Just a bit of a repeat of our last message, that the last six years we have been fortunate to receive and publish exclusive data for law school applicants. You can find us generally linking data like the below at two forums: LawSchool.Life and the Law School Admissions Subreddit. But as we may not always be able to be as prompt on boards, you can also always get immediate data and rankings releases at our Twitter.
UPDATE: 6/8/2018 This is the new cycle data as of June 8, 2018. Applicants are up 8.4%, and applications are up 9.0% compared to last year's data as of June 8, 2017.
Detailed data below.
| Highest LSAT | # Applicants | % Change YTD |
|---|---|---|
| < 140 | 3,873 | 0.0% |
| 140-144 | 5,348 | -1.6% |
| 145-149 | 8,825 | -0.7% |
| 150-154 | 10,839 | 2.1% |
| 155-159 | 10,094 | 4.8% |
| 160-164 | 8,101 | 13.2% |
| 165-169 | 5,041 | 25.6% |
| 170-174 | 2,353 | 12.1% |
| 175-180 | 683 | 56.3% |
| % Change in applications | # Schools |
|---|---|
| Increase of 100% or more | 1 |
| Increase of 50% to 99% | 1 |
| Increase of 40% to 49% | 4 |
| Increase of 30% to 39% | 6 |
| Increase of 20% to 29% | 21 |
| Increase of 10% to 19% | 47 |
| Increase of 1% to 9% | 71 |
| No change | 4 |
| Decrease of 1% to 9% | 33 |
| Decrease of 10% to 19% | 8 |
| Decrease of 20% to 29% | 4 |
| Decrease of 30% to 39% | 1 |
| Decrease of 40% to 49% | 0 |
| Decrease of 50% or more: | 4 |
| Region | Applicants # | Applicants % | Applications # | Applications % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Far West | 7,482 | 11.8% | 56,825 | 10.3% |
| Great Lakes | 7,224 | 7.8% | 50,928 | 7.4% |
| Midsouth | 6,779 | 7.7% | 69,129 | 7.6% |
| Midwest | 2,047 | 16.1% | 11,437 | 5.2% |
| Mountain West | 2,922 | 13.2% | 14,634 | 17.8% |
| New England | 2,804 | 11.0% | 34,243 | 12.2% |
| Northeast | 9,444 | 9.7% | 68,681 | 10.5% |
| Northwest | 1,431 | 8.7% | 8,215 | 12.7% |
| South Central | 6,451 | 5.7% | 27,511 | 8.6% |
| Southeast | 8,036 | 0.6% | 34,040 | 3.9% |
| Regional Total | 375,643 | 9.0% | ||
| Other | 3,033 | 17.0% | ||
| Total | 57,653 | 8.4% |
| Race/Ethnicity | Applicants # | % Change |
|---|---|---|
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Australian | 5 | * |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1,280 | 7.0% |
| Asian | 6,390 | 13.3% |
| Black or African American | 8,315 | 7,0% |
| Canadian Aboriginal | 42 | 35.5% |
| Caucasian/White | 36,937 | 9.2% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 7,510 | 7.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 262 | 5.2% |
| Puerto Rican | 1,636 | 1.1% |
| Not Indicated | 1,410 | 12.7% |
| Gender | Applicants # | % Change |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 31,078 | 9.6% |
| Male | 26,301 | 7.1% |
| Not Indicated | 274 | 7.9% |
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