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Employment Rates At The Top 20 Law Schools

2015 Ranking	School	Enrollment	2014 Employed 9 Months After Graduation	2015 Employed 9 Months After Graduation	Difference	Private – Median Starting Salary	Public – Median Starting Salary
8	University of Virginia	1048	96.0%	97.3%	1.3%	$160,000	$53,000
4	Columbia University	1248	95.4%	97.0%	1.6%	$160,000	$50,000
7	University of Pennsylvania	786	91.2%	97.0%	5.8%	$160,000	$60,000
4	University of Chicago	612	95.1%	96.7%	1.6%	$160,000	$57,000
2	Stanford University	574	95.8%	96.1%	0.3%	$160,000	$62,459
6	New York University	1418	93.8%	95.9%	2.1%	$160,000	$51,650
2	Harvard University	1741	93.7%	94.1%	0.4%	$160,000	$58,000
1	Yale University	625	91.2%	91.4%	0.2%	$160,000	$61,036
20	George Washington University	1287	88.0%	91.0%	3.0%	$160,000	$60,000
9	University of California-Berkeley	854	82.6%	88.1%	5.5%	$160,000	$60,000
10	Duke University	629	87.4%	87.1%	-0.3%	$160,000	$55,000
10	University of Michigan	1055	85.8%	86.6%	0.8%	$160,000	$57,408
12	Northwestern University	763	84.7%	85.8%	1.1%	$160,000	$63,000
13	Cornell University	576	76.1%	85.8%	9.7%	$160,000	$60,742
13	Georgetown University	1695	71.1%	84.3%	13.2%	$160,000	$58,000
15	University of Texas-Austin	1046	76.7%	81.5%	4.8%	$160,000	$50,000
19	Emory University	811	76.0%	78.6%	2.6%	$100,000	$55,000
16	UCLA	975	64.8%	77.2%	12.4%	$160,000	$56,704
20	University of Minnesota	721	66.3%	75.2%	8.9%	$102,000	$49,000
18	Washington University (MO)	687	66.6%	75.0%	8.4%	$110,500	$55,067
16	Vanderbilt University	566	76.3%	74.5%	-1.8%	$130,000	$57,000
20	USC	602	69.6%	72.4%	2.8%	$160,000	$60,000

Source: U.S. News & World Report 2015 ranking of the best law schools