Thomas M Cooley Law School
Lansing, Michigan · Also known as Thomas M. Cooley Law School · Website
$63,450
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$63,450
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Thomas M Cooley Law School is a private nonprofit 4-year college in Lansing, Michigan. Former students earn a median $63,450 a year 10 years after they started.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
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A year, after grants
Tuition and fees
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Admission rate
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Completion rate
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Median debt
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Earnings at 10 years
$63,450
Rank 588 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Admission and students
- Graduate students
- 420
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Programs
- 3
- Endowment
- $13.8M
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 588 of 5,094 US colleges and 10 of 145 in Michigan (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | MI median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | - | $17,194 | $22,320 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | - | $15,221 | $31,170 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 81% | 74% | 78% |
| Completion rate | - | 59% | 57% | 58% |
| Retention rate | - | 70% | 77% | 75% |
| Median debt | - | $13,000 | $24,287 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | - | $32,840 | $44,392 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $63,450 | $36,115 | $52,928 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US private nonprofit 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid.
Programs
3 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LawProfessional | Professional | 187 | $202,668 | $45,431 | $74,147 | $107,773 |
| Legal Research and Advanced Professional StudiesOnlineMaster's | Master's | 15 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Legal Research and Advanced Professional StudiesProfessional | Professional | - | $199,224 | $76,326 | $89,975 | $106,836 |
In the area
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Questions and answers
How much do Thomas M Cooley Law School graduates earn?
$63,450 a year is the median pay of former Thomas M Cooley Law School students who work, 10 years after they started. That ranks 588 of 5,094 US colleges and 10 of 145 in Michigan. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (Professional) at $76,326.
What are the most popular majors at Thomas M Cooley Law School?
Law (187 professional graduates), Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (15 master's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 3 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.