Vanderbilt University Law School Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 555 students enrolled in Vanderbilt University Law School - 512 JD and 43 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 31 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 167 students newly enrolled to the law school - 70 men and 96 women. Vanderbilt University Law School is slightly smaller than other law schools compared to their average number of students 714.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2024 Admission 5,554 931 163 4 167
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2020180 87 93 0
    2021174 90 84 0
    2022154 72 82 0
    2023154 70 84 0
    2024166 70 96 0
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Vanderbilt University Law School Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2023-2024, 555 students enrolled, of which 512 are J.D. students and 43 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 92.25% 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
    202061555758
    202163456272
    20225525448
    202358653155
    202455551243
    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 60.74%. The percentage of African-american students is 11.66% with 19 students and the percentage of Asian students is 8.59% with 14 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 / Black19
    (11.66%)    		 415
    Asian14
    (8.59%)    		 59
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
    Hispanic14
    (8.59%)    		 77
    White99
    (60.74%)    		 5147
    Two or More5
    (3.07%)    		 14
    Race Unknown0 00
    Nonresident Aliens4
    (2.45%)    		 22
    Vanderbilt University Law School Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    157 faculties and 6 law librarians work for Vanderbilt University Law School. With the 555 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 4 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    Vanderbilt University Law School15764 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15376 to 1
    Tennessee Law Schools8555 to 1
    Public8665 to 1
    Private8545 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.
    202220232024
    Total121139157
    Full-time515253
    Men303028
    Women212225
    Other000
    Part-time7087104
    Men445370
    Women263434
    Other000

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 6 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Vanderbilt University Law School.
    202220232024
    Librarians776
    Full-time076
    Part-time700
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