Boston College Law School Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 765 students enrolled in Boston College Law School - all JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 36 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 213 students newly enrolled to the law school - 104 men and 109 women. Boston College Law School has similar number of students as other law schools' average 714.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2024 Admission 5,650 756 205 8 213
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2020231 112 119 0
    2021254 109 143 2
    2022356 164 192 0
    2023212 91 121 0
    2024213 104 109 0
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Boston College Law School Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2023-2024, there are 765 law school students and all students enrolled in J.D. program at Boston College Law School.
    You can compare Boston College Law School 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 Boston College Law School.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    202074973316
    202175873820
    20228718629
    20238018010
    20247657650
    Boston College Law School Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Boston College Law School is 64.88%. The percentage of African-american students is 7.80% with 16 students and the percentage of Asian students is 10.73% with 22 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Boston College Law School.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native0 00
    African-American / Black16
    (7.80%)    		 106
    Asian22
    (10.73%)    		 319
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
    Hispanic19
    (9.27%)    		 811
    White133
    (64.88%)    		 6568
    Two or More11
    (5.37%)    		 29
    Race Unknown2
    (0.98%)    		 02
    Nonresident Aliens9
    (4.39%)    		 36
    Boston College Law School Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    213 faculties and 11 law librarians work for Boston College Law School. With the 765 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 4 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    Boston College Law School213114 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15376 to 1
    Massachusetts Law Schools16586 to 1
    Public5936 to 1
    Private17896 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 124 men (58.22%) and 89 women (41.78%) faculties teaching/advising students at BC Law. By employment status, 76 full-time and 137 part-time faculties work for the school.
    202220232024
    Total142177213
    Full-time636776
    Men313039
    Women323637
    Other000
    Part-time79110137
    Men445685
    Women355452
    Other000

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 11 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Boston College Law School.
    202220232024
    Librarians131111
    Full-time121111
    Part-time100
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