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Michigan State Law School
Also known as
- Michigan State Law School
- Michigan State University
- MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Michigan State Law School is a law school located in East Lansing, Michigan. The school was ranked 115 in 2025 by USNWR. Annual enrollment for Michigan State Law School is approximately 211.
Admissions website: https://www.law.msu.edu/admissions/index.html
Admissions email: admiss@law.msu.edu
Admissions phone: 517.432.6963
Michigan State Law School Key Statistics
| Previous year ABA 509 data | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentiles | 25 | 50 | 75 |
| LSAT | 157 | 159 | 161 |
| GPA | 3.25 | 3.55 | 3.77 |
| Miscellaneous | Count | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| # Applications | 1458 | 50 |
| # Admissions offers | 574 | - |
| Class size | 211 | 68 |
| % Accepted | 39.4% | 58 |
| % Yield | 35.4% | 76 |
During the 2025 application cycle, 1,458 people applied and 574 were offered admission.
Michigan State University has a 1L class size of 211, and yield of 35.37%. 203 out of 574 applicants who were offered admission accepted, meaning that 35.37% of the people who were offered admission ended up attending the school.
The 1L class at Michigan State University has a median LSAT of 160. The 25th percentile LSAT is 157 and the 75th percentile LSAT is 162.
The median GPA is 3.63. The 25th percentile GPA is 3.39 and the 75th percentile GPA is 3.86.
Michigan State Law School LSAT & GPA graph for 2023-2024
LSD has stats for 186 applicants for the 2023-2024 application cycle.
The graphs show applicant results plotted against GPA and LSAT. The dotted lines on the graphs represent the 25/50/75th percentiles reported by the school in their ABA 509 report from the previous year.
Each data point represents an LSD user that shared their application results for the benefit of future applicants.
Click on a data point to see that user's profile.
How much does Michigan State Law School cost per year?
*The following data belongs to previous years.
Cost of attending Michigan State Law School
In 2025, tuition was $45,984 and the annual cost of attending was $68,114 (tuition plus living expenses).
Cost of Attendance (CoA) is the estimated total amount you will have to spend every year to go to school. Unlike tuition, CoA includes expenses like rent, food, and insurance.
Michigan State Law School employment outcomes
JD graduates from Michigan State University make $89,000 (median) upon graduation if they work in the private sector. If they go into the public sector, a grad can expect to make $65,000.
54.5% of law graduates from Michigan State University go directly to work for law firms, while 7.8% clerk for a judge. 7.8% of graduates go into public interest.
72.8% of Michigan State University graduates pass the bar on their first try.
Some interesting facts about Michigan State Law School
The Michigan State University College of Law is an independent, private law school academically integrated with Michigan State University (MSU), one of the top universities in the world. MSU has one of the largest international student populations in the country, with more than 15 percent hailing from other countries.
The relationship with MSU means that MSU Law students get all the benefits of a small, student-centered law college, while also enjoying the resources of a distinguished Big Ten university. MSU Law students truly have the best of both worlds. This relationship also allows MSU Law international students to fully participate in an amazing assortment of extracurricular experiences, from cheering on the Spartan football team with 100,000 other fans on a Saturday afternoon, to seeing a Broadway show across the street from the Law College at the MSU Wharton Center, to joining any one of MSU’s 500+ student organizations.
MSU Law professors are gifted teachers and well-respected scholars. The Law College curriculum is rigorous and challenging, and the facility is equipped with the latest technology—all affirming MSU Law’s commitment to educating 21st-century lawyers. With a focus on technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship within the legal profession, MSU Law courses give students an advantage in the modern legal marketplace.
Though researching and publishing on critical legal issues, MSU Law professors maintain a focus on teaching. These distinguished professors make a point of being accessible to their students, and provide mentoring and personal attention to those they teach.
Accessibility and community don’t just happen in the classroom at MSU Law. The college hosts regular lunches and events for international students, including a special Thanksgiving feast, weekly lunches, and unique academic support programs. The LLM and MJ Student Association offers its own wide range of programming, from socials off-campus to panel discussions about current events.
Benefits of attending MSU Law continue after graduation, as our graduates join a global network of more than 500,000 alumni. Around the globe, across the nation, throughout Michigan, or on campus, the MSU Law community supports you as you make your mark on the world. Our alumni are doing just that. Whether judges at the bench in Turkey and the Philippines, intellectual property specialists in Brazil or China, transactional attorneys in Indonesia or Japan, or law professors in Poland and Iraqi Kurdistan, our graduates are making an impact.