Following up on my previous posts:
- Law School Rankings By Ultimate Bar Passage Rate (2022)
- Law School Rankings By 2024 First-Time Bar Passage Rate (2024)
Here is the ranking of schools in the 10-Month Employment Data for the Class of 2024 from the ABA’s spreadsheet, based on the current U.S. News methodology for “maximum credit” jobs: “This measures the extent to which graduates obtain the most in-demand jobs — namely those that are long term, full time and requiring (or taking advantage of) bar passage. Maximum credit was assigned for graduates with school-funded fellowships — as long as those fellowships were otherwise full-time, long-term jobs in which bar passage was required or the J.D. degree was an advantage. Maximum credit was assigned to law school graduates pursuing additional graduate studies.”
| Rank | School | BPR & JD Adv | Funded BPR & JD Adv | Graduate Studies | Total (BPR & JD Adv, Funded, Graduate) |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 100.00% |
| 2 | Washington Univ. | 96.84% | 1.75% | 1.05% | 99.65% |
| 3 | North Carolina | 96.67% | 0.95% | 1.90% | 99.52% |
| 4 | Pepperdine | 93.40% | 3.55% | 2.54% | 99.49% |
| 5 | George Washington | 96.55% | 0.55% | 2.18% | 99.27% |
| 6 | Chicago | 96.48% | 2.01% | 0.50% | 98.99% |
| 7 | Duke | 98.19% | 0.72% | 0.00% | 98.92% |
| 8 | SMU | 97.17% | 0.00% | 1.62% | 98.79% |
| 9 | Wake Forest | 97.42% | 0.00% | 1.29% | 98.71% |
| 10 | Virginia | 95.32% | 3.34% | 0.00% | 98.66% |
| 11 | Penn | 92.76% | 5.59% | 0.00% | 98.36% |
| 12 | UC-Berkeley | 93.14% | 4.66% | 0.49% | 98.28% |
| 13 | Vanderbilt | 94.58% | 3.01% | 0.60% | 98.19% |
| 14 | Northwestern | 95.19% | 2.59% | 0.37% | 98.15% |
| 15 | Illinois | 95.57% | 2.46% | 0.00% | 98.03% |
| 16 | San Diego | 90.36% | 7.63% | 0.00% | 97.99% |
| 17 | Stanford | 85.43% | 9.55% | 3.02% | 97.99% |
| 18 | NYU | 92.75% | 4.96% | 0.19% | 97.90% |
| 19 | Iowa | 93.75% | 0.00% | 3.98% | 97.73% |
| 20 | Michigan | 94.72% | 1.55% | 1.24% | 97.52% |
| 21 | Baylor | 96.97% | 0.00% | 0.51% | 97.47% |
| 22 | Cornell | 96.94% | 0.51% | 0.00% | 97.45% |
| 23 | Wisconsin | 93.54% | 3.04% | 0.76% | 97.34% |
| 24 | Washington & Lee | 95.04% | 0.00% | 2.13% | 97.16% |
| 25 | Columbia | 95.41% | 1.53% | 0.19% | 97.13% |
| 26 | Kentucky | 97.12% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 97.12% |
| 27 | Wayne State | 94.20% | 0.72% | 2.17% | 97.10% |
| 28 | UCLA | 93.82% | 2.96% | 0.27% | 97.04% |
| 29 | Florida | 94.70% | 0.00% | 2.27% | 96.97% |
| 30 | Texas | 95.39% | 1.21% | 0.24% | 96.84% |
| 31 | Notre Dame | 94.12% | 2.14% | 0.53% | 96.79% |
| 32 | George Mason | 92.80% | 1.27% | 2.54% | 96.61% |
| 32 | Kansas | 95.76% | 0.85% | 0.00% | 96.61% |
| 34 | Florida State | 91.10% | 0.00% | 5.24% | 96.34% |
| 35 | Missouri-Columbia | 92.42% | 2.27% | 1.52% | 96.21% |
| 36 | Boston College | 94.13% | 2.05% | 0.00% | 96.19% |
| 37 | Montana | 94.87% | 0.00% | 1.28% | 96.15% |
| 38 | SUNY-Buffalo | 91.25% | 3.13% | 1.25% | 95.63% |
| 39 | Boston Univ. | 90.91% | 4.71% | 0.00% | 95.62% |
| 40 | Georgetown | 88.96% | 5.45% | 0.61% | 95.01% |
| 41 | Yale | 85.12% | 6.51% | 3.26% | 94.88% |
| 42 | Harvard | 90.19% | 3.70% | 0.96% | 94.86% |
| 43 | Arizona State | 92.78% | 0.00% | 2.06% | 94.85% |
| 44 | Minnesota | 93.91% | 0.43% | 0.43% | 94.78% |
| 45 | Georgia | 92.59% | 0.00% | 2.12% | 94.71% |
| 46 | Fordham | 94.29% | 0.00% | 0.22% | 94.51% |
| 47 | Indiana (Maurer) | 91.41% | 2.02% | 1.01% | 94.44% |
| 48 | Elon | 94.29% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 94.29% |
| 49 | Houston | 92.69% | 0.38% | 1.15% | 94.23% |
| 50 | Alabama | 91.56% | 0.00% | 2.60% | 94.16% |
| Rank | School | BPR & JD Adv | Funded BPR & JD Adv | Graduate Studies | Total (BPR & JD Adv, Funded, Graduate) |
| 51 | Nebraska | 92.81% | 0.00% | 1.31% | 94.12% |
| 51 | USC | 93.21% | 0.90% | 0.00% | 94.12% |
| 53 | Temple | 93.33% | 0.00% | 0.44% | 93.78% |
| 54 | Loyola-Chicago | 92.57% | 0.00% | 1.14% | 93.71% |
| 55 | Washburn | 93.68% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 93.68% |
| 56 | Florida Int’l | 90.70% | 1.16% | 1.74% | 93.60% |
| 57 | William & Mary | 91.18% | 0.00% | 2.35% | 93.53% |
| 58 | Villanova | 92.52% | 0.00% | 0.93% | 93.46% |
| 59 | Loyola-L.A. | 91.96% | 1.49% | 0.00% | 93.45% |
| 60 | Emory | 90.97% | 0.00% | 2.43% | 93.40% |
| 61 | Richmond | 92.72% | 0.00% | 0.66% | 93.38% |
| 62 | South Texas | 91.96% | 0.00% | 1.40% | 93.36% |
| 63 | South Dakota | 92.00% | 0.00% | 1.33% | 93.33% |
| 64 | UC-Irvine | 92.07% | 0.00% | 1.22% | 93.29% |
| 65 | Mercer | 92.31% | 0.00% | 0.96% | 93.27% |
| 66 | Cardozo | 92.28% | 0.96% | 0.00% | 93.25% |
| 67 | Marquette | 93.07% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 93.07% |
| 67 | South Carolina | 91.09% | 0.00% | 1.98% | 93.07% |
| 69 | Penn State | 93.01% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 93.01% |
| 70 | Catholic | 88.89% | 3.97% | 0.00% | 92.86% |
| 70 | Regent | 92.86% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 92.86% |
| 72 | Tulsa | 90.32% | 0.00% | 2.42% | 92.74% |
| 73 | Drexel | 91.18% | 0.00% | 1.47% | 92.65% |
| 74 | Stetson | 89.47% | 0.00% | 3.16% | 92.63% |
| 74 | Utah | 91.58% | 1.05% | 0.00% | 92.63% |
| 76 | Miami | 88.61% | 0.50% | 3.47% | 92.57% |
| 77 | St. John’s | 92.08% | 0.00% | 0.38% | 92.45% |
| 78 | Hofstra | 92.09% | 0.00% | 0.36% | 92.45% |
| 79 | Duquesne | 91.72% | 0.00% | 0.64% | 92.36% |
| 80 | Oklahoma | 91.71% | 0.00% | 0.52% | 92.23% |
| 81 | UC-Davis | 89.30% | 2.06% | 0.82% | 92.18% |
| 82 | Ohio State | 91.62% | 0.56% | 0.00% | 92.18% |
| 83 | Colorado | 89.88% | 1.19% | 0.60% | 91.67% |
| 84 | Northeastern | 90.19% | 0.93% | 0.47% | 91.59% |
| 85 | BYU | 88.73% | 1.41% | 1.41% | 91.55% |
| 86 | St. Louis | 89.19% | 0.00% | 2.16% | 91.35% |
| 87 | Missouri-KC | 90.55% | 0.00% | 0.79% | 91.34% |
| 88 | Albany | 91.22% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 91.22% |
| 89 | Texas Tech | 89.66% | 0.69% | 0.69% | 91.03% |
| 90 | Drake | 91.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 91.00% |
| 91 | Georgia State | 90.05% | 0.00% | 0.95% | 91.00% |
| 92 | Louisiana State | 87.56% | 0.00% | 3.35% | 90.91% |
| 93 | Belmont | 89.66% | 0.86% | 0.00% | 90.52% |
| 94 | Pace | 88.89% | 0.00% | 1.59% | 90.48% |
| 95 | NY Law School | 88.99% | 0.58% | 0.58% | 90.14% |
| 96 | Univ. of Wash. | 88.30% | 0.00% | 1.75% | 90.06% |
| 97 | Detroit Mercy | 89.45% | 0.00% | 0.50% | 89.95% |
| 98 | St. Thomas (MN) | 86.16% | 3.77% | 0.00% | 89.94% |
| 99 | Dayton | 89.81% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 89.81% |
| 100 | Brooklyn | 89.00% | 0.00% | 0.75% | 89.75% |
| 101 | Pittsburgh | 88.28% | 0.00% | 1.38% | 89.66% |
| 101 | Quinnipiac | 89.66% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 89.66% |
| 103 | Seton Hall | 88.85% | 0.00% | 0.64% | 89.49% |
| 104 | Rutgers | 89.19% | 0.00% | 0.21% | 89.40% |
| 105 | Tennessee | 88.98% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 88.98% |
| 106 | North Dakota | 88.89% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 88.89% |
| 107 | Loyola-NO | 87.15% | 0.56% | 1.12% | 88.83% |
| 108 | Connecticut | 88.00% | 0.00% | 0.67% | 88.67% |
| 109 | Tulane | 85.78% | 0.46% | 2.29% | 88.53% |
| 110 | Case Western | 87.10% | 0.65% | 0.65% | 88.39% |
| 111 | Akron | 87.79% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 87.79% |
| 112 | Michigan State | 86.82% | 0.00% | 0.91% | 87.73% |
| 113 | Maryland | 87.30% | 0.00% | 0.41% | 87.70% |
| 114 | Creighton | 84.83% | 0.00% | 2.76% | 87.59% |
| 115 | Suffolk | 86.32% | 0.00% | 1.24% | 87.56% |
| 116 | Univ. of Arizona | 86.67% | 0.00% | 0.83% | 87.50% |
| 117 | Cleveland State | 87.39% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 87.39% |
| 118 | Oregon | 86.59% | 0.61% | 0.00% | 87.20% |
| 119 | Northern Kentucky | 87.10% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 87.10% |
| 119 | Samford | 85.81% | 0.00% | 1.29% | 87.10% |
| 121 | West Virginia | 85.05% | 1.87% | 0.00% | 86.92% |
| 122 | UNLV | 82.68% | 2.79% | 1.12% | 86.59% |
| 123 | Howard | 85.03% | 0.68% | 0.68% | 86.39% |
| 124 | Widener (DE) | 85.71% | 0.00% | 0.51% | 86.22% |
| 125 | UC-San Francisco | 82.79% | 2.46% | 0.82% | 86.07% |
| 126 | Wyoming | 81.40% | 1.16% | 3.49% | 86.05% |
| 127 | Memphis | 84.54% | 0.00% | 1.03% | 85.57% |
| 128 | Chapman | 83.45% | 0.00% | 2.07% | 85.52% |
| 129 | Arkansas-LR | 78.99% | 0.00% | 6.52% | 85.51% |
| 130 | Arkansas-Fay. | 79.03% | 0.00% | 6.45% | 85.48% |
| 131 | Chicago-Kent | 85.47% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 85.47% |
| 132 | Cincinnati | 83.85% | 0.00% | 1.54% | 85.38% |
| 133 | Indiana (McKinney) | 85.34% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 85.34% |
| 134 | Northern Illinois | 84.04% | 0.00% | 1.06% | 85.11% |
| 135 | Baltimore | 84.06% | 0.00% | 0.97% | 85.02% |
| 136 | Seattle | 83.50% | 0.00% | 1.46% | 84.95% |
| 137 | Oklahoma City | 84.85% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 84.85% |
| 138 | New Mexico | 84.82% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 84.82% |
| 139 | Mississippi | 82.86% | 0.00% | 1.71% | 84.57% |
| 140 | Syracuse | 84.16% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 84.16% |
| 141 | Maine | 84.15% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 84.15% |
| 142 | New Hampshire | 82.89% | 0.00% | 1.07% | 83.96% |
| 143 | St. Thomas (FL) | 75.10% | 0.00% | 8.84% | 83.94% |
| 144 | Denver | 81.47% | 0.86% | 1.29% | 83.62% |
| 145 | Ave Maria | 82.35% | 0.00% | 1.18% | 83.53% |
| 146 | Hawaii | 82.29% | 0.00% | 1.04% | 83.33% |
| 147 | DePaul | 83.24% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 83.24% |
| 148 | Toledo | 82.40% | 0.00% | 0.80% | 83.20% |
| 149 | Vermont | 78.08% | 0.68% | 4.11% | 82.88% |
| 150 | St. Mary’s | 82.30% | 0.00% | 0.41% | 82.72% |
| 151 | Idaho | 82.50% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 82.50% |
| 152 | Pacific | 82.19% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 82.19% |
| 153 | American | 80.89% | 0.26% | 0.79% | 81.94% |
| 154 | Touro | 80.95% | 0.00% | 0.68% | 81.63% |
| 155 | Charleston | 81.12% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 81.12% |
| 156 | Campbell | 79.31% | 0.00% | 1.72% | 81.03% |
| 157 | Louisville | 77.78% | 0.00% | 3.17% | 80.95% |
| 157 | Southern Illinois | 79.76% | 0.00% | 1.19% | 80.95% |
| 159 | Ohio Northern | 79.03% | 0.00% | 1.61% | 80.65% |
| 160 | Lewis & Clark | 77.84% | 1.55% | 0.52% | 79.90% |
| 161 | Faulkner | 79.73% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 79.73% |
| 162 | Illinois-Chicago | 78.98% | 0.00% | 0.34% | 79.32% |
| 163 | Massachusetts | 77.48% | 0.00% | 1.80% | 79.28% |
| 164 | Western State | 78.95% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 78.95% |
| 165 | Santa Clara | 78.71% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 78.71% |
| 166 | San Francisco | 75.00% | 0.83% | 2.50% | 78.33% |
| 167 | Gonzaga | 74.10% | 0.00% | 3.61% | 77.71% |
| 168 | Willamette | 77.68% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 77.68% |
| 169 | West. New England | 77.27% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 77.27% |
| 170 | Barry | 76.27% | 0.00% | 0.85% | 77.12% |
| 171 | District of Columbia | 69.84% | 4.76% | 1.59% | 76.19% |
| 172 | Roger Williams | 75.00% | 0.00% | 1.16% | 76.16% |
| 173 | Liberty | 75.00% | 0.00% | 0.89% | 75.89% |
| 174 | Mississippi College | 75.81% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 75.81% |
| 175 | Southwestern | 74.83% | 0.00% | 0.69% | 75.52% |
| 176 | Cal-Western | 72.69% | 0.00% | 1.85% | 74.54% |
| 177 | Appalachian | 74.36% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 74.36% |
| 178 | New England | 73.29% | 0.00% | 0.98% | 74.27% |
| 179 | Widener (PA) | 74.23% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 74.23% |
| 180 | Florida A&M | 69.61% | 0.00% | 3.92% | 73.53% |
| 181 | North Texas | 73.12% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 73.12% |
| 182 | Mitchell | Hamline | 71.98% | 0.00% | 0.26% | 72.24% |
| 183 | Capital | 71.53% | 0.00% | 0.69% | 72.22% |
| 184 | CUNY | 71.83% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 71.83% |
| 185 | Lincoln Memorial | 71.29% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 71.29% |
| 186 | Nova | 69.63% | 0.52% | 0.52% | 70.68% |
| 187 | Cooley | 67.74% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 67.74% |
| 188 | NC Central | 64.67% | 0.00% | 2.00% | 66.67% |
| 189 | John Marshall (GA) | 57.83% | 0.00% | 1.20% | 59.04% |
| 190 | Puerto Rico | 54.62% | 0.00% | 1.54% | 56.15% |
| 191 | Southern | 54.02% | 0.38% | 0.77% | 55.17% |
| 192 | Inter-American (PR) | 49.63% | 0.00% | 1.48% | 51.11% |
| 193 | Texas Southern | 50.82% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 50.82% |
| 194 | Pontifical Cath. (PR) | 37.17% | 0.00% | 0.88% | 38.05% |
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