University of Houston Law Center Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 866 students enrolled in University of Houston Law Center - 792 JD and 74 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students increased by 39 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 262 students newly enrolled to the law school - 120 men and 139 women. By enrolled status, 232 students enrolled as full-time and 120 students enrolled as part-time. University of Houston Law Center is slightly bigger than other law schools compared to their average number of students 714.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2024 Admission 3,232 1,043 259 3 262
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2020Total 202 95 107 0
    Full-time 172 79 93 0
    Part-time 30 16 14 0
    2021Total 209 96 113 0
    Full-time 175 76 99 0
    Part-time 34 20 14 0
    2022Total 245 109 136 0
    Full-time 209 91 118 0
    Part-time 36 18 18 0
    2023Total 256 111 145 0
    Full-time 218 94 124 0
    Part-time 38 17 21 0
    2024Total 262 120 139 3
    Full-time 233 106 126 1
    Part-time 29 14 13 2
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at University of Houston Law Center Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2023-2024, 866 students enrolled, of which 792 are J.D. students and 74 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 91.45% at University of Houston Law Center.
    You can compare University of Houston Law Center 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 University of Houston Law Center.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    202077067991
    202175768572
    202280172972
    202382776760
    202486679274
    University of Houston Law Center Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at University of Houston Law Center is 48.26%. The percentage of African-american students is 11.97% with 31 students and the percentage of Asian students is 14.29% with 37 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at University of Houston Law Center.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native0 00
    African-American / Black31
    (11.97%)    		 1219
    Asian37
    (14.29%)    		 1126
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
    Hispanic42
    (16.22%)    		 1329
    White125
    (48.26%)    		 6857
    Two or More6
    (2.32%)    		 15
    Race Unknown9
    (3.47%)    		 45
    Nonresident Aliens6
    (2.32%)    		 24
    University of Houston Law Center Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    234 faculties and 9 law librarians work for University of Houston Law Center. With the 866 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 4 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    University of Houston Law Center23494 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15376 to 1
    Texas Law Schools14766 to 1
    Public14876 to 1
    Private14556 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 142 men (60.68%) and 92 women (39.32%) faculties teaching/advising students at Houston Law. By employment status, 56 full-time and 178 part-time faculties work for the school.
    202220232024
    Total217226234
    Full-time565456
    Men313031
    Women252425
    Other000
    Part-time161172178
    Men107112111
    Women546067
    Other000

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 9 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at University of Houston Law Center.
    202220232024
    Librarians999
    Full-time998
    Part-time001
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