This is the new cycle data as of June 26, 2018. Applicants are up 8.1%, and applications are up 8.9% compared to last year's data as of June 27, 2017.
Detailed data below.
| Highest LSAT |
# Applicants |
% Change YTD |
| < 140 |
3,971 |
-2.0% |
| 140-144 |
5,483 |
-0.1% |
| 145-149 |
8,962 |
4.2% |
| 150-154 |
10,947 |
6.6% |
| 155-159 |
10,148 |
6.9% |
| 160-164 |
8,117 |
15.9% |
| 165-169 |
5,042 |
29.0% |
| 170-174 |
2,357 |
16.9% |
| 175-180 |
683 |
69.9% |
| % 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% |
5 |
| Increase of 20% to 29% |
19 |
| Increase of 10% to 19% |
46 |
| Increase of 1% to 9% |
72 |
| No change |
8 |
| Decrease of 1% to 9% |
32 |
| Decrease of 10% to 19% |
8 |
| Decrease of 20% to 29% |
5 |
| Decrease of 30% to 39% |
0 |
| Decrease of 40% to 49% |
0 |
| Decrease of 50% or more: |
4 |
| Region |
Applicants # |
Applicants % Change YTD |
Applications # |
Applications % Change YTD |
| Far West |
7,574 |
11.6% |
57,189 |
10.3% |
| Great Lakes |
7,322 |
7.4% |
51,362 |
7.4% |
| Midsouth |
6,844 |
7.3% |
69,419 |
7.6% |
| Midwest |
2,065 |
16.3% |
11,496 |
5.0% |
| Mountain West |
2,950 |
13.0% |
14,715 |
17.7% |
| New England |
2,834 |
10.9% |
34,381 |
12.2% |
| Northeast |
9,567 |
8.2% |
69,166 |
10.0% |
| Northwest |
1,439 |
8.2% |
8,231 |
12.5% |
| South Central |
6,544 |
5.6% |
27,829 |
8.7% |
| Southeast |
8,181 |
0.9% |
34,616 |
4.1% |
| Regional Total |
|
|
378,404 |
8.9% |
| Other |
3,065 |
16.9% |
|
|
| Total |
58,385 |
8.1% |
|
|
| Race/Ethnicity |
Applicants # |
% Change YTD |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Australian |
5 |
* |
| American Indian or Alaska Native |
1,301 |
6.4% |
| Asian |
6,464 |
13.2% |
| Black or African American |
8,471 |
6.2% |
| Canadian Aboriginal |
44 |
41.9% |
| Caucasian/White |
37,304 |
8.8% |
| Hispanic/Latino |
7,654 |
7.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander |
270 |
8.4% |
| Puerto Rican |
1,676 |
1.5% |
| Not Indicated |
1,434 |
13.3% |
|
| Gender |
Applicants # |
% Change YTD |
| Female |
31,460 |
9.1% |
| Male |
26,605 |
6.7% |
| Not Indicated |
320 |
14.7% |
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