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