Vanderbilt University Law School Enrollments and Faculty Statistics

Class Size and Student Population

There are 555 students enrolled in Vanderbilt University Law School - 512 JD and 43 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 31 compared to last year.

First-year Enrollment

In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 167 students newly enrolled to the law school - 70 men and 96 women. Vanderbilt University Law School is slightly smaller than other law schools compared to their average number of students 714.
ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
2024 Admission 5,554 931 163 4 167
TotalMenWomenOther
2020180 87 93 0
2021174 90 84 0
2022154 72 82 0
2023154 70 84 0
2024166 70 96 0

Total Law Student Population

In the academic year 2023-2024, 555 students enrolled, of which 512 are J.D. students and 43 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 92.25% at Vanderbilt University Law School.
You can compare Vanderbilt University Law School 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 Vanderbilt University Law School.
TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
202061555758
202163456272
20225525448
202358653155
202455551243

Diversity of Student Population

For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Vanderbilt University Law School is 60.74%. The percentage of African-american students is 11.66% with 19 students and the percentage of Asian students is 8.59% with 14 students.
The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Vanderbilt University Law School.
TotalMenWomen
American Indian / Alaska Native0 00
African-American / Black19
(11.66%)
415
Asian14
(8.59%)
59
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
Hispanic14
(8.59%)
77
White99
(60.74%)
5147
Two or More5
(3.07%)
14
Race Unknown0 00
Nonresident Aliens4
(2.45%)
22

2024 Faculties & Staffs

157 faculties and 6 law librarians work for Vanderbilt University Law School. With the 555 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 4 to 1.

Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
Vanderbilt University Law School15764 to 1
All Law Schools14276 to 1
Public12776 to 1
Private15376 to 1
Tennessee Law Schools8555 to 1
Public8665 to 1
Private8545 to 1

Faculty by Gender and Job Type

By gender, there are 98 men (62.42%) and 59 women (37.58%) faculties teaching/advising students at Vanderbilt Law. By employment status, 53 full-time and 104 part-time faculties work for the school.
202220232024
Total121139157
Full-time515253
Men303028
Women212225
Other000
Part-time7087104
Men445370
Women263434
Other000

Law School Librarians

Other than teaching faculties, 6 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Vanderbilt University Law School.
202220232024
Librarians776
Full-time076
Part-time700