July 16, 2013

Law School 2012/13 Applicant Data

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Law School 2012/13 Applicant DataSpivey Consulting Group

ABA 2013 applicants and applications through 06/28/13 with the percent change from last year (last year at this time data was 98% complete:

Currently there is one school with an application volume increase of 40% or more and 38 schools show a volume decrease of 30% or more. Twelve schools show an increase in applications, while 188 show a decline:

Increase of 100% or more: 1
Increase of 50% to 99%: -
Increase of 40% to 49%: -
Increase of 30% to 39%: -
Increase of 20% to 29%: -
Increase of 10% to 19%: 3
Increase of 1% to 9%: 8
Decrease of 1% to 9%: 25
Decrease of 10% to 19%: 64
Decrease of 20% to 29%: 61
Decrease of 30% or greater: 38

Highest LSAT Pct Chg YTD
< 140 -1.4%
140–144 -8.6%
145–149 -8.5%
150–154 -11.1%
155–159 -16.5%
160–164 -15.1%
165–169 -16.2%
170–174 -24.2%
175–180 -20.4%
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