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.

	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Pre-Admitted	Total First year Enrollment
2024 Admission	1,207	557	146	0	146

		Total	Men	Women	Other
2020	Total	541	216	324	1
	Full-time	37	23	14	0
	Part-time	504	193	310	1
2021	Total	292	108	184	0
	Full-time	26	13	13	0
	Part-time	266	95	171	0
2022	Total	272	124	148	0
	Full-time	63	29	34	0
	Part-time	209	95	114	0
2023	Total	191	83	108	0
	Full-time	30	12	18	0
	Part-time	161	71	90	0
2024	Total	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.

	Total	JD Enrollment	Non-JD Enrollment
2020	1,228	1,156	72
2021	993	926	67
2022	706	655	51
2023	575	529	46
2024	472	431	41

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.

	Total	Men	Women
American Indian / Alaska Native	2 (1.37%)	1	1
African-American / Black	22 (15.07%)	4	18
Asian	6 (4.11%)	2	4
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	0	0	0
Hispanic	8 (5.48%)	4	4
White	106 (72.60%)	53	53
Two or More	35 (23.97%)	15	20
Race Unknown	7 (4.79%)	4	3
Nonresident Aliens	5 (3.42%)	0	5

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

	Faculties	Staffs	Students to Faculty
Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School	115	9	5 to 1
All Law Schools	142	7	6 to 1
Public	127	7	6 to 1
Private	153	7	6 to 1
Michigan Law Schools	136	8	6 to 1
Public	161	10	6 to 1
Private	110	7	6 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.

	2022	2023	2024
Total	176	141	115
Full-time	54	41	36
Men	26	17	16
Women	28	24	20
Other	0	0	0
Part-time	122	100	79
Men	79	61	54
Women	43	39	25
Other	0	0	0

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.