Salmon P. Chase College of Law Students and Faculties

Class Size and Student Population

There are 432 students enrolled in Salmon P. Chase College of Law - 382 JD and 50 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students increased by 57 compared to last year.

First-year Enrollment

In the acadmic year 2024-2025, 154 students newly enrolled to the law school - 69 men and 85 women. By enrolled status, 122 students enrolled as full-time and 69 students enrolled as part-time. Salmon P. Chase College of Law is smaller than other law schools compared to their average number of students 707.
ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
2025 Admission 507 342 145 9 154
TotalMenWomenOther
2021Total 129 61 68 0
Full-time 98 47 51 0
Part-time 31 14 17 0
2022Total 149 70 79 0
Full-time 114 56 58 0
Part-time 35 14 21 0
2023Total 93 44 49 0
Full-time 77 36 41 0
Part-time 16 8 8 0
2024Total 126 54 72 0
Full-time 98 43 55 0
Part-time 28 11 17 0
2025Total 154 69 85 0
Full-time 122 54 68 0
Part-time 32 15 17 0
First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Salmon P. Chase College of Law Chart

Total Law Student Population

In the academic year 2024-2025, 432 students enrolled, of which 382 are J.D. students and 50 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 88.43% at Salmon P. Chase College of Law.
You can compare Salmon P. Chase College of Law with law schools that have similar student population between 300 and 500
The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at Salmon P. Chase College of Law.
TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
202140338815
202242740324
202338636323
20243753696
202543238250
Salmon P. Chase College of Law Total Enrollment Trends Chart

Diversity of Student Population

For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Salmon P. Chase College of Law is 88.97%. The percentage of African-american students is 5.52% with 8 students and the percentage of Asian students is 2.07% with 3 students.
The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Salmon P. Chase College of Law.
TotalMenWomen
American Indian / Alaska Native0 00
African-American / Black8
(5.52%)
35
Asian3
(2.07%)
21
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
Hispanic9
(6.21%)
36
White129
(88.97%)
5970
Two or More1
(0.69%)
01
Race Unknown4
(2.76%)
22
Salmon P. Chase College of Law Enrollment by Race Chart

2024 Faculties & Staffs

65 faculties and 2 law librarians work for Salmon P. Chase College of Law. With the 432 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 7 to 1.

Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
Salmon P. Chase College of Law6527 to 1
All Law Schools14276 to 1
Public12776 to 1
Private15476 to 1

Faculty by Gender and Job Type

By gender, there are 40 men (60.61%) and 26 women (39.39%) faculties teaching/advising students at NKU Law. By employment status, 24 full-time and 42 part-time faculties work for the school.
2022202320242025
Total62686665
Full-time25282424
Men17181716
Women81078
Other0000
Part-time37404241
Men23252324
Women14151917
Other0000

Law School Librarians

Other than teaching faculties, 2 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Salmon P. Chase College of Law.
2022202320242025
Librarians2222
Full-time2222
Part-time0000