Thomas M Cooley Law School
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 2 Title IV programs, 2 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing2 · 100.0%
- No Data0 · 0.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Higher Learning Commission
American Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Action history · 7
- Jan 2026Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
- Nov 2025Accreditation Reaffirmed: Probation RemovedAmerican Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Aug 2025Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: ProbationAmerican Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- May 2022Probation or Equivalent or More Severe Status: MonitoringAmerican Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- May 2020Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Show CauseAmerican Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, students received in Pell grants, alongside $18.9M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 430 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Thomas M Cooley Law School
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- Public property1
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Thomas M Cooley Law School vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Thomas M Cooley Law School selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectThomas M Cooley Law School | — | — | 420 | — | — |
Trinity Law School | — | — | 273 | — | — |
Roger Williams University School of Law | — | — | 484 | — | — |
California Western School of Law | — | — | 650 | — | — |
Albany Law School | — | — | 670 | — | — |
Community Care College | — | — | 493 | $24,958 | Community College |
| Peer group median | — | — | 489 | $24,958 |
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