The following data include deferrals. Deferrals are defined as “applicants admitted for a prior term who were granted a postponed enrollment to the current term.”
Volumes are rounded to the nearest hundred.
ABA Volume Summary
| | Fall
2006 | Fall
2007 | Fall
2008 | Fall
2009 | Fall
2010 | Fall
2011 | Fall
2012 | Fall
2013 | Fall
2014 | Fall
2015 |
| ABA Applicants |
| Final End-of-Year | 88,700 | 84,000 | 83,400 | 86,600 | 87,900 | 78,500 | 67,900 | 59,400 | 55,700 | 54,500 |
| % change from prior year | -7.4% | -5.2% | -0.8% | 3.8% | 1.5% | -10.7% | -13.5% | -12.4% | -6.3% | -2.2% |
| ABA Admitted Applicants |
| Final End-of-Year | 56,000 | 55,500 | 55,500 | 58,400 | 60,400 | 55,800 | 50,600 | 45,700 | 43,500 | 42,300 |
| % change from prior year | -0.2% | -0.9% | 0.0% | 5.1% | 3.5% | -7.7% | -9.2% | -9.8% | -4.9% | -2.7% |
| ABA Applications |
| Final End-of-Year | 530,400 | 517,100 | 532,600 | 565,700 | 604,300 | 535,500 | 469,600 | 385,800 | 355,100 | 340,300 |
| % change from prior year | -3.3% | -2.5% | 3.0% | 6.2% | 6.8% | -11.4% | -12.3% | -17.8% | -8.0% | -4.2% |
| | Fall
2000 | Fall
2001 | Fall
2002 | Fall
2003 | Fall
2004 | Fall
2005 |
| ABA Applicants |
| Final End-of-Year | 74,600 | 77,200 | 90,900 | 99,500 | 100,600 | 95,800 |
| % change from prior year | - | 3.6% | 17.6% | 9.5% | 1.1% | -4.8% |
| ABA Admitted Applicants |
| Final End-of-Year | 50,300 | 51,800 | 56,500 | 56,800 | 55,900 | 56,100 |
| % change from prior year | - | 2.9% | 9.1% | 0.6% | -1.6% | 0.3% |
| ABA Applications |
| Final End-of-Year | 334,800 | 358,000 | 449,200 | 526,600 | 555,400 | 548,400 |
| % change from prior year | - | 6.9% | 25.5% | 17.2% | 5.5% | -1.3% |
For more ABA data, including an enrollment summary, please visit ABA Statistics.
LSAC Volume Summary
| | 2006
–2007 | 2007
–2008 | 2008
–2009 | 2009
–2010 | 2010
–2011 | 2011
–2012 | 2012
–2013 | 2013
–2014 | 2014
–2015 | 2015
–2016 |
| LSATs Administered |
| End-of-Year | 140,000 | 142,300 | 151,400 | 171,500 | 155,100 | 130,000 | 112,500 | 105,500 | 101,700 | 105,883 |
| % change from prior year | 1.9% | 1.6% | 6.4% | 13.3% | -9.6% | -16.2% | -13.4% | -6.2% | -3.6% | 4.1% |
| Credential Assembly Service (CAS) Registrations |
| End-of-Year | 78,300 | 78,200 | 80,600 | 87,900 | 70,000 | 62,000 | 53,900 | 51,600 | 50,300 | |
| % change from prior year | -3.2% | -0.2% | 3.1% | 9.1% | -20.4% | -11.5% | -13.0% | -4.3% | -2.4% | |
| | 2000
–2001 | 2001
–2002 | 2002
–2003* | 2003
–2004 | 2004
–2005 | 2005
–2006 |
| LSATs Administered |
| Final End-of-Year | 109,000 | 134,300 | 148,000 | 147,600 | 145,300 | 137,400 |
| % change from prior year | 1.8% | 23.1% | 10.3% | -0.3% | -1.6% | -5.4% |
| Credential Assembly Service (CAS) Registrations |
| Final End-of-Year | 71,200 | 89,000 | 94,200 | 90,100 | 84,800 | 80,900 |
| % change from prior year | 3.4% | 24.9% | 5.8% | -4.3% | -5.8% | -4.6% |
* CAS, formerly known as LSDAS, changed to a five-year subscription beginning with 2002–2003.