University of Minnesota Law School Students and Faculties

Class Size and Student Population

There are 720 students enrolled in University of Minnesota Law School - 675 JD and 45 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students increased by 2 compared to last year.

First-year Enrollment

In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 218 students newly enrolled to the law school - 81 men and 130 women. University of Minnesota Law School has similar number of students as other law schools' average 714.
ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
2024 Admission 2,100 835 214 4 218
TotalMenWomenOther
2020223 104 119 0
2021240 109 131 0
2022231 108 122 1
2023222 111 107 4
2024216 81 130 5
First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at University of Minnesota Law School Chart

Total Law Student Population

In the academic year 2023-2024, 720 students enrolled, of which 675 are J.D. students and 45 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 93.75% at University of Minnesota Law School.
You can compare University of Minnesota 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 University of Minnesota Law School.
TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
202072566758
202174667472
202271667739
202371866949
202472067545
University of Minnesota Law School Total Enrollment Trends Chart

Diversity of Student Population

For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at University of Minnesota Law School is 67.29%. The percentage of African-american students is 3.74% with 8 students and the percentage of Asian students is 6.07% with 13 students.
The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at University of Minnesota Law School.
TotalMenWomen
American Indian / Alaska Native2
(0.93%)
01
African-American / Black8
(3.74%)
44
Asian13
(6.07%)
76
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
Hispanic23
(10.75%)
913
White144
(67.29%)
7665
Two or More8
(3.74%)
35
Race Unknown6
(2.80%)
42
Nonresident Aliens19
(8.88%)
811
University of Minnesota Law School Enrollment by Race Chart

2024 Faculties & Staffs

299 faculties and 18 law librarians work for University of Minnesota Law School. With the 720 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 2 to 1.

Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
University of Minnesota Law School299182 to 1
All Law Schools14276 to 1
Public12776 to 1
Private15376 to 1
Minnesota Law Schools20285 to 1
Public299185 to 1
Private15445 to 1

Faculty by Gender and Job Type

By gender, there are 165 men (55.18%) and 134 women (44.82%) faculties teaching/advising students at UMTC Law. By employment status, 65 full-time and 234 part-time faculties work for the school.
202220232024
Total272283299
Full-time676265
Men424035
Women252230
Other000
Part-time205221234
Men125129130
Women8092104
Other000

Law School Librarians

Other than teaching faculties, 18 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at University of Minnesota Law School.
202220232024
Librarians121418
Full-time111215
Part-time123