Thomas M Cooley Law School

Director of admissions

Stephanie Gregg

Application deadline

08/30

Full-time program application fee

$0

Part-time program application fee

$0

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

winter/spring, summer

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

6,094

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

3,736

Overall acceptance rate

Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled

1,533

Number of full-time program applicants

5,241

Number of full-time program acceptances

2,825

Full-time acceptance rate

53.9%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

297

Number of part-time program applicants

N/A

Number of part-time program acceptances

N/A

Part-time acceptance rate

N/A

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

N/A

25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students

2.76-3.33

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students

146-153

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students

2.6-3.33

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students

143-148

State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar

MI

School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers

80.5%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

86.1%

Total graduates

758

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$40,000

Median private sector starting salary

$50,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$65,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

70%

Median public service starting salary

$42,000

Percent employed in academia

4.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

18.0%

Percent employed in government

13.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

4.0%

Percent employed in law firms

52.0%

Percent employed in public interest

6.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

3.0%

Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge

N/A

Graduates employed in-state

32%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

42

New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)

N/A

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

N/A

East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)

N/A

West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)

N/A

South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)

N/A

East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)

N/A

West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)

N/A

Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)

N/A

Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)

N/A

Employment location unknown

13.0%

Career services operations: The Career and Professional Development Office helps students/alumni with workshops, resume reviews, and practice interviews. Employers from across the US recruit through on-campus interviews and direct submissions. Cooley Classifieds provide current postings; Cooley Volunteer Corps coordinates pro bono work. Faculty members supervise portfolio projects helping students focus their career efforts.

Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)

58.5%

J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)

9.8%

Professional/other (jobs that require professional skills or training but for which a J.D. is neither preferred nor particularly applicable; e.g., accountant, teacher, business manager, nurse)

7.6%

Nonprofessional/other (job that does not require any professional skills or training or is taken on a temporary basis and not viewed as part of a career path)

1.6%