Michigan State University College of Law Stats

Affiliated with Michigan State University, the College of Law is a private school located in the college town of East Lansing, Mich.

By the Numbers

Established: 1891
Number of Students: 955

Student Body Demographics:
Minority: 11.1%
African-American: 4.1%
American Indian: 1.3%
Asian-American: 3.5%
Mexican-American: 2.3%
International: 5.4%

Men: 60.7%
Women: 39.3%

Number of Professors: 44
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 18.2 to 1

Tuition: $31,752
Number of Applicants: 1,999
Number of Acceptances: 1,109
Yield: 42%

% graduates entering different occupations 2007:
Government: 13.8%
Public Interest: 3.6%
Judicial Clerks: 5.8%
Academia: 2.5%
Law Firms: 47.5%
Business/Industry: 26.1%

Bar Passage Rate: 89%

Contact

Michigan State University College of Law
230 Law College Building
East Lansing, MI 48824-1300
Admissions phone: (517) 432-0222
Application request line: (517) 432-0222
Admissions fax: (517) 432-0098
Admissions e-mail: law@law.msu.edu

Academics

Specialized programs: Alternative Dispute Resolution Program; Indigenous Law Program; Intellectual Property & Communications Law Program

Special institutes or centers: Fieger Trial Practice Institute; Institute for Trade in the Americas

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