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Undergraduate Majors of 1998 applicants to U.S. Law Schools*
| Major |
# of total applicants |
% of total applicants |
# admitted |
% admitted |
# enrolled |
% enrolled |
Political Science |
13,431 |
18.57% |
9,813 |
73.01% |
8,393 |
62.49% |
History |
5,178 |
7.16% |
4087 |
78.93% |
3,431 |
66.26% |
English |
5,017 |
6.94% |
3,861 |
76.96% |
3,252 |
64.82% |
Psychology |
3,828 |
5.59% |
2,802 |
73.20% |
2,338 |
61.10% |
Criminal Justice |
3,231 |
4.47% |
1,819 |
56.29% |
1,524 |
47.17% |
Economics |
2,610 |
3.60% |
2,037 |
78.05% |
1,660 |
63.60% |
Accounting |
2,124 |
2.94% |
1,518 |
71.47% |
1,223 |
57.58% |
Sociology |
1,918 |
2.65% |
1,271 |
67.27% |
1064 |
55.47% |
Business Adm. |
1,799 |
2.49% |
1,018 |
56.59% |
828 |
56.59% |
Finance |
1,667 |
2.30% |
1,185 |
71.09% |
973 |
58.37% |
General Biology |
1,164 |
1.61% |
875 |
75.17% |
712 |
61.68% |
Business Mgt. |
1,103 |
1.52% |
667 |
60.47% |
548 |
49.79% |
Marketing |
967 |
1.37% |
619 |
64.01% |
503 |
52.02% |
Biology, spec. |
513 |
.71% |
422 |
82.26% |
340 |
66.28% |
Environm. Sci. |
456 |
.63% |
375 |
82.24% |
295 |
64.69% |
Chemistry |
453 |
.61% |
343 |
75.72% |
280 |
61.81% |
Mathematics |
328 |
.45% |
251 |
76.52% |
191 |
58.23% |
| Computer Sci. |
307 |
.42% |
192 |
62.54% |
133 |
43.32% |
| Physics |
115 |
.16% |
101 |
87.83% |
70 |
60.87% |
| Other |
26,131 |
36.12% |
17,147 |
65.63% |
13,201 |
50.52% |
| TOTAL |
72,340 |
100.00% |
50,403 |
69.68% |
41,568 |
57.46% |
Highest admissions rates: >70%: Physics, Biology specialties, Environmental Science, History, Economics, English, General Biology, Mathematics, Chemistry, Psychology, Political Science, Finance
Lowest admission rates (below average rate): Criminal Justice, Business Administration, Business Management, Marketing, Computer Science, Sociology
*Based on information obtained from LSAC for the 1998 entering class. Table compiled by Carol A. Leach.
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