May 1, 2018

2017/2018 Cycle Data as of 5/1/18

2017/2018 Cycle Data as of 5/1/18Spivey Consulting Group

Key figures: applicants are up 8.4% and applications are up 9.0% as compared to this time last year. See below for more detailed data.

Highest LSAT # Applicants % Change YTD
< 140 3,536 -2.2%
140-144 5,000 -0.6%
145-149 8,391 3.6%
150-154 10,474 5.9%
155-159 9,895 6.5%
160-164 8,031 15.9%
165-169 5,027 29.2%
170-174 2,346 16.5%
175-180 682 70.1%
Category # Schools
Total Schools 202
Increase of 50% or greater 1
Increase of 40% to 49% -
Increase of 30% to 39% -
Increase of 20% to 29% 5
Increase of 10% to 19% 8
Increase of 1% to 9% 38
No change 7
Decrease of 1% to 9% 64
Decrease of 10% to 19% 46
Decrease of 20% to 29% 24
Decrease of 30% to 39% 4
Decrease of 40% to 49% 2
Decrease of 50% to 99% 2
Decrease of 100% or more 1
Region Applicants # Applicants % Applications # Applications %
Far West 7,339 12.8% 55,841 10.5%
Great Lakes 6,986 7.7% 49,796 7.0%
Midsouth 6,625 8.5% 68,246 7.8%
Midwest 2,004 16.0% 11,196 5.2%
Mountain West 2,851 13.9% 14,332 18.0%
New England 2,773 10.3% 33,732 11.9%
Northeast 9,077 9.7% 67,095 10.6%
Northwest 1,407 8.4% 8,109 12.7%
South Central 6,097 3.7% 26,425 7.7%
Southeast 7,372 0.9% 31,628 4.3%
Other 2,888 14.5%
Total 55,379 8.4% 366,400 9.0%
Race/Ethnicity Applicants # % Change
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Australian 0 0.0%
American Indian or Alaska Native 1,216 7.2%
Asian 6,218 12.9%
Black or African American 7,666 5.9%
Canadian Aboriginal 38 2.7%
Caucasian/White 35,577 8.7%
Hispanic/Latino 7,183 8.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 257 7.1%
Puerto Rican 1500 1.0%
Not Indicated 1,594 30.9%
Gender Applicants # % Change
Female 29,815 9.5%
Male 25,300 7.1%
Not Indicated 264 10.0%
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