Graduates’ Employment Data

Graduates’ Employment Data - Class of 2024

On April 1, 2025Colorado Law reported post-graduation employment data for its class of 2024 to the American Bar Association (ABA). Below is a summary of the employment information for the class of 2024as of ten months after graduation, March 17, 2025.

You may view the class of 2024ABA Employment Summaryhere.

How Many Graduates from the Class of 2024Are Employed?

  • 93% (156/168) of 2024 graduates reported employment ten months after graduation (March 17, 2025)
  • 91% (153/168) of graduates reported a full-time, long-term (does not have a definite term of less than one year)job for which bar passage was required or a JD degree was an advantage.
  • 88% (148/168) of graduates reported a full-time, long-termjob for which bar passage was required,higher than any Colorado Law class from 2011-23, and nearly four percentage points higher than the next best class (which was class of 2023).
  • 92% (154/168) reported full time jobs. This represents 99% of employed graduates.
  • 92% (155/168) reported long-term jobs.This represents 99% of employed graduates.

Class of 2024graduates ten months after graduation

  • Employed = 156*
  • Pursuing additional degree = 1
  • Unemployed and seeking employment = 7
  • Unemployed and not seeking employment = 3
  • Unknown = 1

  • *Two of the 156 employed graduates are working for a local government agency in a position partially funded by Colorado Law.)

U.S. News Employment Statistics

On April 8, 2025U.S. News & World Report released its current law school rankings, which include employment statistics from the classes of 2022 and 2023.U.S. News gives maximum weight to those employed graduates with full-time jobs that last at least one year for which bar passage was required, or a JD degree was an advantage, and graduates pursing a post-JD degree.

Colorado Law U.S. News employment statisticsten months after graduation:

  • 91.7% (154/168) for the class of 2024
  • 90.6% for the class of 2023
  • 94.0% for the class of 2022
  • 86.5% for the class of 2021
  • 83.1% for the class of 2020
  • 85.9% for the class of 2019
  • 85.5% for the class of 2018

Employment Categories

  • 49%(77/156) of employed 2024 graduates are working inlaw firms. 100% of these graduates are working in full-time, long-term positions for which bar admission was required.
    • 47 of these 77 grads reported employment at a National Law Journal 500 law firm ten months after graduation, while 5additional grads will join an NLJ 500 firm after a judicial clerkship.
    • Together, these 52 graduates account for 33% of employed 2024 graduates, compared to 22% of employed 2023 graduates, 22% of employed 2022 graduates, 21%of employed 2021graduates,14% of employed 2020 graduates, and 22% of employed 2019 graduates.
  • 20%(31/156) of employed graduates are working forjudges.
    • Three of these graduates are in federal court clerkships in Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico. Nine of these graduates are in state appellate court clerkships in Colorado and Maine, and 19 are in state trial court clerkships in Colorado and Utah.
  • 16%(25/156) of employed graduates are working ingovernment.
  • 9%(14/156) of employed graduates are working inpublic interest.
  • 5%(8/156) of employed graduates are working inbusiness.
  • 1% (1/156) of employed graduates are working in education.

Salaries

  • 91% (142/156) of all employed graduates reported a salary to the CDO.
  • The median salary was $89,500and the mean was $114,718.
  • Twenty-five percent of the graduates reporting salaries earn $172,500 or more per year.
  • Twenty-five percent of the graduates reporting salaries earn $66,140 or less per year.

Employment Reports

ABA Disclosures

Per Interpretation 509-2 of , law schools may choose to publicize additional employment outcome data beyond what the Employment Protocols require. This additional data, per Standard 509, must be “complete, accurate, and not misleading to areasonable law school student or applicant.” Law schools are expected to use “due diligence in obtaining and verifying such information.” The additional employment outcome data on this page has not been, and will not be, audited by the ABA. It is meant to supplement the annual ABA Employment Summary Report, which reflects the employment status of members of each graduating class as of the annual Graduate Employment Status Date of March 15. Please reference the 3 years of employment outcome data posted on the ABA Required Disclosures webpage of each ABA-Approved Law School or at .