Michigan State University College of Law Enrollments and Faculty Statistics

Class Size and Student Population

There are 643 students enrolled in Michigan State University College of Law - 639 JD and 4 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 81 compared to last year.

First-year Enrollment

In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 211 students newly enrolled to the law school - 100 men and 109 women. Michigan State University College of Law has similar number of students as other law schools' average 714.
ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
2024 Admission 1,458 574 203 8 211
TotalMenWomenOther
2020208 107 101 0
2021238 109 129 0
2022235 121 112 2
2023210 97 112 1
2024211 100 109 2

Total Law Student Population

In the academic year 2023-2024, 643 students enrolled, of which 639 are J.D. students and 4 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 99.38% at Michigan State University College of Law.
You can compare Michigan State University College of Law with law schools that have similar student population between 500 and 700
The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at Michigan State University College of Law.
TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
2020798698100
2021738632106
2022768665103
202372463589
20246436394

Diversity of Student Population

For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Michigan State University College of Law is 67.98%. The percentage of African-american students is 10.34% with 21 students and the percentage of Asian students is 2.46% with 5 students.
The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Michigan State University College of Law.
TotalMenWomen
American Indian / Alaska Native4
(1.97%)
31
African-American / Black21
(10.34%)
1011
Asian5
(2.46%)
32
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
Hispanic22
(10.84%)
814
White138
(67.98%)
6671
Two or More12
(5.91%)
66
Race Unknown3
(1.48%)
03
Nonresident Aliens4
(1.97%)
13

2024 Faculties & Staffs

128 faculties and 5 law librarians work for Michigan State University College of Law. With the 643 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 6 to 1.

Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
Michigan State University College of Law12856 to 1
All Law Schools14276 to 1
Public12776 to 1
Private15376 to 1
Michigan Law Schools13686 to 1
Public161106 to 1
Private11076 to 1

Faculty by Gender and Job Type

By gender, there are 74 men (57.81%) and 52 women (40.63%) faculties teaching/advising students at MSU Law. By employment status, 48 full-time and 78 part-time faculties work for the school.
202220232024
Total107114128
Full-time505148
Men262624
Women242524
Other000
Part-time576378
Men364050
Women212328
Other000

Law School Librarians

Other than teaching faculties, 5 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Michigan State University College of Law.
202220232024
Librarians655
Full-time655
Part-time000