Vanderbilt University Law School Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 561 students enrolled in Vanderbilt University Law School - 505 JD and 56 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students increased by 6 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2024-2025, 160 students newly enrolled to the law school - 61 men and 94 women. Vanderbilt University Law School is slightly smaller than other law schools compared to their average number of students 707.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2025 Admission 4,808 887 157 3 160
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2021174 90 84 0
    2022154 72 82 0
    2023154 70 84 0
    2024166 70 96 0
    2025155 61 94 0
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Vanderbilt University Law School Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2024-2025, 561 students enrolled, of which 505 are J.D. students and 56 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 90.02% at Vanderbilt University Law School.
    You can compare Vanderbilt University 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 Vanderbilt University Law School.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    202163456272
    20225525448
    202358653155
    202455551243
    202556150556
    Vanderbilt University Law School Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Vanderbilt University Law School is 59.87%. The percentage of African-american students is 6.37% with 10 students and the percentage of Asian students is 13.38% with 21 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Vanderbilt University Law School.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native0 00
    African-American / Black10
    (6.37%)    		 19
    Asian21
    (13.38%)    		 911
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
    Hispanic18
    (11.46%)    		 413
    White94
    (59.87%)    		 4448
    Two or More10
    (6.37%)    		 18
    Race Unknown7
    (4.46%)    		 25
    Vanderbilt University Law School Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    154 faculties and 8 law librarians work for Vanderbilt University Law School. With the 561 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 4 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    Vanderbilt University Law School15484 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15476 to 1
    Tennessee Law Schools8955 to 1
    Public9265 to 1
    Private8755 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 98 men (62.42%) and 59 women (37.58%) faculties teaching/advising students at Vanderbilt Law. By employment status, 53 full-time and 104 part-time faculties work for the school.
    2022202320242025
    Total121139157154
    Full-time51525357
    Men30302832
    Women21222525
    Other0000
    Part-time708710497
    Men44537064
    Women26343433
    Other0000

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 6 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Vanderbilt University Law School.
    2022202320242025
    Librarians7768
    Full-time0768
    Part-time7000
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