University of Illinois College of Law Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 605 students enrolled in University of Illinois College of Law - 472 JD and 133 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 78 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2024-2025, 161 students newly enrolled to the law school - 87 men and 69 women. University of Illinois College of Law is slightly smaller than other law schools compared to their average number of students 707.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2025 Admission 1,509 706 160 1 161
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2021130 71 59 0
    2022207 115 91 1
    2023161 87 74 0
    2024155 80 75 0
    2025156 87 69 0
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at University of Illinois College of Law Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2024-2025, 605 students enrolled, of which 472 are J.D. students and 133 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 78.02% at University of Illinois College of Law.
    You can compare University of Illinois College of Law with law schools that have similar student population between 500 and 700
    The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at University of Illinois College of Law.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    2021513408105
    2022603492111
    2023718524194
    2024683519164
    2025605472133
    University of Illinois College of Law Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at University of Illinois College of Law is 42.50%. The percentage of African-american students is 3.75% with 6 students and the percentage of Asian students is 23.75% with 38 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at University of Illinois College of Law.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native0 00
    African-American / Black6
    (3.75%)    		 33
    Asian38
    (23.75%)    		 1720
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
    Hispanic12
    (7.50%)    		 75
    White68
    (42.50%)    		 3929
    Two or More6
    (3.75%)    		 50
    Race Unknown31
    (19.38%)    		 1612
    University of Illinois College of Law Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    132 faculties and 5 law librarians work for University of Illinois College of Law. With the 605 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 5 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    University of Illinois College of Law13255 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15476 to 1
    Illinois Law Schools16165 to 1
    Public10845 to 1
    Private19775 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 78 men (56.93%) and 59 women (43.07%) faculties teaching/advising students at UIUC Law. By employment status, 57 full-time and 80 part-time faculties work for the school.
    2022202320242025
    Total117126137132
    Full-time53525750
    Men24252823
    Women29272927
    Other0000
    Part-time64748082
    Men40465051
    Women24283031
    Other0000

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 6 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at University of Illinois College of Law.
    2022202320242025
    Librarians8765
    Full-time8765
    Part-time0000
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