by our College Data Analytics TeamLegal Research is a major offered under the legal professions program of study at Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in legal research, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at WMU-Cooley Law School paid an average of $0 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,400 | $11,400 |
| Fees | $40 | $40 |
If you’re one of the many students who want the flexibility of distance learning courses, you’ll be happy to hear that WMU-Cooley Law School offers online option in its legal research master’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the WMU-Cooley Law School Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their master’s degree in legal research in 2019-2020, 60.0% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 57.8%.
Around 40.0% of legal research master’s degree recipients at WMU-Cooley Law School in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 17%.
| 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 Research students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
*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.
