Widener Law Delaware Students and Faculties

Class Size and Student Population

There are 770 students enrolled in Widener Law Delaware - 686 JD and 84 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students increased by 102 compared to last year.

First-year Enrollment

In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 242 students newly enrolled to the law school - 123 men and 117 women. By enrolled status, 203 students enrolled as full-time and 123 students enrolled as part-time. Widener Law Delaware has similar number of students as other law schools' average 714.
ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
2024 Admission 1,088 738 240 2 242
TotalMenWomenOther
2020Total -6 -2 -2 -2
Full-time -3 -1 -1 -1
Part-time -3 -1 -1 -1
2021Total -6 -2 -2 -2
Full-time -3 -1 -1 -1
Part-time -3 -1 -1 -1
2022Total 269 125 144 0
Full-time 215 100 115 0
Part-time 54 25 29 0
2023Total 142 55 86 1
Full-time 118 48 70 0
Part-time 24 7 16 1
2024Total 241 123 117 1
Full-time 204 107 96 1
Part-time 37 16 21 0
First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Widener Law Delaware Chart

Total Law Student Population

In the academic year 2023-2024, 770 students enrolled, of which 686 are J.D. students and 84 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 89.09% at Widener Law Delaware.
You can compare Widener Law Delaware 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 Widener Law Delaware.
TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
2020770599171
2021800665135
2022808680128
20236686599
202477068684
Widener Law Delaware Total Enrollment Trends Chart

Diversity of Student Population

For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Widener Law Delaware is 69.17%. The percentage of African-american students is 11.67% with 28 students and the percentage of Asian students is 2.92% with 7 students.
The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Widener Law Delaware.
TotalMenWomen
American Indian / Alaska Native0 00
African-American / Black28
(11.67%)
919
Asian7
(2.92%)
25
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
Hispanic21
(8.75%)
1011
White166
(69.17%)
8086
Two or More7
(2.92%)
25
Race Unknown5
(2.08%)
31
Nonresident Aliens0 00
Widener Law Delaware Enrollment by Race Chart

2024 Faculties & Staffs

89 faculties and 5 law librarians work for Widener Law Delaware. With the 770 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 8 to 1.

Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
Widener Law Delaware8958 to 1
All Law Schools14276 to 1
Public12776 to 1
Private15376 to 1

Faculty by Gender and Job Type

By gender, there are 41 men (46.07%) and 48 women (53.93%) faculties teaching/advising students at Delaware Law. By employment status, 33 full-time and 56 part-time faculties work for the school.
202220232024
Total808489
Full-time273033
Men12129
Women151824
Other000
Part-time535456
Men293232
Women242224
Other000

Law School Librarians

Other than teaching faculties, 5 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Widener Law Delaware.
202220232024
Librarians335
Full-time335
Part-time000