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2023 Most Popular Law Schools in Michigan

5 Colleges
$72,047 Avg Salary

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 Most Popular 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 5 schools in Michigan to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Law program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for law majors pursuing a .

Our analysis found Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School to be the most popular school for law students who want to pursue a degree in Michigan. 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 join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Law Schools in Michigan list. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a very large student population.

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#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Law Schools in Michigan list. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Detroit Mercy. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Law Schools in Michigan list. Detroit Mercy is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Detroit.

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#5

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wayne State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Law Schools in Michigan list. Wayne State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Detroit.

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State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 1,015
Illinois 1,700
Indiana 599
Wisconsin 463

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 5 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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