University of Pittsburgh Law School Students and Faculties

Class Size and Student Population

There are 578 students enrolled in University of Pittsburgh Law School - 373 JD and 205 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students increased by 19 compared to last year.

First-year Enrollment

In the acadmic year 2024-2025, 136 students newly enrolled to the law school - 59 men and 72 women. University of Pittsburgh Law School is slightly smaller than other law schools compared to their average number of students 707.
ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
2025 Admission 1,055 545 133 3 136
TotalMenWomenOther
2021120 63 57 0
2022152 69 83 0
2023121 67 53 1
2024117 60 57 0
2025136 59 72 5
First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at University of Pittsburgh Law School Chart

Total Law Student Population

In the academic year 2024-2025, 578 students enrolled, of which 373 are J.D. students and 205 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 64.53% at University of Pittsburgh Law School.
You can compare University of Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh Law School.
TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
202148038793
2022538388150
2023529381148
2024559388171
2025578373205
University of Pittsburgh Law School Total Enrollment Trends Chart

Diversity of Student Population

For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at University of Pittsburgh Law School is 76.69%. The percentage of African-american students is 6.02% with 8 students and the percentage of Asian students is 5.26% with 7 students.
The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at University of Pittsburgh Law School.
TotalMenWomen
American Indian / Alaska Native0 00
African-American / Black8
(6.02%)
44
Asian7
(5.26%)
52
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
Hispanic15
(11.28%)
76
White102
(76.69%)
4158
Two or More2
(1.50%)
11
Race Unknown2
(1.50%)
11
University of Pittsburgh Law School Enrollment by Race Chart

2024 Faculties & Staffs

161 faculties and 6 law librarians work for University of Pittsburgh Law School. With the 578 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 4 to 1.

Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
University of Pittsburgh Law School16164 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 112 men (63.64%) and 64 women (36.36%) faculties teaching/advising students at Pitt Law. By employment status, 47 full-time and 129 part-time faculties work for the school.
2022202320242025
Total141145176161
Full-time43354744
Men19172322
Women24182422
Other0000
Part-time98110129117
Men71808979
Women27304038
Other0000

Law School Librarians

Other than teaching faculties, 6 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at University of Pittsburgh Law School.
2022202320242025
Librarians6666
Full-time6555
Part-time0111