Columbia Law School Students and Faculties

Class Size and Student Population

There are 1,714 students enrolled in Columbia Law School - 1,353 JD and 361 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 34 compared to last year.

First-year Enrollment

In the acadmic year 2024-2025, 394 students newly enrolled to the law school - 155 men and 211 women. Columbia Law School is much bigger than other law schools compared to their average number of students 707.
ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
2025 Admission 7,671 901 360 34 394
TotalMenWomenOther
2021364 193 169 2
2022479 240 230 9
2023398 193 200 5
2024401 189 205 7
2025377 155 211 11
First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Columbia Law School Chart

Total Law Student Population

In the academic year 2024-2025, 1,714 students enrolled, of which 1,353 are J.D. students and 361 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 78.94% at Columbia Law School.
You can compare Columbia Law School with law schools that have similar student population over 1500
The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at Columbia Law School.
TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
20211,5951,263332
20221,5201,293227
20231,7831,357426
20241,7481,410338
20251,7141,353361
Columbia Law School Total Enrollment Trends Chart

Diversity of Student Population

For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Columbia Law School is 38.06%. The percentage of African-american students is 11.67% with 42 students and the percentage of Asian students is 38.33% with 138 students.
The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Columbia Law School.
TotalMenWomen
American Indian / Alaska Native0 00
African-American / Black42
(11.67%)
1424
Asian138
(38.33%)
4883
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
Hispanic36
(10.00%)
925
White137
(38.06%)
7357
Two or More15
(4.17%)
311
Race Unknown26
(7.22%)
811
Columbia Law School Enrollment by Race Chart

2024 Faculties & Staffs

455 faculties and 19 law librarians work for Columbia Law School. With the 1,714 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 4 to 1.

Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
Columbia Law School455194 to 1
All Law Schools14276 to 1
Public12776 to 1
Private15476 to 1
New York Law Schools21895 to 1
Public12285 to 1
Private23195 to 1

Faculty by Gender and Job Type

By gender, there are 274 men (60.89%) and 175 women (38.89%) faculties teaching/advising students at Columbia University Law. In addition, 1 faculties are either gender-separated or unknown. By employment status, 142 full-time and 308 part-time faculties work for the school.
2022202320242025
Total367403450455
Full-time118111142120
Men72648768
Women46475450
Other0012
Part-time249292308335
Men143165187211
Women106127121123
Other0001

Law School Librarians

Other than teaching faculties, 20 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Columbia Law School.
2022202320242025
Librarians19202019
Full-time19191919
Part-time0110