0%	Notre Dame	23
31	98.9%	Cornell	13
31	98.9%	Minnesota	20
31	98.9%	U. Washington	30
34	98.8%	Columbia	4
35	98.7%	Illinois	23
35	98.7%	West Virginia	Tier 3
37	98.6%	South Dakota	Tier 3
38	98.5%	Indiana-Bloomington	23
38	98.5%	Fordham	30
38	98.5%	Ohio State	35
41	98.3%	American	45
42	98.2%	Vanderbilt	17
42	98.2%	USC	18
42	98.2%	Houston	59
42	98.2%	Loyola-LA	71
46	98.1%	Boston College	26
46	98.1%	SMU	49
46	98.1%	Toledo	Tier 3
49	98.0%	North Carolina	30
49	98.0%	Cardozo	49
49	98.0%	San Diego	61
49	98.0%	Arkansas-Little Rock	Tier 3
49	98.0%	Creighton	Tier 3
54	97.9%	Maryland	43
54	97.9%	Missouri-Columbia	65
54	97.9%	UNLV	75
54	97.9%	Louisville	98
58	97.8%	Tennessee	59
58	97.8%	SUNY-Buffalo	85
60	97.7%	Brooklyn	61
61	97.6%	Miami	71
62	97.5%	Albany	Tier 3
63	97.4%	Georgetown	14
63	97.4%	LSU	75
63	97.4%	Seton Hall	77
63	97.4%	Drake	Tier 3
67	97.3%	Idaho	Tier 3
68	97.2%	UC-Hastings	39
68	97.2%	Missouri-KC	Tier 3
70	97.1%	Denver	77
70	97.1%	Maine	100
72	97.0%	Emory	20
72	97.0%	Villanova	61
74	96.9%	Oklahoma	71
74	96.9%	North Dakota	Tier 3
76	96.8%	Case Western	55
76	96.8%	Gonzaga	100
76	96.8%	Hofstra	100
79	96.7%	Marquette	87
79	96.7%	Mississippi College	Tier 4
81	96.6%	Connecticut	52
81	96.6%	Pepperdine	55
81	96.6%	St. Louis	94
84	96.5%	Tulane	45
84	96.5%	Indiana-Indianapolis	87
84	96.5%	William Mitchell	Tier 3
87	96.4%	Penn State	65
87	96.4%	St. Thomas (MN)	Tier 3
87	96.4%	Florida Coastal	Tier 4
90	96.2%	UC-Davis	35
91	96.1%	Franklin Pierce	Tier 3
92	96.0%	Lewis & Clark	61
92	96.0%	St. John’s	87
92	96.0%	Mercer	Tier 3
95	95.9%	Florida	51
96	95.8%	Loyola-New Orleans	Tier 3
97	95.7%	Pittsburgh	71
97	95.7%	San Francisco	98
97	95.7%	Whittier	Tier 4
100	95.6%	Santa Clara	85
100	95.6%	Samford	Tier 3
100	95.6%	Southwestern	Tier 3
100	95.6%	Wyoming	Tier 3
104	95.5%	Kansas	65
105	95.3%	Catholic	94
105	95.3%	Cleveland State	Tier 3
107	95.2%	South Carolina	87
107	95.2%	Ohio Northern	Tier 3
109	95.1%	Arizona	43
109	95.1%	Richmond	77
111	94.9%	Oregon	77
112	94.8%	Rutgers-Newark	87
112	94.8%	Baltimore	Tier 4
114	94.7%	Vermont	Tier 3
115	94.6%	Temple	65
115	94.6%	Wayne State	Tier 3
117	94.4%	Michigan State	Tier 3
118	94.3%	Wake Forest	40
118	94.3%	DePaul	87
120	94.2%	Akron	Tier 3
121	94.1%	Montana	Tier 3
121	94.1%	Northern Illinois	Tier 4
123	94.0%	Quinnipiac	Tier 3
123	94.0%	Detroit Mercy	Tier 4
125	93.9%	Colorado	45
125	93.9%	Texas Tech	Tier 3
125	93.9%	Suffolk	Tier 4
128	93.8%	Pacific	Tier 3
129	93.5%	Memphis	Tier 3
130	93.4%	Arkansas-Fayetteville	94
130	93.4%	NY Law School	Tier 3
130	93.4%	Valparaiso	Tier 4
133	93.3%	Washington & Lee	30
133	93.3%	Baylor	65
135	93.2%	Rutgers-Camden	77
135	93.2%	Florida International	Tier 4
135	93.2%	Washburn	Tier 4
138	92.9%	Golden Gate	Tier 4
139	92.8%	George Washington	28
139	92.8%	Stetson	Tier 3
141	92.7%	Loyola-Chicago	87
142	92.6%	Northeastern	94
143	92.4%	Campbell	Tier 4
144	92.3%	Arizona State	55
145	92.1%	Chapman	Tier 3
146	91.8%	Chicago-Kent	77
147	91.7%	Syracuse	Tier 3
147	91.7%	Regent	Tier 4
149	91.6%	Hamline	Tier 4
149	91.6%	St. Mary’s	Tier 4
151	91.5%	Dayton	Tier 4
152	91.3%	Howard	Tier 3
153	91.0%	Texas Southern	Tier 4
154	90.9%	John Marshall	Tier 4
154	90.9%	Oklahoma City	Tier 4
156	90.7%	Hawaii	Tier 3
157	90.3%	Willamette	Tier 4
158	90.0%	Northern Kentucky	Tier 4
159	89.9%	CUNY	Tier 4
159	89.9%	Nova	Tier 4
161	89.6%	Tulsa	Tier 4
162	89.0%	Duquesne	Tier 4
163	88.9%	Mississippi	Tier 3
164	88.8%	Pace	Tier 4
165	88.5%	Widener	Tier 4
166	88.1%	Southern Illinois	Tier 4
167	87.5%	W. New England	Tier 4
168	87.2%	Roger Williams	Tier 4
169	86.7%	Thomas Jefferson	Tier 4
170	86.2%	Barry	Tier 4
171	85.9%	Southern	Tier 4
172	85.4%	South Texas	Tier 4
173	85.1%	California Western	Tier 4
174	85.0%	New England	Tier 4
175	83.3%	N. Carolina Central	Tier 4
176	82.3%	Texas Wesleyan	Tier 4
177	81.1%	Nebraska	Tier 3
178	80.8%	Ave Maria	Tier 4
178	80.8%	Capital	Tier 4
180	80.4%	St. Thomas (FL)	Tier 4
181	77.8%	Thomas Cooley	Tier 4
182	77.3%	Touro	Tier 4
183	73.8%	District of Columbia	Tier 4
184	64.8%	Appalachian	Tier 4

Prior 2010 U.S. News Law School Rankings coverage:

• 2010 U.S. News Quality Assessment Rankings (v. Overall Rankings) (40%)
  • 2010 U.S News Lawyer/Judge Reputation Rankings (v. Overall Rankings) (15%) 
  • 2010 U.S News Peer Reputation Rankings (v. Overall Rankings) (25%)