George Mason University School of Law Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 635 students enrolled in George Mason University School of Law - 436 JD and 199 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 289 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2024-2025, 117 students newly enrolled to the law school - 61 men and 56 women. By enrolled status, 101 students enrolled as full-time and 61 students enrolled as part-time. George Mason University School of Law is slightly smaller than other law schools compared to their average number of students 707.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2025 Admission 2,397 351 117 0 117
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2021Total 139 76 63 0
    Full-time 123 68 55 0
    Part-time 16 8 8 0
    2022Total 262 136 126 0
    Full-time 220 114 106 0
    Part-time 42 22 20 0
    2023Total 159 77 82 0
    Full-time 129 63 66 0
    Part-time 30 14 16 0
    2024Total 98 67 31 0
    Full-time 86 57 29 0
    Part-time 12 10 2 0
    2025Total 117 61 56 0
    Full-time 101 52 49 0
    Part-time 16 9 7 0
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at George Mason University School of Law Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2024-2025, 635 students enrolled, of which 436 are J.D. students and 199 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 68.66% at George Mason University School of Law.
    You can compare George Mason University School of Law with law schools that have similar student population between 500 and 700
    The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at George Mason University School of Law.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    2021630484146
    2022791604187
    2023837607230
    2024924546378
    2025635436199
    George Mason University School of Law Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at George Mason University School of Law is 57.26%. The percentage of African-american students is 5.13% with 6 students and the percentage of Asian students is 8.55% with 10 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at George Mason University School of Law.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native1
    (0.85%)    		 10
    African-American / Black6
    (5.13%)    		 06
    Asian10
    (8.55%)    		 55
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
    Hispanic9
    (7.69%)    		 63
    White67
    (57.26%)    		 3235
    Two or More5
    (4.27%)    		 23
    Race Unknown19
    (16.24%)    		 154
    George Mason University School of Law Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    252 faculties and 15 law librarians work for George Mason University School of Law. With the 635 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 3 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    George Mason University School of Law252153 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15476 to 1
    Virginia Law Schools14397 to 1
    Public224147 to 1
    Private8257 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 170 men (60.71%) and 109 women (38.93%) faculties teaching/advising students at GMU Law. In addition, 1 faculties are either gender-separated or unknown. By employment status, 51 full-time and 229 part-time faculties work for the school.
    2022202320242025
    Total235281280252
    Full-time51515155
    Men38373637
    Women13131417
    Other0111
    Part-time184230229197
    Men119133134124
    Women65979573
    Other0000

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 17 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at George Mason University School of Law.
    2022202320242025
    Librarians9121715
    Full-time88119
    Part-time1466
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