Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 472 students enrolled in Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School - 431 JD and 41 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 103 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 146 students newly enrolled to the law school - 64 men and 82 women. By enrolled status, 57 students enrolled as full-time and 64 students enrolled as part-time. Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School is smaller than other law schools compared to their average number of students 714.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2024 Admission 1,207 557 146 0 146
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2020Total 541 216 324 1
    Full-time 37 23 14 0
    Part-time 504 193 310 1
    2021Total 292 108 184 0
    Full-time 26 13 13 0
    Part-time 266 95 171 0
    2022Total 272 124 148 0
    Full-time 63 29 34 0
    Part-time 209 95 114 0
    2023Total 191 83 108 0
    Full-time 30 12 18 0
    Part-time 161 71 90 0
    2024Total 146 64 82 0
    Full-time 57 26 31 0
    Part-time 89 38 51 0
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2023-2024, 472 students enrolled, of which 431 are J.D. students and 41 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 91.31% at Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School.
    You can compare Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School with law schools that have similar student population between 300 and 500
    The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    20201,2281,15672
    202199392667
    202270665551
    202357552946
    202447243141
    Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School is 72.60%. The percentage of African-american students is 15.07% with 22 students and the percentage of Asian students is 4.11% with 6 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native2
    (1.37%)    		 11
    African-American / Black22
    (15.07%)    		 418
    Asian6
    (4.11%)    		 24
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
    Hispanic8
    (5.48%)    		 44
    White106
    (72.60%)    		 5353
    Two or More35
    (23.97%)    		 1520
    Race Unknown7
    (4.79%)    		 43
    Nonresident Aliens5
    (3.42%)    		 05
    Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    115 faculties and 9 law librarians work for Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School. With the 472 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 5 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School11595 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15376 to 1
    Michigan Law Schools13686 to 1
    Public161106 to 1
    Private11076 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 70 men (60.87%) and 45 women (39.13%) faculties teaching/advising students at WMU Law. By employment status, 36 full-time and 79 part-time faculties work for the school.
    202220232024
    Total176141115
    Full-time544136
    Men261716
    Women282420
    Other000
    Part-time12210079
    Men796154
    Women433925
    Other000

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 9 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School.
    202220232024
    Librarians1579
    Full-time1167
    Part-time412
    Articles to Prepare for Law School Admission