Columbia Law School Students and Faculties

Class Size and Student Population

There are 1,783 students enrolled in Columbia Law School - 1,357 JD and 426 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students increased by 263 compared to last year.
In 2023, 402 students newly enrolled to the law school - 193 men and 200 women. Columbia Law School is much bigger than other law schools compared to their average number of students 719.
With 367 faculties, the students to faculty ratio is 4 to 1 at Columbia Law School.
ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
2023 Admission 7,972 951 324 78 402
TotalMenWomenOther
2020412 216 196 0
2021364 193 169 2
2022479 240 230 9
2023398 193 200 5
First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Columbia Law School Chart
TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
20201,5791,268311
20211,5711,244327
20221,5201,293227
20231,7831,357426
Columbia Law School Total Enrollment Trends Chart
Data Source: ABA Statistics

2023 Faculty & Staffs

By gender, there are 215 men (58.58%) and 152 women (41.42%) faculties teaching/advising students. By employment status, 118 full-time and 249 part-time faculties work for the school. Other than teaching faculties, 60 staffs work and help the law school students and faculties including 19 librarians and 41 administration staffs.
In 2023, 367 faculties and 60 staffs including librarians and administration staffs work for Columbia Law School. With the 1783 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 4 to 1.
FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
Columbia Law School367604 to 1
All Law Schools127236 to 1
Public113226 to 1
Private138246 to 1
New York Law Schools189366 to 1
Public99246 to 1
Private202376 to 1
2022
Total367
Full-time118
Men72
Women46
Other0
Part-time249
Men143
Women106
Other0
2022
Total60
Librarians19
Full-time19
Part-time0
Administration41
Full-time41
Part-time0