Gould School of Law Students and Faculties

Class Size and Student Population

There are 1,421 students enrolled in Gould School of Law - 635 JD and 786 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 15 compared to last year.

First-year Enrollment

In the acadmic year 2024-2025, 201 students newly enrolled to the law school - 80 men and 120 women. Gould School of Law is much bigger than other law schools compared to their average number of students 707.
ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
2025 Admission 6,203 770 200 1 201
TotalMenWomenOther
2021203 88 115 0
2022212 78 132 2
2023223 74 149 0
2024189 76 113 0
2025201 80 120 1
First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Gould School of Law Chart

Total Law Student Population

In the academic year 2024-2025, 1,421 students enrolled, of which 635 are J.D. students and 786 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 44.69% at Gould School of Law.
You can compare Gould School of Law with law schools that have similar student population between 1200 and 1500
The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at Gould School of Law.
TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
20211,433599834
20221,414613801
20231,521631890
20241,436644792
20251,421635786
Gould School of Law Total Enrollment Trends Chart

Diversity of Student Population

For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Gould School of Law is 41.00%. The percentage of African-american students is 10.00% with 20 students and the percentage of Asian students is 26.50% with 53 students.
The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Gould School of Law.
TotalMenWomen
American Indian / Alaska Native0 00
African-American / Black20
(10.00%)
515
Asian53
(26.50%)
1934
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
Hispanic26
(13.00%)
818
White82
(41.00%)
4041
Two or More12
(6.00%)
39
Race Unknown8
(4.00%)
53
Gould School of Law Enrollment by Race Chart

2024 Faculties & Staffs

208 faculties and 6 law librarians work for Gould School of Law. With the 1,421 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 7 to 1.

Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
Gould School of Law20867 to 1
All Law Schools14276 to 1
Public12776 to 1
Private15476 to 1
California Law Schools16485 to 1
Public229125 to 1
Private13965 to 1

Faculty by Gender and Job Type

By gender, there are 113 men (60.75%) and 72 women (38.71%) faculties teaching/advising students at USC Law. In addition, 1 faculties are either gender-separated or unknown. By employment status, 59 full-time and 127 part-time faculties work for the school.
2022202320242025
Total148181186208
Full-time50515963
Men24252833
Women26263130
Other0000
Part-time98130127145
Men58858594
Women40454148
Other0011

Law School Librarians

Other than teaching faculties, 7 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Gould School of Law.
2022202320242025
Librarians7876
Full-time7876
Part-time0000