There are 567 students enrolled in Penn State Law - 385 JD and 182 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students increased by 14 compared to last year.
First-year Enrollment
In the acadmic year 2024-2025, 128 students newly enrolled to the law school - 61 men and 67 women. Penn State Law is slightly smaller than other law schools compared to their average number of students 707.
Applicants
Admitted
Enrolled
Pre-Admitted
Total First year Enrollment
2025 Admission
1,397
718
126
2
128
Total
Men
Women
Other
2021
134
59
75
0
2022
139
59
80
0
2023
146
64
82
0
2024
131
53
76
2
2025
128
61
67
0
First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Penn State Law Chart
Total Law Student Population
In the academic year 2024-2025, 567 students enrolled, of which 385 are J.D. students and 182 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 67.90% at Penn State Law.
The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at Penn State Law.
Total
JD Enrollment
Non-JD Enrollment
2021
495
378
117
2022
524
394
130
2023
632
402
230
2024
553
403
150
2025
567
385
182
Penn State Law Total Enrollment Trends Chart
Diversity of Student Population
For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Penn State Law is 73.81%. The percentage of African-american students is 3.97% with 5 students and the percentage of Asian students is 9.52% with 12 students.
The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Penn State Law.
Total
Men
Women
American Indian / Alaska Native
0
0
0
African-American / Black
5 (3.97%)
2
3
Asian
12 (9.52%)
4
8
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0
0
0
Hispanic
9 (7.14%)
3
6
White
93 (73.81%)
46
47
Two or More
5 (3.97%)
2
3
Race Unknown
4 (3.17%)
4
0
Penn State Law Enrollment by Race Chart
2024 Faculties & Staffs
65 faculties and 3 law librarians work for Penn State Law. With the 567 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 9 to 1.
Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison
Faculties
Staffs
Students to Faculty
Penn State Law
65
3
9 to 1
All Law Schools
142
7
6 to 1
Public
127
7
6 to 1
Private
154
7
6 to 1
Pennsylvania Law Schools
140
7
5 to 1
Public
133
5
5 to 1
Private
146
8
5 to 1
Faculty by Gender and Job Type
By gender, there are 47 men (62.67%) and 28 women (37.33%) faculties teaching/advising students at Penn State Law. By employment status, 51 full-time and 24 part-time faculties work for the school.
2022
2023
2024
2025
Total
71
78
75
65
Full-time
49
52
51
46
Men
30
29
29
24
Women
19
23
22
22
Other
0
0
0
0
Part-time
22
26
24
19
Men
17
16
18
9
Women
5
9
6
9
Other
0
1
0
0
Law School Librarians
Other than teaching faculties, 4 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Penn State Law.
