DePaul University College of Law Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 603 students enrolled in DePaul University College of Law - 531 JD and 72 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 61 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 162 students newly enrolled to the law school - 50 men and 112 women. By enrolled status, 139 students enrolled as full-time and 50 students enrolled as part-time. DePaul University College of Law is slightly smaller than other law schools compared to their average number of students 714.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2024 Admission 1,771 772 157 5 162
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2020Total 236 111 125 0
    Full-time 199 98 101 0
    Part-time 37 13 24 0
    2021Total 192 87 104 1
    Full-time 169 77 91 1
    Part-time 23 10 13 0
    2022Total 225 76 147 2
    Full-time 183 63 118 2
    Part-time 42 13 29 0
    2023Total 177 64 113 0
    Full-time 150 52 98 0
    Part-time 27 12 15 0
    2024Total 162 50 112 0
    Full-time 139 45 94 0
    Part-time 23 5 18 0
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at DePaul University College of Law Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2023-2024, 603 students enrolled, of which 531 are J.D. students and 72 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 88.06% at DePaul University College of Law.
    You can compare DePaul University College of Law with law schools that have similar student population between 500 and 700
    The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at DePaul University College of Law.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    2020764656108
    202167457995
    2022719574145
    2023664533131
    202460353172
    DePaul University College of Law Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at DePaul University College of Law is 70.70%. The percentage of African-american students is 8.92% with 14 students and the percentage of Asian students is 10.19% with 16 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at DePaul University College of Law.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native0 00
    African-American / Black14
    (8.92%)    		 311
    Asian16
    (10.19%)    		 412
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
    Hispanic19
    (12.10%)    		 415
    White111
    (70.70%)    		 4566
    Two or More6
    (3.82%)    		 24
    Race Unknown9
    (5.73%)    		 63
    Nonresident Aliens2
    (1.27%)    		 02
    DePaul University College of Law Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    140 faculties and 4 law librarians work for DePaul University College of Law. With the 603 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 5 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    DePaul University College of Law14045 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15376 to 1
    Illinois Law Schools16065 to 1
    Public10755 to 1
    Private19575 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 71 men (50.71%) and 63 women (45.00%) faculties teaching/advising students at DePaul Law. By employment status, 38 full-time and 102 part-time faculties work for the school.
    202220232024
    Total132137140
    Full-time363638
    Men202022
    Women151515
    Other110
    Part-time96101102
    Men444849
    Women495048
    Other330

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 4 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at DePaul University College of Law.
    202220232024
    Librarians664
    Full-time664
    Part-time000
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