Sturm College of Law Enrollments and Faculty Statistics

Class Size and Student Population

There are 920 students enrolled in Sturm College of Law - 838 JD and 82 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 35 compared to last year.

First-year Enrollment

In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 272 students newly enrolled to the law school - 107 men and 161 women. By enrolled status, 233 students enrolled as full-time and 107 students enrolled as part-time. Sturm College of Law is slightly bigger than other law schools compared to their average number of students 714.
ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
2024 Admission 2,156 1,086 267 5 272
TotalMenWomenOther
2020Total 248 109 139 0
Full-time 213 92 121 0
Part-time 35 17 18 0
2021Total 271 129 140 2
Full-time 235 112 121 2
Part-time 36 17 19 0
2022Total 255 88 165 2
Full-time 213 75 137 1
Part-time 42 13 28 1
2023Total 280 103 173 4
Full-time 234 90 141 3
Part-time 46 13 32 1
2024Total 272 107 161 4
Full-time 237 93 140 4
Part-time 35 14 21 0

Total Law Student Population

In the academic year 2023-2024, 920 students enrolled, of which 838 are J.D. students and 82 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 91.09% at Sturm College of Law.
You can compare Sturm College of Law with law schools that have similar student population between 700 and 1000
The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at Sturm College of Law.
TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
2020935776159
20211,008805203
2022967816151
2023955840115
202492083882

Diversity of Student Population

For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Sturm College of Law is 70.41%. The percentage of African-american students is 1.50% with 4 students and the percentage of Asian students is 7.87% with 21 students.
The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Sturm College of Law.
TotalMenWomen
American Indian / Alaska Native3
(1.12%)
12
African-American / Black4
(1.50%)
22
Asian21
(7.87%)
615
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1
(0.37%)
10
Hispanic35
(13.11%)
1322
White188
(70.41%)
71113
Two or More19
(7.12%)
613
Race Unknown8
(3.00%)
26
Nonresident Aliens1
(0.37%)
10

2024 Faculties & Staffs

164 faculties and 9 law librarians work for Sturm College of Law. With the 920 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 6 to 1.

Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
Sturm College of Law16496 to 1
All Law Schools14276 to 1
Public12776 to 1
Private15376 to 1

Faculty by Gender and Job Type

By gender, there are 90 men (54.88%) and 74 women (45.12%) faculties teaching/advising students at DU Law. By employment status, 70 full-time and 94 part-time faculties work for the school.
202220232024
Total152162164
Full-time606070
Men272830
Women333240
Other000
Part-time9210294
Men566360
Women363834
Other010

Law School Librarians

Other than teaching faculties, 9 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Sturm College of Law.
202220232024
Librarians1079
Full-time867
Part-time212