Law School Enrollment by Gender

In 2025, total 39,681 first year students have enrolled in ABA accredited law schools. It is 1,792 more students than last year, an increase of 4.73% from 2024.

Of the 39,681 first year law students, 14,808 students enrolled in public and 24,873 enrolled in private law schools.
By gender, there are 16,669 men, 22,260 women, and 392 first year students of other genders.
By attending status, 35,778 students enrolled as full-time status and 16,669 enrolled as par-time status.
1,115 students pre-admitted by conditional program such as early assurance or pre-enrollment program.

The following table lists all ABA accredited law schools with first year students information. You can sort the table by a column by clicking/touching the column title.

First-Year Law School Students Population
School	First Year Students Total	Pre-admitted	Full-time			Part-time
School	First Year Students Total	Pre-admitted	Men	Women	Other	Men	Women	Other
University of Akron School of Law PublicAkron, OH	203	2	79	82	0	15	20	0
The University of Alabama School of Law PublicTuscaloosa, AL	140	3	72	61	2	0	0	0
Albany Law School PrivateAlbany, NY	237	1	110	116	7	0	4	0
Washington College of Law PrivateWashington, DC	405	5	104	244	4	16	35	0
Appalachian School of Law PrivateGrundy, VA	92	4	38	51	2	0	0	0
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law PublicPhoenix, AZ	266	2	127	135	2	0	0	0
James E. Rogers College of Law PublicTucson, AZ	110	1	41	63	2	0	0	0
University of Arkansas School of Law PublicFayetteville, AR	135	0	55	79	0	0	0	0
William H. Bowen School of Law PublicLittle Rock, AR	154	2	61	55	1	20	17	0
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School PrivateAtlanta, GA	138	3	26	67	0	18	26	0
Ave Maria School of Law PrivateNaples, FL	165	1	96	69	0	0	0	0
University of Baltimore School of Law PublicBaltimore, MD	248	2	78	104	3	29	33	0
Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law PrivateOrlando, FL	258	1	106	125	0	8	18	0
Baylor Law School PrivateWaco, TX	165	0	89	75	1	0	0	0
Belmont University College of Law PrivateNashville, TN	136	0	40	95	0	0	0	0
Boston College Law School PrivateNewton, MA	219	3	107	112	0	0	0	0
Boston University School of Law PrivateBoston, MA	238	4	113	119	5	0	0	0
J. Reuben Clark Law School PrivateProvo, UT	122	2	66	56	0	0	0	0
Brooklyn Law School PrivateBrooklyn, NY	414	0	152	218	6	10	21	1
California Western School of Law PrivateSan Diego, CA	242	0	90	113	2	12	24	0
Berkeley School of Law PublicBerkeley, CA	374	26	113	232	20	0	0	0
Davis School of Law PublicDavis, CA	209	4	84	120	5	0	0	0
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco PublicSan Francisco, CA	380	6	139	237	4	0	0	0
Irvine School of Law PublicIrvine, CA	189	1	75	70	11	0	0	0
Los Angeles School of Law PublicLos Angeles, CA	328	6	160	152	11	0	0	0
Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law PrivateRaleigh, NC	202	3	84	117	0	0	0	0
Capital University Law School PrivateColumbus, OH	180	2	64	79	0	15	22	0
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law PrivateNew York, NY	326	7	126	194	0	0	0	0
Case Western Reserve University School of Law PrivateCleveland, OH	180	2	53	88	1	10	23	0
Columbus School of Law PrivateWashington, DC	182	3	63	74	0	22	21	0
Chapman University School of Law PrivateOrange, CA	153	1	71	80	1	0	0	0
Charleston School of Law PrivateCharleston, SC	241	2	90	151	0	0	0	0
University of Chicago Law School PrivateChicago, IL	203	12	103	95	3	0	0	0
Chicago-Kent College of Law PrivateChicago, IL	245	1	83	124	7	16	11	1
University of Cincinnati College of Law PublicCincinnati, OH	139	4	51	86	2	0	0	0
City University of New York School of Law PublicLong Island City, NY	219	7	39	84	22	20	30	1
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law PublicCleveland, OH	195	0	51	66	1	31	44	0
University of Colorado Boulder School of Law PublicBoulder, CO	199	6	73	115	1	0	0	0
Columbia Law School PrivateNew York, NY	444	32	200	238	4	0	0	0
University of Connecticut School of Law PublicHartford, CT	151	2	52	72	1	13	12	0
Cornell Law School PrivateIthaca, NY	217	7	104	110	0	0	0	0
Creighton University School of Law PrivateOmaha, NE	162	2	75	87	0	0	0	0
University of Dayton School of Law PrivateDayton, OH	168	1	41	46	1	38	40	0
Sturm College of Law PrivateDenver, CO	285	2	78	150	4	22	29	0
DePaul University College of Law PrivateChicago, IL	186	1	74	82	0	14	15	0
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law PrivateDetroit, MI	247	0	108	128	2	3	5	0
David A. Clarke School of Law PublicWashington, DC	83	1	16	35	0	13	19	0
Drake University Law School PrivateDes Moines, IA	141	0	62	77	1	0	0	0
Drexel University School of Law PrivatePhiladelphia, PA	181	4	80	97	3	0	0	0
Duke University School of Law PrivateDurham, NC	227	5	107	115	5	0	0	0
Duquesne Kline School of Law PrivatePittsburgh, PA	184	1	73	78	2	17	14	1
Elon University School of Law PrivateGreensboro, NC	228	0	68	113	1	10	36	0
Emory University School of Law PrivateAtlanta, GA	391	0	168	211	10	0	0	0
Thomas Goode Jones School of Law PrivateMontgomery, AL	167	0	82	85	0	0	0	0
Florida A&M University College of Law PublicOrlando, FL	177	0	53	96	1	6	21	0
Florida International University College of Law PublicMiami, FL	175	0	65	75	2	11	21	0
Florida State University College of Law PublicTallahassee, FL	153	0	70	83	0	0	0	0
Levin College of Law PublicGainesville, FL	229	1	122	104	2	0	0	0
Fordham University School of Law PrivateNew York, NY	444	11	166	201	2	40	29	0
George Mason University School of Law PublicArlington, VA	159	0	70	59	2	16	11	0
The George Washington University Law School PrivateWashington, DC	612	17	254	310	0	23	13	0
Georgetown University Law Center PrivateWashington, DC	672	43	225	356	7	38	39	1
Georgia State University College of Law PublicAtlanta, GA	237	0	71	111	2	20	31	2
University of Georgia School of Law PublicAthens, GA	186	0	81	104	0	0	0	0
Golden Gate University-San Francisco School of Law PrivateSan Francisco, CA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gonzaga University School of Law PrivateSpokane, MA	203	2	95	108	0	0	0	0
Harvard Law School PrivateCambridge, MA	579	96	262	310	4	0	0	0
William S. Richardson School of Law PublicHonolulu, HI	140	2	29	58	0	23	28	1
Hofstra University School of Law PrivateHempstead, NY	263	3	130	126	0	2	5	0
University of Houston Law Center PublicHouston, TX	249	3	96	123	0	13	17	0
Howard University School of Law PrivateWashington, DC	176	4	48	121	7	0	0	0
University of Idaho College of Law PublicMoscow, ID	197	3	107	89	0	0	0	0
University of Illinois College of Law PublicChampaign, IL	188	0	87	91	5	0	0	0
Maurer School of Law PublicBloomington, IN	186	0	88	95	1	0	0	0
Robert H. McKinney School of Law PublicIndianapolis, IN	280	7	88	109	0	29	48	0
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law PrivateSan Juan, PR	205	0	43	75	0	38	49	0
University of Iowa College of Law PublicIowa City, IA	159	3	79	69	1	0	0	0
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law PublicChicago, IL	379	7	115	181	2	22	54	1
University of Kansas School of Law PublicLawrence, KS	122	7	46	75	0	0	0	0
University of Kentucky College of Law PublicLexington, KY	147	4	71	75	1	0	0	0
Lewis & Clark Law School PrivatePortland, OR	176	5	67	74	9	9	8	1
Liberty University School of Law PrivateLynchburg, VA	141	1	80	61	0	0	0	0
Duncan School of Law PrivateKnoxville, TN	163	0	37	70	0	17	37	0
Paul M. Hebert Law Center PublicBaton Rouge, LA	230	0	90	138	2	0	0	0
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law PublicLouisville, LA	145	0	70	75	0	0	0	0
Loyola Law School PrivateLos Angeles, CA	338	1	114	170	0	21	29	1
Loyola University Chicago School of Law PrivateChicago, IL	296	5	85	165	4	17	23	0
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law PrivateNew Orleans, LA	223	0	90	97	1	23	12	0
University of Maine School of Law PublicPortland, ME	104	11	36	63	4	0	0	0
Marquette University Law School PrivateMilwaukee, WI	218	0	93	123	0	1	1	0
University of Maryland School of Law PublicBaltimore, MD	229	0	79	126	1	11	10	0
McGeorge School of Law PrivateSacramento, CA	213	1	59	98	0	12	27	0
Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law PublicMemphis, TN	96	0	42	54	0	0	0	0
Mercer Law School PrivateMacon, GA	152	0	79	73	0	0	0	0
University of Miami School of Law PrivateCoral Gables, FL	313	7	128	181	3	0	0	0
Michigan State University College of Law PrivateEast Lansing, MI	150	0	73	71	4	0	0	0
University of Michigan Law School PublicAnn Arbor, MI	343	14	164	173	6	0	0	0
University of Minnesota Law School PublicMinneapolis, MN	228	3	103	114	10	0	0	0
Mississippi College School of Law PrivateJackson, MS	179	1	82	97	0	0	0	0
University of Mississippi School of Law PublicUniversity, MS	160	0	84	76	0	0	0	0
University of Missouri School of Law PublicColumbia, MO	129	4	55	72	1	0	0	0
University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law PublicKansas City, MO	143	1	73	67	2	0	0	0
Mitchell Hamline School of Law PrivateSt. Paul, MN	364	1	44	83	4	79	118	4
University of Montana School of Law PublicMissoula, MT	95	0	42	53	0	0	0	0
University of Nebraska - Lincoln College of Law PublicLincoln, NE	154	2	72	79	1	0	0	0
William S. Boyd School of Law PublicLas Vegas, NV	156	0	55	78	0	10	11	1
New England School of Law PrivateBoston, MA	451	5	114	235	3	42	53	0
University of New Hampshire School of Law PublicConcord, NH	248	3	76	77	0	52	37	0
University of New Mexico School of Law PublicAlbuquerque, NM	108	5	45	59	3	0	0	0
New York Law School PrivateNew York, NY	409	4	100	250	3	21	31	0
New York University School of Law PrivateNew York, NY	452	22	174	267	11	0	0	0
North Carolina Central University School of Law PublicDurham, NC	133	0	33	76	1	5	18	0
University of North Carolina School of Law PublicChapel Hill, NC	181	5	85	92	4	0	0	0
University of North Dakota School of Law PublicGrand Forks, ND	97	0	46	51	0	0	0	0
Northeastern University School of Law PrivateBoston, MA	283	3	57	173	1	23	25	0
Northern Illinois University College of Law PublicDeKalb, IL	134	1	61	73	0	0	0	0
Salmon P. Chase College of Law PublicHighland Heights, KY	155	5	46	82	0	11	16	0
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law PrivateChicago, IL	250	5	98	144	0	0	0	0
Notre Dame Law School PrivateNotre Dame, IL	185	3	88	97	0	0	0	0
Shepard Broad Law Center PrivateFort Lauderdale, FL	225	1	75	109	16	11	11	3
Claude W. Pettit College of Law PrivateAda, OH	129	0	44	41	0	18	25	0
Michael E. Moritz College of Law PublicColumbus, OH	159	1	74	80	5	0	0	0
Oklahoma City University School of Law PrivateOklahoma City, OK	160	4	76	84	0	0	0	0
University of Oklahoma College of Law PublicNorman, OK	200	3	109	91	0	0	0	0
University of Oregon School of Law PublicEugene, OR	186	1	92	94	0	0	0	0
Pace University School of Law PrivateWhite Plains, NY	324	1	93	149	0	23	53	0
Penn State Dickinson Law PublicCarlisle, PA	215	7	112	102	1	0	0	0
Penn State Law PublicUniversity Park, PA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
University of Pennsylvania Law School PrivatePhiladelphia, PA	265	11	105	125	5	0	0	0
Pepperdine University School of Law PrivateMalibu, CA	227	4	101	126	0	0	0	0
University of Pittsburgh Law School PublicPittsburgh, PA	155	0	73	78	4	0	0	0
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law PrivatePonce, PR	161	0	37	59	0	22	43	0
University of Puerto Rico School of Law PublicSan Juan, PR	122	0	32	61	0	12	17	0
Quinnipiac University School of Law PrivateHamden, CT	135	2	47	68	0	8	12	0
Regent University School of Law PrivateVirginia Beach, VA	127	1	59	64	0	2	2	0
University of Richmond School of Law PrivateUniversity of Richmond School of Law, VA	146	0	48	94	4	0	0	0
Roger Williams University School of Law PrivateBristol, RI	189	1	66	116	0	0	0	0
Rutgers Law School - Camden campus PublicCamden, NJ	489	7	159	231	9	38	45	2
Saint Louis University School of Law PrivateQueens, NY	222	1	96	102	1	13	10	0
Cumberland School of Law PrivateBirmingham, AL	170	2	79	91	0	0	0	0
University of San Diego School of Law PrivateSan Diego, CA	240	1	84	141	3	3	8	0
University of San Francisco School of Law PrivateSan Francisco, CA	201	3	32	87	0	0	1	0
Santa Clara University School of Law PrivateSanta Clara, CA	256	3	89	117	0	22	28	0
Seattle University School of Law PrivateSeattle, WA	209	0	61	80	7	16	41	1
Seton Hall University School of Law PrivateNewark, NJ	302	2	125	138	2	13	22	0
University of South Carolina School of Law PublicColumbia, SC	221	6	121	100	0	0	0	0
University of South Dakota School of Law PublicVermillion, SD	88	3	43	43	0	0	0	0
South Texas College of Law PrivateHouston, TX	437	0	160	182	1	40	54	0
Gould School of Law PrivateLos Angeles, CA	228	1	83	145	0	0	0	0
Southern Illinois University School of Law PublicCarbondale, IL	133	1	60	71	1	0	0	0
Dedman School of Law PrivateDallas, TX	254	0	139	114	1	0	0	0
Southern University Law Center PublicBaton Rouge, LA	300	3	75	164	0	11	50	0
Southwestern Law School PrivateLos Angeles, CA	459	1	162	217	1	23	52	1
St. John's University School of Law PrivateQueens, NY	241	3	112	123	0	2	1	0
St. Mary's University School of Law PrivateSan Antonio, TX	282	3	110	138	0	14	13	0
St. Thomas University School of Law PrivateMiami Gardens, FL	431	7	179	235	17	0	0	0
University of St. Thomas School of Law PrivateMinneapolis, MN	166	2	71	90	0	0	0	0
Stanford Law School PrivateStanford, CA	193	20	87	103	2	0	0	0
Stetson University College of Law PrivateGulfport, FL	336	3	122	147	1	27	35	0
Suffolk University Law School PrivateBoston, MA	544	3	136	309	0	37	47	0
Syracuse University College of Law PrivateSyracuse, NY	271	3	119	143	8	0	0	0
Beasley School of Law PublicPhiladelphia, PA	237	5	91	109	7	14	14	0
University of Tennessee College of Law PublicKnoxville, TN	140	1	52	81	1	0	0	0
Texas A&M University School of Law PublicFort Worth, TX	128	7	60	66	0	0	0	0
University of Texas School of Law PublicAustin, TX	373	12	193	180	0	0	0	0
Thurgood Marshall School of Law PublicHouston, TX	221	2	75	137	2	0	0	0
Texas Tech University School of Law PublicLubbock, TX	168	0	84	84	0	0	0	0
University of Toledo College of Law PublicToledo, OH	125	0	50	62	3	4	7	0
Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center PrivateCentral Islip, NY	223	1	87	62	1	34	36	0
Tulane University School of Law PrivateNew Orleans, LA	241	1	103	120	6	0	0	0
University of Tulsa College of Law PrivateTulsa, OK	118	0	60	57	1	0	0	0
University at Buffalo Law School PublicBuffalo, NY	167	4	72	90	5	0	0	0
University of Massachusetts School of Law PublicNorth Dartmouth, MA	141	1	36	78	2	13	8	0
UNT Dallas College of Law PublicDallas, TX	130	3	36	50	0	19	25	0
S.J. Quinney College of Law PublicSalt Lake City, UT	107	1	40	65	2	0	0	0
Vanderbilt University Law School PrivateNashville, TN	172	2	76	96	0	0	0	0
Vermont Law School PrivateSouth Royalton, VT	290	1	43	81	0	56	98	0
Villanova University School of Law PrivateVillanova, PA	232	1	97	133	0	0	0	0
University of Virginia School of Law PublicCharlottesville, VA	309	7	137	169	0	0	0	0
Wake Forest University School of Law PrivateWinston-Salem, NC	204	3	101	101	1	0	0	0
Washburn University School of Law PublicTopeka, KS	137	1	68	65	1	0	0	0
Washington and Lee University School of Law PrivateLexington, VA	131	3	68	62	0	0	0	0
Washington University School of Law PrivateSt. Louis, MO	261	3	145	106	8	0	0	0
University of Washington School of Law PublicSeattle, WA	207	5	69	131	0	0	0	0
Wayne State University Law School PublicDetroit, MI	129	1	57	63	0	5	4	0
West Virginia University College of Law PublicMorgantown, WV	114	0	55	58	1	0	0	0
Cooley Law School PrivateLansing, MI	237	0	58	89	0	39	51	0
Western New England University School of Law PrivateSpringfield, MA	115	3	33	42	0	11	24	0
Western State College of Law PrivateIrvine, CA	117	4	42	54	0	9	12	0
Widener Law Commonwealth PrivateHarrisburg, PA	159	3	56	67	0	16	17	1
Willamette University College of Law PrivateSalem, OR	139	0	66	67	4	0	0	0
Marshall-Wythe School of Law PublicWilliamsburg, VA	184	3	82	98	1	0	0	0
University of Wisconsin Law School PublicMadison, MI	224	4	105	119	0	0	0	0
University of Wyoming College of Law PublicLaramie, WY	74	3	35	38	0	0	0	0
Yale Law School PrivateNew Haven, CT	204	29	96	105	3	0	0	0
Jacksonville University College of Law PrivateJacksonville, FL	70	3	30	40	0	0	0	0
Widener Law Delaware PrivateWilmington, DE	277	1	114	114	3	15	28	2
Wilmington University School of Law PrivateNew Castle, DE	75	2	21	15	0	11	26	1

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