Cornell Law School Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 875 students enrolled in Cornell Law School - 586 JD and 289 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 89 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 191 students newly enrolled to the law school - 96 men and 92 women. Cornell Law School is slightly bigger than other law schools compared to their average number of students 714.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2024 Admission 5,198 956 187 4 191
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2020195 109 86 0
    2021198 97 101 0
    2022200 91 109 0
    2023207 112 95 0
    2024189 96 92 1
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Cornell Law School Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2023-2024, 875 students enrolled, of which 586 are J.D. students and 289 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 66.97% at Cornell Law School.
    You can compare Cornell 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 Cornell Law School.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    2020753603150
    2021718578140
    2022737580157
    2023964585379
    2024875586289
    Cornell Law School Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Cornell Law School is 43.32%. The percentage of African-american students is 9.63% with 18 students and the percentage of Asian students is 14.44% with 27 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Cornell Law School.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native0 00
    African-American / Black18
    (9.63%)    		 711
    Asian27
    (14.44%)    		 1710
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
    Hispanic26
    (13.90%)    		 179
    White81
    (43.32%)    		 4833
    Two or More4
    (2.14%)    		 13
    Race Unknown4
    (2.14%)    		 31
    Nonresident Aliens48
    (25.67%)    		 1928
    Cornell Law School Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    213 faculties and 9 law librarians work for Cornell Law School. With the 875 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 5 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    Cornell Law School21395 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 130 men (61.03%) and 83 women (38.97%) faculties teaching/advising students at Cornell Law. By employment status, 77 full-time and 136 part-time faculties work for the school.
    202220232024
    Total181196213
    Full-time677577
    Men384444
    Women293133
    Other000
    Part-time114121136
    Men757486
    Women384650
    Other110

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 9 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Cornell Law School.
    202220232024
    Librarians9109
    Full-time898
    Part-time111
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