Columbia Law School Enrollments and Faculty Statistics

Class Size and Student Population

There are 1,748 students enrolled in Columbia Law School - 1,410 JD and 338 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 35 compared to last year.

First-year Enrollment

In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 415 students newly enrolled to the law school - 189 men and 205 women. Columbia Law School is much bigger than other law schools compared to their average number of students 714.
ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
2024 Admission 7,754 948 363 52 415
TotalMenWomenOther
2020412 216 196 0
2021364 193 169 2
2022479 240 230 9
2023398 193 200 5
2024401 189 205 7

Total Law Student Population

In the academic year 2023-2024, 1,748 students enrolled, of which 1,410 are J.D. students and 338 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 80.66% at Columbia Law School.
You can compare Columbia Law School with law schools that have similar student population over 1500
The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at Columbia Law School.
TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
20201,5711,244327
20211,5951,263332
20221,5201,293227
20231,7831,357426
20241,7481,410338

Diversity of Student Population

For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Columbia Law School is 45.73%. The percentage of African-american students is 11.57% with 42 students and the percentage of Asian students is 17.36% with 63 students.
The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Columbia Law School.
TotalMenWomen
American Indian / Alaska Native2
(0.55%)
10
African-American / Black42
(11.57%)
2121
Asian63
(17.36%)
2734
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
Hispanic48
(13.22%)
2621
White166
(45.73%)
7885
Two or More14
(3.86%)
59
Race Unknown9
(2.48%)
71
Nonresident Aliens59
(16.25%)
2829

2024 Faculties & Staffs

450 faculties and 20 law librarians work for Columbia Law School. With the 1,748 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 4 to 1.

Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
Columbia Law School450204 to 1
All Law Schools14276 to 1
Public12776 to 1
Private15376 to 1
New York Law Schools20896 to 1
Public10196 to 1
Private22496 to 1

Faculty by Gender and Job Type

By gender, there are 274 men (60.89%) and 175 women (38.89%) faculties teaching/advising students at Columbia University Law. In addition, 1 faculties are either gender-separated or unknown. By employment status, 142 full-time and 308 part-time faculties work for the school.
202220232024
Total367403450
Full-time118111142
Men726487
Women464754
Other001
Part-time249292308
Men143165187
Women106127121
Other000

Law School Librarians

Other than teaching faculties, 20 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Columbia Law School.
202220232024
Librarians192020
Full-time191919
Part-time011