Northeastern University School of Law Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 950 students enrolled in Northeastern University School of Law - 690 JD and 260 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students increased by 118 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 235 students newly enrolled to the law school - 73 men and 157 women. By enrolled status, 198 students enrolled as full-time and 73 students enrolled as part-time. Northeastern University School of Law is slightly bigger than other law schools compared to their average number of students 714.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2024 Admission 3,775 1,407 229 6 235
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2020Total 202 72 130 0
    Full-time 202 72 130 0
    Part-time 0 0 0 0
    2021Total 208 63 143 2
    Full-time 208 63 143 2
    Part-time 0 0 0 0
    2022Total 239 58 180 1
    Full-time 224 53 170 1
    Part-time 15 5 10 0
    2023Total 230 69 161 0
    Full-time 202 58 144 0
    Part-time 28 11 17 0
    2024Total 234 73 157 4
    Full-time 200 59 139 2
    Part-time 34 14 18 2
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Northeastern University School of Law Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2023-2024, 950 students enrolled, of which 690 are J.D. students and 260 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 72.63% at Northeastern University School of Law.
    You can compare Northeastern University School of Law 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 Northeastern University School of Law.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    2020708603105
    2021735609126
    2022768632136
    2023832660172
    2024950690260
    Northeastern University School of Law Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Northeastern University School of Law is 62.45%. The percentage of African-american students is 6.99% with 16 students and the percentage of Asian students is 11.35% with 26 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Northeastern University School of Law.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native0 00
    African-American / Black16
    (6.99%)    		 115
    Asian26
    (11.35%)    		 521
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
    Hispanic27
    (11.79%)    		 918
    White143
    (62.45%)    		 5090
    Two or More12
    (5.24%)    		 210
    Race Unknown4
    (1.75%)    		 12
    Nonresident Aliens6
    (2.62%)    		 15
    Northeastern University School of Law Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    134 faculties and 4 law librarians work for Northeastern University School of Law. With the 950 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 6 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    Northeastern University School of Law13446 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15376 to 1
    Massachusetts Law Schools16586 to 1
    Public5936 to 1
    Private17896 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 62 men (46.27%) and 72 women (53.73%) faculties teaching/advising students at Northeastern Law. By employment status, 59 full-time and 75 part-time faculties work for the school.
    202220232024
    Total120119134
    Full-time525159
    Men202120
    Women323039
    Other000
    Part-time686875
    Men404242
    Women262433
    Other210

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 4 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Northeastern University School of Law.
    202220232024
    Librarians444
    Full-time444
    Part-time000
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