University of Pennsylvania Law School Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 1,009 students enrolled in University of Pennsylvania Law School - 759 JD and 250 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 39 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2024-2025, 251 students newly enrolled to the law school - 102 men and 126 women. University of Pennsylvania Law School is slightly bigger than other law schools compared to their average number of students 707.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2025 Admission 6,461 643 245 6 251
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2021249 128 121 0
    2022309 138 170 1
    2023246 109 134 3
    2024233 109 120 4
    2025233 102 126 5
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at University of Pennsylvania Law School Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2024-2025, 1,009 students enrolled, of which 759 are J.D. students and 250 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 75.22% at University of Pennsylvania Law School.
    You can compare University of Pennsylvania Law School with law schools that have similar student population between 1000 and 1200
    The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at University of Pennsylvania Law School.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    2021994767227
    20221,023824199
    20231,088808280
    20241,048809239
    20251,009759250
    University of Pennsylvania Law School Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at University of Pennsylvania Law School is 53.88%. The percentage of African-american students is 8.16% with 20 students and the percentage of Asian students is 25.71% with 63 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at University of Pennsylvania Law School.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native0 00
    African-American / Black20
    (8.16%)    		 612
    Asian63
    (25.71%)    		 1539
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander3
    (1.22%)    		 03
    Hispanic21
    (8.57%)    		 1010
    White132
    (53.88%)    		 6656
    Two or More7
    (2.86%)    		 33
    Race Unknown5
    (2.04%)    		 23
    University of Pennsylvania Law School Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    302 faculties and 19 law librarians work for University of Pennsylvania Law School. With the 1,009 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 3 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    University of Pennsylvania Law School302193 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15476 to 1
    Pennsylvania Law Schools14075 to 1
    Public13355 to 1
    Private14685 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 167 men (57.39%) and 121 women (41.58%) faculties teaching/advising students at UPenn Law. By employment status, 106 full-time and 185 part-time faculties work for the school.
    2022202320242025
    Total266288291302
    Full-time94104106104
    Men50505153
    Women44505450
    Other0400
    Part-time172184185198
    Men110111116123
    Women62646774
    Other0900

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 19 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at University of Pennsylvania Law School.
    2022202320242025
    Librarians19191919
    Full-time18191919
    Part-time1000
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