Washington College of Law Students and Faculties

Class Size and Student Population

There are 1,557 students enrolled in Washington College of Law - 1,230 JD and 327 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 78 compared to last year.

First-year Enrollment

In the acadmic year 2024-2025, 412 students newly enrolled to the law school - 125 men and 279 women. By enrolled status, 345 students enrolled as full-time and 125 students enrolled as part-time. Washington College of Law is much bigger than other law schools compared to their average number of students 707.
ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
2025 Admission 5,216 2,075 408 4 412
TotalMenWomenOther
2021Total 381 130 251 0
Full-time 321 107 214 0
Part-time 60 23 37 0
2022Total 413 146 267 0
Full-time 354 118 236 0
Part-time 59 28 31 0
2023Total 392 135 257 0
Full-time 346 121 225 0
Part-time 46 14 32 0
2024Total 403 149 252 2
Full-time 340 118 221 1
Part-time 63 31 31 1
2025Total 410 125 279 6
Full-time 350 101 244 5
Part-time 60 24 35 1
First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Washington College of Law Chart

Total Law Student Population

In the academic year 2024-2025, 1,557 students enrolled, of which 1,230 are J.D. students and 327 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 79.00% at Washington College of Law.
You can compare Washington College of Law with law schools that have similar student population over 1500
The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at Washington College of Law.
TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
20211,3591,138221
20221,4601,113347
20231,4571,167290
20241,6351,231404
20251,5571,230327
Washington College of Law Total Enrollment Trends Chart

Diversity of Student Population

For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Washington College of Law is 57.60%. The percentage of African-american students is 6.86% with 28 students and the percentage of Asian students is 9.80% with 40 students.
The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Washington College of Law.
TotalMenWomen
American Indian / Alaska Native0 00
African-American / Black28
(6.86%)
721
Asian40
(9.80%)
930
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
Hispanic63
(15.44%)
1743
White235
(57.60%)
81151
Two or More28
(6.86%)
622
Race Unknown18
(4.41%)
512
Washington College of Law Enrollment by Race Chart

2024 Faculties & Staffs

313 faculties and 8 law librarians work for Washington College of Law. With the 1,557 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 5 to 1.

Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
Washington College of Law31385 to 1
All Law Schools14276 to 1
Public12776 to 1
Private15476 to 1
District of Columbia Law Schools329114 to 1
Public5634 to 1
Private384124 to 1

Faculty by Gender and Job Type

By gender, there are 152 men (51.88%) and 141 women (48.12%) faculties teaching/advising students at AU Law. By employment status, 82 full-time and 211 part-time faculties work for the school.
2022202320242025
Total290259293313
Full-time77718279
Men31273338
Women46444941
Other0000
Part-time213188211234
Men12199119127
Women928992107
Other0000

Law School Librarians

Other than teaching faculties, 7 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Washington College of Law.
2022202320242025
Librarians10878
Full-time7777
Part-time3101