2023 Best Value Law Schools in Michigan
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Law School for You
With 1,285 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, law is the #19 most popular major in Michigan.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Best Value Law Schools in Michigan ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Michigan to see which ones offered the best value programs for law students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Michigan Schools for Affordable Quality in Law
Our 2023 rankings named Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School the best value school in Michigan for law students. WMU-Cooley Law School is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lansing.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Law Schools in Michigan list. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a fairly large student population.
U-M undergraduate students pay an average of $17,193 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
U-M also took the #2 spot in our Best Law Schools in Michigan rankings.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Detroit Mercy. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Law Schools in Michigan list. Detroit Mercy is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Detroit.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Detroit Mercy are $30,154 a year.
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Out of the 4 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Wayne State is a very large public school located in the large city of Detroit.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wayne State are $15,199 per year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Ohio | 1,015 |
| Illinois | 1,700 |
| Indiana | 599 |
| Wisconsin | 463 |
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Law Related Majors for Law
Law is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Law
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Legal Support Services | 11,545 |
| Legal Research | 6,874 |
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies | 4,407 |
| Legal Professions (Other) | 2,013 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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