University of Minnesota Law School Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 681 students enrolled in University of Minnesota Law School - 639 JD and 42 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 39 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2024-2025, 195 students newly enrolled to the law school - 94 men and 92 women. University of Minnesota Law School has similar number of students as other law schools' average 707.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2025 Admission 2,442 853 189 6 195
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2021240 109 131 0
    2022231 108 122 1
    2023222 111 107 4
    2024216 81 130 5
    2025195 94 92 9
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at University of Minnesota Law School Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2024-2025, 681 students enrolled, of which 639 are J.D. students and 42 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 93.83% at University of Minnesota Law School.
    You can compare University of Minnesota Law School 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 Minnesota Law School.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    202174667472
    202271667739
    202371866949
    202472067545
    202568163942
    University of Minnesota Law School Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at University of Minnesota Law School is 66.67%. The percentage of African-american students is 3.70% with 7 students and the percentage of Asian students is 8.99% with 17 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at University of Minnesota Law School.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native0 00
    African-American / Black7
    (3.70%)    		 42
    Asian17
    (8.99%)    		 98
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1
    (0.53%)    		 10
    Hispanic25
    (13.23%)    		 167
    White126
    (66.67%)    		 5466
    Two or More11
    (5.82%)    		 56
    Race Unknown8
    (4.23%)    		 53
    University of Minnesota Law School Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    313 faculties and 18 law librarians work for University of Minnesota Law School. With the 681 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 2 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    University of Minnesota Law School313182 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15476 to 1
    Minnesota Law Schools21294 to 1
    Public313184 to 1
    Private16244 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 165 men (55.18%) and 134 women (44.82%) faculties teaching/advising students at UMTC Law. By employment status, 65 full-time and 234 part-time faculties work for the school.
    2022202320242025
    Total272283299313
    Full-time67626562
    Men42403535
    Women25223027
    Other0000
    Part-time205221234251
    Men125129130139
    Women8092104112
    Other0000

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 18 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at University of Minnesota Law School.
    2022202320242025
    Librarians12141818
    Full-time11121515
    Part-time1233
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