Widener Law Commonwealth Enrollments and Faculty Statistics

Class Size and Student Population

There are 374 students enrolled in Widener Law Commonwealth - all JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 62 compared to last year.

First-year Enrollment

In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 149 students newly enrolled to the law school - 66 men and 79 women. By enrolled status, 108 students enrolled as full-time and 66 students enrolled as part-time. Widener Law Commonwealth is smaller than other law schools compared to their average number of students 714.
ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
2024 Admission 720 468 145 4 149
TotalMenWomenOther
2020Total 117 51 66 0
Full-time 94 45 49 0
Part-time 23 6 17 0
2021Total 111 50 61 0
Full-time 93 43 50 0
Part-time 18 7 11 0
2022Total 127 51 75 1
Full-time 104 45 58 1
Part-time 23 6 17 0
2023Total 233 106 127 0
Full-time 195 90 105 0
Part-time 38 16 22 0
2024Total 148 66 79 3
Full-time 111 49 59 3
Part-time 37 17 20 0

Total Law Student Population

In the academic year 2023-2024, there are 374 law school students and all students enrolled in J.D. program at Widener Law Commonwealth.
You can compare Widener Law Commonwealth with law schools that have similar student population between 300 and 500
The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at Widener Law Commonwealth.
TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
20203223220
20213233230
20223373370
202343634690
20243743740

Diversity of Student Population

For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Widener Law Commonwealth is 60.00%. The percentage of African-american students is 9.66% with 14 students and the percentage of Asian students is 7.59% with 11 students.
The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Widener Law Commonwealth.
TotalMenWomen
American Indian / Alaska Native2
(1.38%)
11
African-American / Black14
(9.66%)
59
Asian11
(7.59%)
47
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
Hispanic24
(16.55%)
816
White87
(60.00%)
3551
Two or More0 00
Race Unknown2
(1.38%)
11
Nonresident Aliens2
(1.38%)
11

2024 Faculties & Staffs

67 faculties and 3 law librarians work for Widener Law Commonwealth. With the 374 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 7 to 1.

Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
Widener Law Commonwealth6737 to 1
All Law Schools14276 to 1
Public12776 to 1
Private15376 to 1
Pennsylvania Law Schools13975 to 1
Public13355 to 1
Private14485 to 1

Faculty by Gender and Job Type

By gender, there are 35 men (52.24%) and 32 women (47.76%) faculties teaching/advising students at Widener Law. By employment status, 19 full-time and 48 part-time faculties work for the school.
202220232024
Total626167
Full-time161519
Men767
Women9912
Other000
Part-time464648
Men282928
Women181720
Other000

Law School Librarians

Other than teaching faculties, 3 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Widener Law Commonwealth.
202220232024
Librarians333
Full-time333
Part-time000