Cornell Law School Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 877 students enrolled in Cornell Law School - 600 JD and 277 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students increased by 2 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2024-2025, 216 students newly enrolled to the law school - 116 men and 95 women. Cornell Law School is slightly bigger than other law schools compared to their average number of students 707.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2025 Admission 3,722 860 210 6 216
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2021198 97 101 0
    2022200 91 109 0
    2023207 112 95 0
    2024189 96 92 1
    2025216 116 95 5
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Cornell Law School Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2024-2025, 877 students enrolled, of which 600 are J.D. students and 277 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 68.42% at Cornell Law School.
    You can compare Cornell 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 Cornell Law School.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    2021718578140
    2022737580157
    2023964585379
    2024875586289
    2025877600277
    Cornell Law School Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Cornell Law School is 36.67%. The percentage of African-american students is 6.19% with 13 students and the percentage of Asian students is 22.86% with 48 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Cornell Law School.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native2
    (0.95%)    		 20
    African-American / Black13
    (6.19%)    		 112
    Asian48
    (22.86%)    		 2324
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
    Hispanic18
    (8.57%)    		 711
    White77
    (36.67%)    		 4331
    Two or More4
    (1.90%)    		 31
    Race Unknown54
    (25.71%)    		 2726
    Cornell Law School Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    207 faculties and 7 law librarians work for Cornell Law School. With the 877 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 4 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    Cornell Law School20774 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 130 men (61.03%) and 83 women (38.97%) faculties teaching/advising students at Cornell Law. By employment status, 77 full-time and 136 part-time faculties work for the school.
    2022202320242025
    Total181196213207
    Full-time67757776
    Men38444442
    Women29313334
    Other0000
    Part-time114121136131
    Men75748681
    Women38465049
    Other1100

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 9 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Cornell Law School.
    2022202320242025
    Librarians91097
    Full-time8986
    Part-time1111
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