by our College Data Analytics TeamLegal Professions is a program of study at Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in legal professions, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Part-time graduates at WMU-Cooley Law School paid an average of $950 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,400 | $11,400 |
| Fees | $40 | $40 |
Looking for online learning options? Good news, you can take online classes in the legal professions master’s degree program at WMU-Cooley Law School. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the WMU-Cooley Law School Online Learning page.
About 60.0% of the students who received their Master’s in legal professions in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 59.2%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 40.0% of the legal professions master’s degrees at WMU-Cooley Law School in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 20%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 9 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
Legal Professions students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Legal Research | 20 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
