text: But since as many as 30 percent to 40 percent of the graduates at schools like CUNY go into small or solo practices within a few years of graduating , the deans argue , it seems folly not to teach them how to stay afloat financially and take on low-income clients at the same time .
  
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  CUNY itself has a rate of 39.85 % of its graduates continuing into small practices , followed by 29.05 % moving into different career fields , 1.05 % making 100k their first year , and 30 % dropping out of the workforce to care for family and personal needs .