As of 11/24/17 (data released now but the volumes are from that date), there are 81,877 applications submitted by 15,083 applicants for the 2017–2018 cycle. Applicants are up 14.2% and applications are up 17.1% from 2016–2017.
Last year at this time, we had 24% of the preliminary final applicant count.
LSAT Administrations
| LSAT Administration |
# Test Takers |
% Change |
| June 2017 |
27,606 |
+19.8% |
| September 2017 |
37,146 |
+10.7% |
| December 2017* |
45,632 |
+26.4% |
December # indicates LSAT registrants as of 12/1.
Forum Attendance
| Forum |
2016 |
2017 |
% Change |
| Atlanta |
687 |
742 |
+8.0% |
| Boston |
459 |
675 |
+47.1% |
| Canada |
364 |
375 |
+2.9% |
| Chicago |
482 |
608 |
+26.1% |
| Houston |
545 |
611 |
+12.1% |
| Los Angeles |
879 |
926 |
+5.3% |
| Miami |
463 |
500 |
+8.0% |
| New York |
1435 |
1731 |
+20.6% |
| San Francisco |
329 |
413 |
+25.5% |
| Washington, D.C. |
691 |
853 |
+23.4% |
| Total |
6415 |
7434 |
+15.9% |
Applicant Data
| Highest LSAT |
# Applicants |
% Change YTD |
| < 140 |
774 |
-5.1% |
| 140-144 |
1,054 |
-2.7% |
| 145-149 |
1,706 |
11.4% |
| 150-154 |
2,327 |
11.8% |
| 155-159 |
2,459 |
13.3% |
| 160-164 |
2,570 |
18.9% |
| 165-169 |
2,001 |
36.4% |
| 170-174 |
1,111 |
16.6% |
| 175-180 |
347 |
86.6% |
| Highest LSAT |
# Applicants |
% Change YTD |
| < 140 |
774 |
-5.1% |
| 140 |
171 |
-8.1% |
| 141 |
181 |
9.0% |
| 142 |
240 |
-2.0% |
| 143 |
185 |
-3.6% |
| 144 |
277 |
-5.8% |
| 145 |
357 |
20.2% |
| 146 |
242 |
-0.4% |
| 147 |
305 |
8.5% |
| 148 |
394 |
8.5% |
| 149 |
408 |
17.6% |
| 150 |
317 |
-21.7% |
| 151 |
465 |
34.4% |
| 152 |
518 |
13.1% |
| 153 |
473 |
2.8% |
| 154 |
554 |
34.1% |
| 155 |
452 |
3.0% |
| 156 |
546 |
19.7% |
| 157 |
541 |
23.2% |
| 158 |
556 |
48.7% |
| 159 |
364 |
-21.2% |
| 160 |
605 |
31.2% |
| 161 |
515 |
21.7% |
| 162 |
436 |
22.5% |
| 163 |
552 |
12.2% |
| 164 |
462 |
7.7% |
| 165 |
452 |
63.8% |
| 166 |
404 |
26.6% |
| 167 |
505 |
56.8% |
| 168 |
371 |
19.3% |
| 169 |
269 |
12.6% |
| 170 |
311 |
-15.9% |
| 171 |
239 |
33.5% |
| 172 |
227 |
37.6% |
| 173 |
181 |
30.2% |
| 174 |
153 |
53.0% |
| 175 |
109 |
65.2% |
| 176 |
87 |
262.5% |
| 177 |
69 |
56.8% |
| 178 |
23 |
-8.0% |
| 179 |
28 |
86.7% |
| 180 |
31 |
158.3% |
| % Change in applications |
# Schools |
| Increase of 100% or more |
1 |
| Increase of 50% to 99% |
12 |
| Increase of 40% to 49% |
10 |
| Increase of 30% to 39% |
22 |
| Increase of 20% to 29% |
34 |
| Increase of 10% to 19% |
52 |
| Increase of 1% to 9% |
25 |
| No change |
3 |
| Decrease of 1% to 9% |
23 |
| Decrease of 10% to 19% |
10 |
| Decrease of 20% to 29% |
4 |
| Decrease of 30% or greater |
9 |
| Region |
Applicants # |
Applicants % |
Applications # |
Applications % |
| Far West |
1,761 |
12.0% |
11,128 |
16.0% |
| Great Lakes |
2,231 |
23.7% |
12,551 |
16.0% |
| Midsouth |
1,807 |
21.4% |
16,355 |
17.6% |
| Midwest |
559 |
15.0% |
2,682 |
8.8% |
| Mountain West |
702 |
23.2% |
2,864 |
34.1% |
| New England |
697 |
15.0% |
7,750 |
16.8% |
| Northeast |
2,509 |
17.0% |
15,228 |
19.4% |
| Northwest |
396 |
23.0% |
1,475 |
29.4% |
| South Central |
1,761 |
6.5% |
5,755 |
18.3% |
| Southeast |
1,919 |
0.7% |
6,089 |
8.6% |
| Regional Total |
14,342 |
14.3% |
|
|
| Other |
741 |
12.8% |
|
|
| Total |
15,083 |
14.2% |
81,877 |
17.1% |
| Race/Ethnicity |
Applicants # |
% Change |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Australian |
0 |
-100.0% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native |
291 |
13.7% |
| Asian |
1,734 |
13.9% |
| Black or African American |
1,676 |
9.1% |
| Canadian Aboriginal |
10 |
100.0% |
| Caucasian/White |
10,033 |
13.2% |
| Hispanic/Latino |
1,731 |
14.0% |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander |
55 |
7.8% |
| Puerto Rican |
330 |
-10.3% |
| Not Indicated |
660 |
87.0% |
| Missing |
0 |
-100.0% |
| Gender |
Applicants # |
% Change |
| Female |
7,987 |
14.8% |
| Male |
7,069 |
13.5% |
| Not Indicated |
27 |
12.5% |
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