MAPLA Conference: LSAC Applicant/Applications Data by Geographic Region
By Paula Marie Young, Red Velvet Lawyer, November 30, 2013
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LSAC Applicant/Applications Data by Geographic Region
–Fall 2012 to Fall 2013 —
As I mentioned in my last posting, Joan Van Tol, General Counsel for the Law School Admission Council (LSAC), gave a presentation at the conference of the Midwest Association of Pre-law Advisors (MAPLA) about trends in law school applications. I described the LSAC data on the historic cycles in applications here.
I discussed the conference generally here.
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Today, I’ll describe the LSAC data presented on two maps of the U.S. divided into ten regions:
- Where are ABA Law School Applicants Coming From? YTD Change Fall 2012 to Fall 2013; and,
- Where are ABA Law School Applications Going To? Percent Change Fall 2012 to Fall 2013.
LSAC Geographic Regions for Reporting:
The ten LSAC regions are:
- New England (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island);
- Northeast (New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania);
- Midsouth (Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina);
- Southeast (South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida);
- Great Lakes (Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio);
- Midwest (North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri);
- South Central (Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas);
- Mountain West (Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona);
- Far West (Nevada and California); and
- Northwest (Alaska, Washington, and Oregon).
National Averages
Next, the national averages for each map:
- Where are ABA Law School Applicants Coming From?
- YTD Change Fall 2012 to Fall 2013:
- National Volume: 56,631
- Percent change: -12.6 percent from the prior admissions year
- YTD Change Fall 2012 to Fall 2013:
- Where are ABA Law School Applications Going To?
- Percent Change Fall 2012 to Fall 2013:
- Total Volume: 385,358 applications
- Percent change: -17.9 percent from the prior admissions year
- Percent Change Fall 2012 to Fall 2013:
The drop of 17.9 percent in the national volume of applications in 2012-13 comes on top of two consecutive drops of -10.9 percent in 2010-11 and of -12.5 percent in 2011-12, for a total drop in applications over three admission cycles of 41.3 percent.
By volume:
2009-10: 602,300 applications
2010-11: 536,500 applications
2011-12: 469,500 applications
2012-13: 385,400 applications
LSAC calls these numbers “preliminary End-of-Year values measured through 08/08/13.”
The trend in first-year enrollments for the same time period is:
2009-10: 52,500 enrollees
2010-11: 48,700 enrollees; -7.2%
2011-12: 44,500 enrolless; -8.7%
2012-13: not provided
Tags: Law School Admission Council, LSAC
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