Widener Law Commonwealth Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 374 students enrolled in Widener Law Commonwealth - all JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 62 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 149 students newly enrolled to the law school - 66 men and 79 women. By enrolled status, 108 students enrolled as full-time and 66 students enrolled as part-time. Widener Law Commonwealth is smaller than other law schools compared to their average number of students 714.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2024 Admission 720 468 145 4 149
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2020Total 117 51 66 0
    Full-time 94 45 49 0
    Part-time 23 6 17 0
    2021Total 111 50 61 0
    Full-time 93 43 50 0
    Part-time 18 7 11 0
    2022Total 127 51 75 1
    Full-time 104 45 58 1
    Part-time 23 6 17 0
    2023Total 233 106 127 0
    Full-time 195 90 105 0
    Part-time 38 16 22 0
    2024Total 148 66 79 3
    Full-time 111 49 59 3
    Part-time 37 17 20 0
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Widener Law Commonwealth Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2023-2024, there are 374 law school students and all students enrolled in J.D. program at Widener Law Commonwealth.
    You can compare Widener Law Commonwealth with law schools that have similar student population between 300 and 500
    The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at Widener Law Commonwealth.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    20203223220
    20213233230
    20223373370
    202343634690
    20243743740
    Widener Law Commonwealth Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Widener Law Commonwealth is 60.00%. The percentage of African-american students is 9.66% with 14 students and the percentage of Asian students is 7.59% with 11 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Widener Law Commonwealth.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native2
    (1.38%)    		 11
    African-American / Black14
    (9.66%)    		 59
    Asian11
    (7.59%)    		 47
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
    Hispanic24
    (16.55%)    		 816
    White87
    (60.00%)    		 3551
    Two or More0 00
    Race Unknown2
    (1.38%)    		 11
    Nonresident Aliens2
    (1.38%)    		 11
    Widener Law Commonwealth Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    67 faculties and 3 law librarians work for Widener Law Commonwealth. With the 374 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 7 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    Widener Law Commonwealth6737 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15376 to 1
    Pennsylvania Law Schools13975 to 1
    Public13355 to 1
    Private14485 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 35 men (52.24%) and 32 women (47.76%) faculties teaching/advising students at Widener Law. By employment status, 19 full-time and 48 part-time faculties work for the school.
    202220232024
    Total626167
    Full-time161519
    Men767
    Women9912
    Other000
    Part-time464648
    Men282928
    Women181720
    Other000

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 3 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Widener Law Commonwealth.
    202220232024
    Librarians333
    Full-time333
    Part-time000
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