Columbia Law School Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 1,748 students enrolled in Columbia Law School - 1,410 JD and 338 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 35 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 415 students newly enrolled to the law school - 189 men and 205 women. Columbia Law School is much bigger than other law schools compared to their average number of students 714.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2024 Admission 7,754 948 363 52 415
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2020412 216 196 0
    2021364 193 169 2
    2022479 240 230 9
    2023398 193 200 5
    2024401 189 205 7
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Columbia Law School Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2023-2024, 1,748 students enrolled, of which 1,410 are J.D. students and 338 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 80.66% at Columbia Law School.
    You can compare Columbia Law School with law schools that have similar student population over 1500
    The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at Columbia Law School.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    20201,5711,244327
    20211,5951,263332
    20221,5201,293227
    20231,7831,357426
    20241,7481,410338
    Columbia Law School Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Columbia Law School is 45.73%. The percentage of African-american students is 11.57% with 42 students and the percentage of Asian students is 17.36% with 63 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Columbia Law School.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native2
    (0.55%)    		 10
    African-American / Black42
    (11.57%)    		 2121
    Asian63
    (17.36%)    		 2734
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
    Hispanic48
    (13.22%)    		 2621
    White166
    (45.73%)    		 7885
    Two or More14
    (3.86%)    		 59
    Race Unknown9
    (2.48%)    		 71
    Nonresident Aliens59
    (16.25%)    		 2829
    Columbia Law School Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    450 faculties and 20 law librarians work for Columbia Law School. With the 1,748 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 4 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    Columbia Law School450204 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15376 to 1
    New York Law Schools20896 to 1
    Public10196 to 1
    Private22496 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 274 men (60.89%) and 175 women (38.89%) faculties teaching/advising students at Columbia University Law. In addition, 1 faculties are either gender-separated or unknown. By employment status, 142 full-time and 308 part-time faculties work for the school.
    202220232024
    Total367403450
    Full-time118111142
    Men726487
    Women464754
    Other001
    Part-time249292308
    Men143165187
    Women106127121
    Other000

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 20 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Columbia Law School.
    202220232024
    Librarians192020
    Full-time191919
    Part-time011
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