LSAT Scores by Major
Economics undergraduate majors consistently rank in the top LSAT scores because of the logical reasoning and analytical skills gained during their program of study.
Average LSAT Scores by Major, 1995 |
1994-95 rank |
Major |
Average score |
Number of students |
1991-92 rank |
Average score |
Number of students |
1 |
Physics/ Math |
157.6 |
689 |
1 |
157.2 |
634 |
2 |
Philosophy/ Religion |
156.0 |
1,884 |
2 |
155.9 |
1,547 |
3 |
Economics |
155.3 |
2,916 |
3 |
155.7 |
4,157 |
4 |
International Relations |
155.1 |
1,546 |
4 |
154.9 |
1,213 |
5 |
Chemistry |
154.5 |
893 |
7 |
154.7 |
601 |
6 |
Government/ Service |
154.4 |
812 |
8 |
154.4 |
702 |
7 |
Anthropology/ Geography |
154.1 |
898 |
4 |
155.1 |
708 |
8 |
History |
154.0 |
5,819 |
9 |
154.4 |
5,080 |
9 |
English |
153.7 |
6,324 |
10 |
153.9 |
5,698 |
10 |
Biology |
153.6 |
1,858 |
12 |
153.5 |
1,519 |
11 |
Other Social Science |
153.2 |
2,609 |
11 |
153.9 |
742 |
12 |
Engineering |
152.7 |
2,656 |
6 |
154.7 |
2,536 |
13 |
Foreign Languages |
152.5 |
2,002 |
16 |
152.3 |
2,042 |
14 |
Finance |
152.2 |
2,009 |
13 |
153.1 |
2,756 |
15 |
Computer Science |
152.2 |
468 |
17 |
152.2 |
500 |
16 |
Psychology |
151.9 |
3,977 |
18 |
152.0 |
3,522 |
17 |
Accounting |
151.8 |
2,340 |
14 |
152.6 |
2,855 |
18 |
Political Science |
151.6 |
15,388 |
19 |
151.8 |
13,628 |
19 |
Communication/ Arts |
150.7 |
3,898 |
20 |
150.8 |
3,909 |
20 |
Marketing/ Real Estate |
150.0 |
1,826 |
21 |
150.4 |
2,245 |
21 |
Liberal Arts |
149.8 |
1,148 |
24 |
149.5 |
1,032 |
22 |
Management |
149.4 |
2,735 |
22 |
149.9 |
3,294 |
23 |
Sociology/Social work |
149.3 |
3,129 |
25 |
149.2 |
2,550 |
24 |
Bus. Administration |
148.6 |
2,111 |
23 |
149.6 |
2,454 |
25 |
Health Profession |
148.6 |
984 |
27 |
148.5 |
1,105 |
26 |
Education |
148.2 |
823 |
26 |
148.7 |
815 |
27 |
No major given |
147.6 |
5,289 |
30 |
145.5 |
3,225 |
28 |
Prelaw |
147.3 |
1,076 |
28 |
147.9 |
712 |
29 |
Criminology |
145.8 |
3,960 |
29 |
145.9 |
2,928 |
Source: Neiswiadomy, Michael. "LSAT Scores of Economics Majors. Journal of Economic Education, Fall 1998, 377-379.