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