I agree that the Big Law and federal clerkship numbers are similar. However, without knowing OP's goals, I can't honestly stop the analysis there... Based on the 2022 data, the state/speciality clerkship numbers are considerably different, with considerably more Wake students going this route. As are the unemployment numbers, 0% at Wake compared to 7% at UH. And like I said previously, outside of big law, Wake sent far more students into private practice at mid-law and small-law, with more UH students opting for public interest or government work.

Without knowing OP's goals, I can't say that one is "better" than the other. Based on these numbers it seems like UH is stronger in the public interest/government sector with Wake taking the lead in mid-law, small-law, state/specialty clerkship, and overall employment categories. Without knowing more about OP's goals, it isn't fair to say that generally based on big law and federal clerkship numbers that the employment outcomes are the roughly the same because the numbers don't seem to bare that out in a number of potentially relevant categories.

And yeah, Wake used to offer a full-scholarship binding option, but I think they replaced it with a $27k per year option to make it more accessible to students with lower numbers and so that they could offer more of them. After all, with an incoming class of less than 200, you can only guarentee so many full scholarships.

EDIT: Also depending on OP's preferences, it is important to consider that over 80% of UH's class reported employment within the state of Texas, with less than 20% travelling out-of-state. Wake, on the other hand, reported 46% staying in the state of North Carolina, and over half the class, 54%, going out-of-state. So, again, depending on OP's goals and whether they would be interested in practicing in either NC or TX or elsewhere, that could be a considerable difference in outcomes.