Southern University Law Center Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 874 students enrolled in Southern University Law Center - all JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 64 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 237 students newly enrolled to the law school - 94 men and 143 women. By enrolled status, 176 students enrolled as full-time and 94 students enrolled as part-time. Southern University Law Center is slightly bigger than other law schools compared to their average number of students 714.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2024 Admission 1,025 548 231 6 237
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2020Total 242 109 133 0
    Full-time 153 74 79 0
    Part-time 89 35 54 0
    2021Total 241 83 158 0
    Full-time 148 49 99 0
    Part-time 93 34 59 0
    2022Total 343 143 197 3
    Full-time 259 113 143 3
    Part-time 84 30 54 0
    2023Total 292 114 178 0
    Full-time 209 75 134 0
    Part-time 83 39 44 0
    2024Total 237 94 143 0
    Full-time 176 65 111 0
    Part-time 61 29 32 0
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Southern University Law Center Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2023-2024, there are 874 law school students and all students enrolled in J.D. program at Southern University Law Center.
    You can compare Southern University Law Center 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 Southern University Law Center.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    20206696690
    20218328320
    20227157150
    20239389380
    20248748740
    Southern University Law Center Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Southern University Law Center is 31.60%. The percentage of African-american students is 74.46% with 172 students and the percentage of Asian students is 1.30% with 3 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Southern University Law Center.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native2
    (0.87%)    		 11
    African-American / Black172
    (74.46%)    		 53119
    Asian3
    (1.30%)    		 12
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
    Hispanic24
    (10.39%)    		 915
    White73
    (31.60%)    		 4033
    Two or More11
    (4.76%)    		 65
    Race Unknown4
    (1.73%)    		 31
    Nonresident Aliens3
    (1.30%)    		 12
    Southern University Law Center Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    130 faculties and 5 law librarians work for Southern University Law Center. With the 874 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 7 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    Southern University Law Center13057 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15376 to 1
    Louisiana Law Schools10256 to 1
    Public9766 to 1
    Private10946 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 63 men (48.46%) and 67 women (51.54%) faculties teaching/advising students at SULC Law. By employment status, 69 full-time and 61 part-time faculties work for the school.
    202220232024
    Total187166130
    Full-time495469
    Men212532
    Women282937
    Other000
    Part-time13811261
    Men755031
    Women636230
    Other000

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 5 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Southern University Law Center.
    202220232024
    Librarians545
    Full-time434
    Part-time111
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