William S. Boyd School of Law Enrollments and Faculty Statistics

Class Size and Student Population

There are 456 students enrolled in William S. Boyd School of Law - 442 JD and 14 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students increased by 1 compared to last year.

First-year Enrollment

In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 134 students newly enrolled to the law school - 50 men and 56 women. By enrolled status, 95 students enrolled as full-time and 50 students enrolled as part-time. William S. Boyd School of Law is smaller than other law schools compared to their average number of students 714.
ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
2024 Admission 917 308 131 3 134
TotalMenWomenOther
2020Total 156 79 77 0
Full-time 141 71 70 0
Part-time 15 8 7 0
2021Total 130 57 73 0
Full-time 114 51 63 0
Part-time 16 6 10 0
2022Total 155 77 78 0
Full-time 133 68 65 0
Part-time 22 9 13 0
2023Total 103 39 64 0
Full-time 94 35 59 0
Part-time 9 4 5 0
2024Total 107 50 56 1
Full-time 96 49 46 1
Part-time 11 1 10 0

Total Law Student Population

In the academic year 2023-2024, 456 students enrolled, of which 442 are J.D. students and 14 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 96.93% at William S. Boyd School of Law.
You can compare William S. Boyd School of Law 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 William S. Boyd School of Law.
TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
20204514447
202146044515
202246644917
202345544114
202445644214

Diversity of Student Population

For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at William S. Boyd School of Law is 51.91%. The percentage of African-american students is 3.05% with 4 students and the percentage of Asian students is 5.34% with 7 students.
The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at William S. Boyd School of Law.
TotalMenWomen
American Indian / Alaska Native1
(0.76%)
10
African-American / Black4
(3.05%)
22
Asian7
(5.34%)
34
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1
(0.76%)
10
Hispanic24
(18.32%)
915
White68
(51.91%)
3533
Two or More13
(9.92%)
49
Race Unknown5
(3.82%)
23
Nonresident Aliens1
(0.76%)
01

2024 Faculties & Staffs

110 faculties and 6 law librarians work for William S. Boyd School of Law. With the 456 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 4 to 1.

Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
William S. Boyd School of Law11064 to 1
All Law Schools14276 to 1
Public12776 to 1
Private15376 to 1

Faculty by Gender and Job Type

By gender, there are 55 men (50.00%) and 55 women (50.00%) faculties teaching/advising students at UNLV Law. By employment status, 51 full-time and 59 part-time faculties work for the school.
202220232024
Total8195110
Full-time414451
Men171619
Women242832
Other000
Part-time405159
Men272936
Women132223
Other000

Law School Librarians

Other than teaching faculties, 6 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at William S. Boyd School of Law.
202220232024
Librarians556
Full-time556
Part-time000