LSAT Changes in the Past 5 Years at the Top 75 Law Schools

Law School LSAT Medians 2010-2014

USNWR	School	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	+/- Δ
#1	Yale	173	173	173	173	173	0
#2	Harvard	173	173	173	173	173	0
#3	Stanford	170	170	170	171	172	+2
#4	Columbia	172	172	172	171	172	0
#4	Chicago	171	171	171	170	170	-1
#6	NYU	172	172	171	170	170	-2
#7	Penn	170	170	170	169	169	-1
#8	UVA	170	170	170	169	169	-1
#9	Berkeley	167	167	167	167	167	0
#10	Duke	170	170	169	169	169	-1
#10	Michigan	169	169	169	168	168	-1
#12	Northwestern	170	170	170	168	168	-2
#13	Cornell	168	168	167	167	167	-1
#13	Georgetown	170	170	169	168	167	-3
#15	UT Austin	167	167	167	166	167	0
#16	UCLA	168	168	168	167	167	-1
#16	Vanderbilt	169	169	169	167	167	-2
#18	WUSTL	167	168	166	166	166	-1
#19	Emory	166	165	165	165	165	-1
#20	GWU	167	167	167	165	165	-2
#20	Minnesota	167	167	167	164	164	-3
#21	USC	167	167	167	166	166	-1
#23	Alabama	165	165	165	164	163	-2
#24	W&M	165	165	164	164	163	-2
#24	Washington	163	164	164	164	164	+1
#26	Notre Dame	167	166	166	163	163	-4
#27	Boston U	166	167	166	165	163	-3
#27	Iowa	161	161	162	161	160	-1
#29	Indiana B	164	166	164	162	161	-3
#29	Georgia	164	165	164	163	163	-1
#31	Arizona State	161	162	163	162	162	+1
#31	Ohio State	163	163	162	160	159	-4
#31	North Carolina	163	163	162	161	161	-2
#31	Wisconsin	163	163	162	161	161	-2
#31	Wake Forest	163	163	163	162	161	-2
#36	Boston C	166	165	164	164	162	-4
#36	Brigham Young	164	163	162	161	162	-2
#36	Fordham	166	165	164	163	163	-3
#36	UC Davis	163	164	163	162	162	-1
#40	Arizona	162	161	161	160	161	-1
#40	Illinois	167	163	163	160	161	-6
#42	Southern Methodist	163	163	161	162	161	-2
#43	Colorado	164	164	164	162	161	-3
#43	W&L	166	164	164	164	161	-5
#45	Florida State	162	162	160	159	159	-3
#46	George Mason	164	164	163	161	161	-3
#46	Tulane	162	161	161	160	161	-1
#46	Maryland	161	162	162	159	159	-2
#49	Florida	162	162	161	160	158	-4
#49	Utah	161	161	160	159	158	-3
#51	Baylor	162	162	162	160	160	-2
#51	Penn State	159	159	159	158	158	-1
#51	Richmond	162	162	162	161	160	-2
#54	Pepperdine	163	163	162	160	160	-3
#54	UC Hastings	164	162	162	159	158	-6
#54	Connecticut	161	159	159	158	157	-4
#54	Nebraska	156	157	158	156	156	0
#58	Houston	162	161	161	160	159	-3
#58	Kentucky	160	159	158	157	155	-5
#58	Oklahoma	159	158	158	157	157	-2
#61	Temple	161	160	161	160	160	-1
#61	Arkansas-Fayetteville	157	156	156	154	156	-1
#61	Miami	158	158	156	157	157	-1
#64	Case Western	160	158	160	159	159	-1
#64	Georgia State	161	160	159	159	158	-3
#64	Missouri-Columbia	159	158	157	157	157	-2
#64	Cardozo-Yeshiva	163	162	162	160	159	-4
#68	Loyola Chicago	161	160	158	158	157	-4
#68	Seton Hall	159	159	158	157	156	-3
#68	Denver	159	159	159	158	156	-3
#68	Kansas	158	157	157	156	158	0
#72	American	163	162	159	157	156	-7
#72	Chicago-Kent	161	160	159	158	157	-4
#72	Lewis and Clark	162	161	160	158	158	-4
#72	Louisiana State	158	158	157	156	155	-3

Source with permission to share: “bl1nds1ght” at http://www.reddit.com/r/lawschoolstats/comments/2l2r76/median_lsat_decline_since_2010_as_of_201415_cycle/

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