Sturm College of Law Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 939 students enrolled in Sturm College of Law - 864 JD and 75 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students increased by 19 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2024-2025, 270 students newly enrolled to the law school - 97 men and 166 women. By enrolled status, 221 students enrolled as full-time and 97 students enrolled as part-time. Sturm College of Law is slightly bigger than other law schools compared to their average number of students 707.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2025 Admission 1,909 1,013 266 4 270
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2021Total 271 129 140 2
    Full-time 235 112 121 2
    Part-time 36 17 19 0
    2022Total 255 88 165 2
    Full-time 213 75 137 1
    Part-time 42 13 28 1
    2023Total 280 103 173 4
    Full-time 234 90 141 3
    Part-time 46 13 32 1
    2024Total 272 107 161 4
    Full-time 237 93 140 4
    Part-time 35 14 21 0
    2025Total 268 97 166 5
    Full-time 225 81 140 4
    Part-time 43 16 26 1
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Sturm College of Law Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2024-2025, 939 students enrolled, of which 864 are J.D. students and 75 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 92.01% at Sturm College of Law.
    You can compare Sturm College 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 Sturm College of Law.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    20211,008805203
    2022967816151
    2023955840115
    202492083882
    202593986475
    Sturm College of Law Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Sturm College of Law is 65.41%. The percentage of African-american students is 4.14% with 11 students and the percentage of Asian students is 5.64% with 15 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Sturm College of Law.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native1
    (0.38%)    		 10
    African-American / Black11
    (4.14%)    		 011
    Asian15
    (5.64%)    		 510
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
    Hispanic32
    (12.03%)    		 923
    White174
    (65.41%)    		 6999
    Two or More11
    (4.14%)    		 47
    Race Unknown26
    (9.77%)    		 916
    Sturm College of Law Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    182 faculties and 7 law librarians work for Sturm College of Law. With the 939 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 5 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    Sturm College of Law18275 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15476 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 90 men (54.88%) and 74 women (45.12%) faculties teaching/advising students at DU Law. By employment status, 70 full-time and 94 part-time faculties work for the school.
    2022202320242025
    Total152162164182
    Full-time60607077
    Men27283036
    Women33324041
    Other0000
    Part-time9210294105
    Men56636065
    Women36383440
    Other0100

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 9 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Sturm College of Law.
    2022202320242025
    Librarians10797
    Full-time8674
    Part-time2123
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