The George Washington University Law School Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 1,870 students enrolled in The George Washington University Law School - 1,679 JD and 191 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 98 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 521 students newly enrolled to the law school - 238 men and 279 women. By enrolled status, 492 students enrolled as full-time and 238 students enrolled as part-time. The George Washington University Law School is much bigger than other law schools compared to their average number of students 714.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2024 Admission 8,310 2,387 514 7 521
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2020Total 564 282 282 0
    Full-time 540 267 273 0
    Part-time 24 15 9 0
    2021Total 506 219 287 0
    Full-time 481 208 273 0
    Part-time 25 11 14 0
    2022Total 512 221 291 0
    Full-time 483 207 276 0
    Part-time 29 14 15 0
    2023Total 512 238 274 0
    Full-time 487 222 265 0
    Part-time 25 16 9 0
    2024Total 517 238 279 0
    Full-time 492 227 265 0
    Part-time 25 11 14 0
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at The George Washington University Law School Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2023-2024, 1,870 students enrolled, of which 1,679 are J.D. students and 191 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 89.79% at The George Washington University Law School.
    You can compare The George Washington University Law School with law schools that have similar student population over 1500
    The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at The George Washington University Law School.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    20201,8091,560249
    20211,9841,731253
    20221,8981,678220
    20231,9681,692276
    20241,8701,679191
    The George Washington University Law School Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at The George Washington University Law School is 60.70%. The percentage of African-american students is 7.00% with 36 students and the percentage of Asian students is 9.53% with 49 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at The George Washington University Law School.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native0 00
    African-American / Black36
    (7.00%)    		 1422
    Asian49
    (9.53%)    		 2524
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
    Hispanic37
    (7.20%)    		 1522
    White312
    (60.70%)    		 151160
    Two or More21
    (4.09%)    		 813
    Race Unknown18
    (3.50%)    		 98
    Nonresident Aliens42
    (8.17%)    		 1625
    The George Washington University Law School Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    594 faculties and 15 law librarians work for The George Washington University Law School. With the 1,870 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 3 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    The George Washington University Law School594153 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15376 to 1
    District of Columbia Law Schools330104 to 1
    Public5634 to 1
    Private385114 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 358 men (60.27%) and 208 women (35.02%) faculties teaching/advising students at GWU Law. In addition, 1 faculties are either gender-separated or unknown. By employment status, 103 full-time and 491 part-time faculties work for the school.
    202220232024
    Total450505594
    Full-time9796103
    Men525353
    Women454348
    Other000
    Part-time353409491
    Men245282305
    Women108120160
    Other001

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 15 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at The George Washington University Law School.
    202220232024
    Librarians221415
    Full-time201415
    Part-time200
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