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University or college · Private nonprofit

Thomas M Cooley Law School

Lansing, MI35 online only

Thomas M Cooley Law School is a private nonprofit college in Lansing, MI, with about 416 students on campus. It enrolls graduate students only, and the College Scorecard’s price, graduation and earnings figures describe undergraduates, so most of them aren’t reported here.

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Students on campus
416
plus 35 studying only online
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$63,450
higher than at 88% of U.S. colleges
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
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within 6 years
Come back for year two
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full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$63,450
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
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Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

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Living in Lansing

8% of Lansing’s 113,884 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Lansing pages.

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Baker CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Owosso · mostly online
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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.