St. Mary's University School of Law Students and Faculties

Class Size and Student Population

There are 941 students enrolled in St. Mary's University School of Law - 830 JD and 111 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students increased by 57 compared to last year.

First-year Enrollment

In the acadmic year 2024-2025, 279 students newly enrolled to the law school - 120 men and 157 women. By enrolled status, 252 students enrolled as full-time and 120 students enrolled as part-time. St. Mary's University School of Law is slightly bigger than other law schools compared to their average number of students 707.
ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
2025 Admission 2,417 785 275 4 279
TotalMenWomenOther
2021Total 257 110 147 0
Full-time 233 107 126 0
Part-time 24 3 21 0
2022Total 292 127 165 0
Full-time 222 98 124 0
Part-time 70 29 41 0
2023Total 234 101 133 0
Full-time 228 98 130 0
Part-time 6 3 3 0
2024Total 156 67 89 0
Full-time 156 67 89 0
Part-time 0 0 0 0
2025Total 279 120 157 2
Full-time 253 106 146 1
Part-time 26 14 11 1
First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at St. Mary's University School of Law Chart

Total Law Student Population

In the academic year 2024-2025, 941 students enrolled, of which 830 are J.D. students and 111 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 88.20% at St. Mary's University School of Law.
You can compare St. Mary's University School of Law 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 St. Mary's University School of Law.
TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
2021845736109
2022868747121
2023880761119
202488480381
2025941830111
St. Mary's University School of Law Total Enrollment Trends Chart

Diversity of Student Population

For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at St. Mary's University School of Law is 32.73%. The percentage of African-american students is 3.64% with 10 students and the percentage of Asian students is 3.27% with 9 students.
The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at St. Mary's University School of Law.
TotalMenWomen
American Indian / Alaska Native5
(1.82%)
14
African-American / Black10
(3.64%)
19
Asian9
(3.27%)
36
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
Hispanic160
(58.18%)
6395
White90
(32.73%)
4941
Two or More0 00
Race Unknown5
(1.82%)
32
St. Mary's University School of Law Enrollment by Race Chart

2024 Faculties & Staffs

113 faculties and 3 law librarians work for St. Mary's University School of Law. With the 941 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 8 to 1.

Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
St. Mary's University School of Law11338 to 1
All Law Schools14276 to 1
Public12776 to 1
Private15476 to 1
Texas Law Schools15466 to 1
Public15276 to 1
Private15856 to 1

Faculty by Gender and Job Type

By gender, there are 69 men (66.35%) and 35 women (33.65%) faculties teaching/advising students at St. Mary's Law. By employment status, 51 full-time and 53 part-time faculties work for the school.
2022202320242025
Total93104104113
Full-time48505151
Men29313129
Women19192022
Other0000
Part-time45545362
Men32413846
Women13121516
Other0000

Law School Librarians

Other than teaching faculties, 3 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at St. Mary's University School of Law.
2022202320242025
Librarians2233
Full-time2233
Part-time0000