University at Buffalo Law School Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 882 students enrolled in University at Buffalo Law School - 412 JD and 470 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students increased by 59 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2024-2025, 148 students newly enrolled to the law school - 59 men and 87 women. University at Buffalo Law School is slightly bigger than other law schools compared to their average number of students 707.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2025 Admission 829 371 146 2 148
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2021141 71 68 2
    2022156 64 92 0
    2023286 108 177 1
    2024379 146 227 6
    2025148 59 87 2
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at University at Buffalo Law School Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2024-2025, 882 students enrolled, of which 412 are J.D. students and 470 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 46.71% at University at Buffalo Law School.
    You can compare University at Buffalo Law School 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 University at Buffalo Law School.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    202153644492
    20224724657
    2023828462366
    2024823434389
    2025882412470
    University at Buffalo Law School Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at University at Buffalo Law School is 77.40%. The percentage of African-american students is 7.53% with 11 students and the percentage of Asian students is 6.16% with 9 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at University at Buffalo Law School.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native0 00
    African-American / Black11
    (7.53%)    		 47
    Asian9
    (6.16%)    		 09
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
    Hispanic5
    (3.42%)    		 13
    White113
    (77.40%)    		 5062
    Two or More6
    (4.11%)    		 15
    Race Unknown4
    (2.74%)    		 31
    University at Buffalo Law School Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    136 faculties and 9 law librarians work for University at Buffalo Law School. With the 882 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 6 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    University at Buffalo Law School13696 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15476 to 1
    New York Law Schools21895 to 1
    Public12285 to 1
    Private23195 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 59 men (54.63%) and 49 women (45.37%) faculties teaching/advising students at SUNY Buffalo Law. By employment status, 49 full-time and 59 part-time faculties work for the school.
    2022202320242025
    Total10297108136
    Full-time47404965
    Men23212535
    Women24192430
    Other0000
    Part-time55575971
    Men32323438
    Women23252533
    Other0000

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 12 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at University at Buffalo Law School.
    2022202320242025
    Librarians1011129
    Full-time1011129
    Part-time0000
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