Penn State Law Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 553 students enrolled in Penn State Law - 403 JD and 150 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 79 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 131 students newly enrolled to the law school - 53 men and 76 women. Penn State Law is slightly smaller than other law schools compared to their average number of students 714.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2024 Admission 1,914 707 129 2 131
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2020127 51 76 0
    2021134 59 75 0
    2022139 59 80 0
    2023146 64 82 0
    2024131 53 76 2
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Penn State Law Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2023-2024, 553 students enrolled, of which 403 are J.D. students and 150 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 72.88% at Penn State Law.
    You can compare Penn State 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 Penn State Law.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    2020513380133
    2021495378117
    2022524394130
    2023632402230
    2024553403150
    Penn State Law Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Penn State Law is 72.87%. The percentage of African-american students is 6.98% with 9 students and the percentage of Asian students is 9.30% with 12 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Penn State Law.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native0 00
    African-American / Black9
    (6.98%)    		 36
    Asian12
    (9.30%)    		 210
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
    Hispanic20
    (15.50%)    		 119
    White94
    (72.87%)    		 4351
    Two or More3
    (2.33%)    		 12
    Race Unknown4
    (3.10%)    		 13
    Nonresident Aliens4
    (3.10%)    		 31
    Penn State Law Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    75 faculties and 4 law librarians work for Penn State Law. With the 553 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 8 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    Penn State Law7548 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15376 to 1
    Pennsylvania Law Schools13975 to 1
    Public13355 to 1
    Private14485 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 47 men (62.67%) and 28 women (37.33%) faculties teaching/advising students at Penn State Law. By employment status, 51 full-time and 24 part-time faculties work for the school.
    202220232024
    Total717875
    Full-time495251
    Men302929
    Women192322
    Other000
    Part-time222624
    Men171618
    Women596
    Other010

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 4 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Penn State Law.
    202220232024
    Librarians654
    Full-time554
    Part-time100
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