South Texas College of Law Employment Statistics by Position, Term, and Location

Employment Summary and Comparison

For the 273 graduates from South Texas College of Law, 224 were hired including 214 full-time and 10 part-time positions. Among them, 202 students employed as long-term contract and 22 students employed as short-term contract.

182 graduates got a job where bar passage required and 26 got J.D. advantage (or J.D. preferred) jobs where it does not require passage of the bar exam. 6 graduates got professional positions.

Compared to all law schools in U.S., South Texas College of Law' rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 90.60%. Compared to law schools in Texas, its rate of employed is much lower than the average rate of 89.31%.

	Total Graduates	% of Employed	Total Employed	Full-time	Part-time
South Texas College of Law	Total Graduates	273	82.05%	224	214	10
All Law Schools	35,529	90.60%	32,188	31,164	1,024
Public	13,852	91.04%	12,611	12,223	388
Private	21,677	90.31%	19,577	18,941	636
Texas Law Schools	2,039	89.31%	1,821	1,780	41
Public	1,170	90.26%	1,056	1,035	21
Private	869	88.03%	765	745	20

Employment by General Category

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by general position categories and employed stats for 273 graduates. The category definition can be found at ABA's employment protocol

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	273
Bar Passage Required	182	66.67%	177	4	0	1
J.D. Advantage	26	9.52%	15	6	2	3
Professional Position	6	2.20%	5	1	0	0
Other	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0
Undeterminable	2	0.73%	2	0	0	0
Enrolled in Graduate Studies	5	1.83%
Start Date Deferred	2	0.73%
Unemployed - Not Seeking	4	1.47%
Unemployed - Seeking	31	11.36%
Employment Status Unknown	7	2.56%

Employment by Position Types

The below table summarizes the employment statistics by company and job position types for 273 graduates from South Texas College of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Employed	224	-	200	14	2	8
Law Firms	152	55.68%	143	6	0	3
Solo	6	2.68%	6	0	0	0
1-10	62	27.68%	56	3	0	3
11-25	24	10.71%	23	1	0	0
26-50	19	8.48%	17	2	0	0
51-100	19	8.48%	19	0	0	0
101-250	6	2.68%	6	0	0	0
251-500	2	0.89%	2	0	0	0
More than 500	14	6.25%	14	0	0	0
Unknown Size	0	-	0	0	0	0
Business and Industry	24	10.71%	21	1	2	0
Government	27	12.05%	25	2	0	0
Public Interest	5	2.23%	3	2	0	0
Clerkships - Federal	1	0.45%	1	0	0	0
Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial	2	0.89%	1	1	0	0
Clerkships - Tribal	0	-	0	0	0	0
Clerkships - International	0	-	0	0	0	0
Education	7	3.13%	2	1	0	4
Employer Type Unknown	6	2.68%	4	1	0	1

Employed at Law schools/Universities Funded Position

The below table summarizes the graduated who employed law school or its parent university funded position by term and working status atSouth Texas College of Law.

	Total	Percentage (%)	Full-time		Part-time
	Total	Percentage (%)	Long-term	Short-term	Long-term	Short-term
Total Graduates	224	-	200	14	2	8
Total Employed by Law School or University	8	2.93%	1	3	0	4
Bar Passage Required	1	0.37%	1	0	0	0
J.D. Advantage	7	2.56%	0	3	0	4
Professional Position	0	-	0	0	0	0
Other	0	-	0	0	0	0

Employed Location

The most graduates (210) are employed by law firms or companies in Texas, where the South Texas College of Law located. The following table shows the top three state that graduates got employed with number of employed.

	State	Number Employed	% of Employed
Largest Employment	Texas	210	93.75%
2^nd Largest Employment	Colorado	2	0.89%
3^rd Largest Employment	California	1	0.45%

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