January 27, 2015

LSAT Changes in the Past 5 years, top 75 Law Schools.

LSAT Changes in the Past 5 years, top 75 Law Schools.Spivey Consulting Group
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/

*if anone one wants to help us finish this project with the remaining schools, please email us: info@spiveyconsulting.com

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