Thomas M. Cooley Law School

Stat's and Admissions

Ranking and Tier

Works Cited

• Tier 4 law school

• Their national rank is not published

• The average LSAT for incoming students is 145
• The Median GPA for incoming students is 2.97
• Tuition costs have risen throughout the last five years. This year, incoming students tuition has risen 9% annually and all other students have risen by 8%.
• Cooley's law school employment rates after graduation in law related careers is 63%

How does the tier system work?

• Tier 1 law schools are schools that are nationally ranked 1-50

• Tier 2 law schools are schools that are nationally ranked 51-100

Costs and Rates

• Tiers 3 & 4 law schools are not nationally ranked.

Costs and Rates

Specialty Areas

• The average tuition and fees at private law schools is about $58,000.

• Thomas M. Cooley School of Law claims that their specialty areas include:

• The tuition and fees at Cooley amounts to $61,124.

• Intellectual Property
• Taxation
• Corporate Law
• Insurance Law
• U.S. Legal Studies

Works Cited

"Law Students: What's Your Average Cost of Law School?" Access Group. N.p., 2013. Web. 23 Nov. 2013.

Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Thomas M. Cooley Law School. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Nov. 2013. <http://www.cooley.edu/>.

"Tuition and Cost of Attendence." N.p., n.d. Web. <"Tuition and Cost of Attendance." Cost of Attendance. Thomas M. Cooley School of Law, n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2013.>.

Establishment & Title

• Cooley was established in 1972
• Fully approved by the ABA (American Bar Association) in 1975
• The school's name Thomas M. Cooley Law School is named after Thomas McIntyre Cooley, who was a prominent jurist in the nineteenth century within Michigan.
• No recorded change in name

Scholarship Opportunity

How to get a scholarship?

• New Students can earn a scholarship based on their LSAT score or Cooley Admission Index
• If a student's scholarship is less than 50% it may increase through academic achievements

• Many opportunities available
• Based on high LSAT score, undergraduate GPA, or academic performance at Cooley
• It is possible for scholarships to cover up to 75% of your tuition at Cooley
• Scholarships stay with you as long as you're enrolled

Cost

• Per year for in-state students is the same as out of state students.
• Cost differences are found if you go to different campus throughout the United States.
• For the Ann Arbor campus for a freshman who is doing 15 credit hours both semesters will cost $63,772. This includes the $10,600 for room and board.
• For the first 30 credit hours cost per credit hour is 1,450. 31 and up credits is $1,375 per hour. (1)

Bar Rates

• Cooley Law school has a bar passage rate of for first timers is 167/276.
• 61% passed
• 39% failed (2)

Thomas M. Cooley Law School