Cooley Law School is a private law school in Michigan. In the most recent ABA Standard 509 cycle it reported a 51.54% first-time bar passage rate (state average 74.1%). 74.1% of graduates landed full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs, and 0.7% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. Resident tuition is $45,820 per year; a median grant of $13,746 brings median net tuition to about $32,074. The median LSAT is 147 with a 52.9% acceptance rate.
No placements reported (0%): BigLaw 251–500. These shares count where every employed graduate landed, by sector and firm size, across all job types; they can total more than the full-time long-term (FTLT) employment headline, which counts only the stricter full-time, long-term, JD-required or JD-advantage subset.
Bar passage · first-time
This school51.54%
State avg74.1%
first-time -22.6 pts vs state · 2-yr ultimate 57.47% · class of 2025 first-time 51.45% (reported early 2026) · Different cohort than the admissions class above.
Admissions · 25 / 50 / 75
LSATmedian 147
145151
uGPAmedian 3.09
2.673.45
Applications → offers → enrolled
Applied1,323
Offered700
Enrolled 1L237
Offer rate 53% · yield 34%.
Grant distribution
No grant 43.1%Under half 42.7%Half to full 12.9%Full 1.3%
Demographics
Women 59%Men 41%
White
275
Black
66
Hispanic
20
Asian
8
Two or more
76
Other / unreported
31
Cost detail
Resident tuition
$45,820
Non-resident
$45,820
Mandatory fees
—
Living estimate
$29,972
Median grant
$13,746
Grant 25 / 75
$9,279 / $23,463
Cond. schol. loss
—
Faculty & market
Total faculty
78
Full-time faculty
26
Faculty of color
22
Total JD enrollment
476
Graduates
143
Mean attorney salary · state
$133,570
Trajectory since 2011
LSAT · 25-75 band
Middle-50% LSAT band by entering class.
uGPA · 25-75 band
Middle-50% uGPA band by entering class.
First-time bar passage
First-time bar passage rate by year.
Full-time resident tuition
Sticker resident tuition by year.
Total JD enrollment
Total JD enrollment by year.
Admissions
LSAT (25 / 50 / 75)
145 / 147 / 151
uGPA (25 / 50 / 75)
2.67 / 3.09 / 3.45
Acceptance rate
52.9%
Applications received
1,323
Offers extended
700
1L enrollment
237
Total JD enrollment
476
GRE-only takers
0
1L attrition (academic / other)
18 / 7
Transfers in / out
2 / 1
Cost & scholarships
Resident tuition
$45,820
Non-resident tuition
$45,820
Mandatory fees
—
Living-expense estimate
$29,972
Median grant
$13,746
Grant 25 / 75 percentile
$9,279 / $23,463
No-grant share
43.1%
< half-tuition grants
42.7%
Half-to-full grants
12.9%
Full-tuition grants
1.3%
Above-full grants (stipend)
0.0%
Conditional-scholarship loss rate
—
Part-time JD
Part-time 1L enrollment
90
PT LSAT (25 / 50 / 75)
146 / 148 / 152
PT uGPA (25 / 50 / 75)
2.64 / 2.94 / 3.38
Part-time tuition
$1,580 per credit
Part-time JD figures, most recent ABA 509 cycle. Tuition is reported per credit; annual cost depends on the part-time load taken.
Bar passage
First-Time Bar (2024 cohort)
51.54%
Two-Year Ultimate Bar
57.47%
State average (same exam)
74.1%
Difference vs. state
-22.6 pts
Different cohorts: first-time bar passage reflects graduates who entered law school about three years before the current admissions class shown above. Read the two as separate snapshots, not a single pipeline.
What is the first-time bar passage rate at Cooley Law School?
Cooley Law School reported a 51.54% first-time bar passage rate in the most recent ABA Standard 509 disclosure, versus a 74.1% state average.
How much does Cooley Law School cost?
Resident tuition at Cooley Law School is $45,820 per year (about $137,460 over three years). The median grant is $13,746, bringing median net tuition to roughly $32,074 per year.
What LSAT and GPA do you need for Cooley Law School?
The median (50th-percentile) LSAT at Cooley Law School is 147 and the median GPA is 3.09; the acceptance rate is 52.9%.
What are the job outcomes at Cooley Law School?
74.1% of Cooley Law School graduates held full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs about ten months after graduation. 0.7% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. 8.4% were still seeking employment.
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Data from the ABA Standard 509 disclosures, self-reported by law schools and not guaranteed (raw data may have errors or omissions). State attorney-salary context: U.S. BLS OEWS 2024 (SOC 23-1011); cost-of-living: U.S. BEA Regional Price Parities. How the data is sourced & validated: Methodology. Unfamiliar with a term (FTLT, net tuition, bimodal)? Glossary. Copyright basis & permitted use: Terms.