University of Pennsylvania Law School Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 1,048 students enrolled in University of Pennsylvania Law School - 809 JD and 239 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 40 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 248 students newly enrolled to the law school - 109 men and 120 women. University of Pennsylvania Law School is slightly bigger than other law schools compared to their average number of students 714.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2024 Admission 6,518 644 231 17 248
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2020251 120 131 0
    2021249 128 121 0
    2022309 138 170 1
    2023246 109 134 3
    2024233 109 120 4
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at University of Pennsylvania Law School Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2023-2024, 1,048 students enrolled, of which 809 are J.D. students and 239 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 77.19% at University of Pennsylvania Law School.
    You can compare University of Pennsylvania Law School with law schools that have similar student population between 1000 and 1200
    The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at University of Pennsylvania Law School.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    2020973772201
    2021994767227
    20221,023824199
    20231,088808280
    20241,048809239
    University of Pennsylvania Law School Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at University of Pennsylvania Law School is 49.35%. The percentage of African-american students is 8.66% with 20 students and the percentage of Asian students is 17.32% with 40 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at University of Pennsylvania Law School.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native1
    (0.43%)    		 10
    African-American / Black20
    (8.66%)    		 812
    Asian40
    (17.32%)    		 1426
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
    Hispanic32
    (13.85%)    		 1715
    White114
    (49.35%)    		 5359
    Two or More13
    (5.63%)    		 94
    Race Unknown5
    (2.16%)    		 23
    Nonresident Aliens21
    (9.09%)    		 515
    University of Pennsylvania Law School Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    291 faculties and 19 law librarians work for University of Pennsylvania Law School. With the 1,048 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 4 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    University of Pennsylvania Law School291194 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 167 men (57.39%) and 121 women (41.58%) faculties teaching/advising students at UPenn Law. By employment status, 106 full-time and 185 part-time faculties work for the school.
    202220232024
    Total266288291
    Full-time94104106
    Men505051
    Women445054
    Other040
    Part-time172184185
    Men110111116
    Women626467
    Other090

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 19 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at University of Pennsylvania Law School.
    202220232024
    Librarians191919
    Full-time181919
    Part-time100
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