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Lansing, Michigan

Thomas M. Cooley Law School

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1975
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time and Part-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
147
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.09
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$1,580 / credit
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
237
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
58.7%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
51.5%
2025 graduates

Latest verified values from ABA required disclosures. Each dataset describes a different class, as labelled. The job share is PreLaw Advisor’s arithmetic (full-time, long-term bar-passage-required positions ÷ total graduates), not an ABA-published figure.

First-time bar passage — 2022 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2023 report)
Covers
Report year 2023
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
36%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
71.4%
Difference
-35.36 pts
First-time takers
250
90 passed

The weighted jurisdiction rate is the average first-time pass rate in the jurisdictions where this school’s graduates tested, weighted by the number of takers. It gives context for the school’s own rate.

First-time results by jurisdiction
JurisdictionTakersPassersSchool %Jurisdiction %Difference
Florida832530.1%63.8%-33.68
Michigan804556.3%74.3%-18.09
25 Remaining Jurisdictions601423.3%75.1%-51.76
Illinois17423.5%75%-51.48
Texas10220%75.3%-55.31

Ultimate bar passage — 2020 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2023 report)
Covers
Report year 2023
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
61%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
329
Takers
300
Passers
183

Ultimate passage counts graduates who passed any bar exam within two years of graduating. It is a different measure from first-time passage and covers an earlier graduating class.

First-time passage history

First-time pass rate by graduating class
Graduating classSchoolJurisdictions
202551.5%74.3%
202451.5%74.1%
202337.3%67.4%
202236%71.4%