California Western School of Law Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 739 students enrolled in California Western School of Law - 623 JD and 116 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 41 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In 2023, 245 students newly enrolled to the law school - 103 men and 141 women. By enrolled status, 224 students enrolled as full-time and 103 students enrolled as part-time. California Western School of Law has similar number of students as other law schools' average 719.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2023 Admission 1,768 871 220 25 245
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2020Total 262 113 149 0
    Full-time 238 106 132 0
    Part-time 24 7 17 0
    2021Total 275 114 159 2
    Full-time 242 99 141 2
    Part-time 33 15 18 0
    2022Total 231 91 140 0
    Full-time 194 82 112 0
    Part-time 37 9 28 0
    2023Total 245 103 141 1
    Full-time 224 93 131 0
    Part-time 21 10 10 1
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at California Western School of Law Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In 2023, 739 students enrolled, of which623 are J.D. students and 116 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 84.30% at California Western School of Law.
    The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at California Western School of Law.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    2020781676105
    2021800682118
    2022780653127
    2023739623116
    California Western School of Law Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at California Western School of Law is 53.18%. The percentage of African-american students is 3.64% with 8 students and the percentage of Asian students is 6.82% with 15 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at California Western School of Law.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native0 00
    African-American / Black8
    (3.64%)    		 26
    Asian15
    (6.82%)    		 411
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
    Hispanic78
    (35.45%)    		 3839
    White117
    (53.18%)    		 4671
    Two or More9
    (4.09%)    		 27
    Race Unknown10
    (4.55%)    		 82
    Nonresident Aliens8
    (3.64%)    		 35
    California Western School of Law Enrollment by Race Chart

    2023 Faculties & Staffs

    In 2023, 112 faculties and 29 staffs including librarians and administration staffs work for California Western School of Law. With the 739 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 7 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    California Western School of Law112297 to 1
    All Law Schools127236 to 1
    Public113226 to 1
    Private138246 to 1
    California Law Schools144256 to 1
    Public193316 to 1
    Private125236 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 58 men (51.79%) and 54 women (48.21%) faculties teaching/advising students at California Westernlaw. By employment status, 33 full-time and 79 part-time faculties work for the school.
    2022
    Total112
    Full-time33
    Men18
    Women15
    Other0
    Part-time79
    Men40
    Women39
    Other0

    Law School Staff by Occupation and Job Type

    Other than teaching faculties, 29 staffs work and help the law school students and faculties including 8 librarians and 21 administration staffs.
    2022
    Total29
    Librarians8
    Full-time8
    Part-time0
    Administration21
    Full-time14
    Part-time7
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