University of New Mexico School of Law Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 312 students enrolled in University of New Mexico School of Law - 300 JD and 12 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 13 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 92 students newly enrolled to the law school - 41 men and 50 women. University of New Mexico School of Law is much smaller than other law schools compared to their average number of students 714.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2024 Admission 445 238 89 3 92
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2020106 44 62 0
    202182 36 46 0
    2022112 49 63 0
    202399 45 54 0
    202491 41 50 0
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at University of New Mexico School of Law Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2023-2024, 312 students enrolled, of which 300 are J.D. students and 12 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 96.15% at University of New Mexico School of Law.
    You can compare University of New Mexico School of Law with law schools that have similar student population between 300 and 500
    The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at University of New Mexico School of Law.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    202032531015
    202131028921
    202230629610
    202332531411
    202431230012
    University of New Mexico School of Law Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at University of New Mexico School of Law is 47.19%. The percentage of African-american students is 3.37% with 3 students and the percentage of Asian students is 1.12% with 1 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at University of New Mexico School of Law.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native3
    (3.37%)    		 03
    African-American / Black3
    (3.37%)    		 12
    Asian1
    (1.12%)    		 01
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
    Hispanic42
    (47.19%)    		 1626
    White42
    (47.19%)    		 2418
    Two or More4
    (4.49%)    		 31
    Race Unknown4
    (4.49%)    		 13
    Nonresident Aliens0 00
    University of New Mexico School of Law Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    106 faculties and 7 law librarians work for University of New Mexico School of Law. With the 312 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 3 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    University of New Mexico School of Law10673 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15376 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 48 men (45.28%) and 58 women (54.72%) faculties teaching/advising students at UNM Law. By employment status, 44 full-time and 62 part-time faculties work for the school.
    202220232024
    Total9696106
    Full-time393844
    Men201819
    Women192025
    Other000
    Part-time575862
    Men252629
    Women323233
    Other000

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 7 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at University of New Mexico School of Law.
    202220232024
    Librarians677
    Full-time677
    Part-time000
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