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Profile of First-Year Class


Profile of First-Year Class
Total Number of Applicants:
2,735
Total Number of Matriculants — Full-time:
151
Total Number of Matriculants — Part-time:
79

LSAT Credentials
Part-Time
Full-time
75th Percentile
154
159
Median
151
158
25th Percentile 147 156

GPA Credentials
Part-time
Full-time
75th Percentile
3.7
3.7
Median
3.4
3.4
25th Percentile
3.1
3.0

Gender:
Men
58 percent
Women
42 percent

Age:
Average
25
Range
21 - 62

Ethnic/Racial Distribution:
Asian
7 percent
Black/African American
11 percent
Chicano/Mexican American 1 percent
Hispanic/Latino 7 percent
Puerto Rican 1 percent
Total Ethnic/Racial Distribution 27 percent

Number of Colleges/Universities Represented:
133

Number of Undergraduate Majors:
48

Top Three Majors:
Political Science
20 percent
History
10 percent
English 7 percent

Geographic Distribution (30 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico represented, plus Canada, China and Korea)

Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia


Undergraduate Universities/Colleges Represented in Class of 2010:

Abilene Christian University
Albright College
Allegheny College
American University
Amherst College
Bethany College — WV
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Brigham Young University
Bucknell University
California State Polytechnic — Pomona
California State University — Northridge
Case Western Reserve University
Cedar Crest College
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
City College — CUNY
College of William and Mary
Cornell University — NY
Delaware State University
Dickinson College
East Tennessee State University
Elizabethtown College
Emory and Henry College
Emory University
Evergreen State College
Florida Gulf Coast University
Florida International University
Florida State University
Franklin and Marshall College
Gannon University
George Washington University
Georgia State University
Gettysburg College
Grinnell College
Grove City College
Hollins University
Howard University
Humboldt State University
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Iowa State University
Ithaca College
James Madison University
John Carroll University
John Jay College of Criminal
      Justice — CUNY
Juniata College
Kean University
Kenyon College
King College
Kings College — PA
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Lebanon Valley College
Loyola University — Chicago
Lycoming College
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
Mercyhurst College
Messiah College
Michigan State University
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Montclair State University
Moravian College
Morehouse College
Mount Saint Mary's College
      and Seminary
New York Univ. — College of
      Arts & Sciences
Northeastern University
Norwich University
Ohio State University — Columbus
Oregon State University
Pennsylvania State University — Capitol

Pennsylvania State University —
      University Park
Portland State University
Prescott College
Principia College
Randolph-Macon College — VA
Rutgers The State Univ. —
      Livingston College
Rutgers The State Univ. —
      Rutgers College
Saint Joseph's University
Salisbury University
San Francisco State University
Seton Hall University
Shepherd College
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Smith College
Southern Connecticut State University
St. Francis College
St. Johns University — Jamaica
SUNY at Albany
SUNY at Binghamton Center
SUNY at Buffalo Center
SUNY College at Geneseo
Susquehanna University
Temple University
Texas A & M University — College Station
Tufts University of Arts & Sciences
University of Arizona
University of California — Berkeley
University of California — Davis
University of California — Irvine
University of California — San Diego
University of Delaware
University of Florida
University of Georgia — Athens
University of Kansas
University of Kentucky — Lexington
University of Maryland — College Park
University of Massachusetts at Lowell
University of Massachusetts — Amherst
University of Massachusetts — Boston
University of Miami
University of Michigan — Ann Arbor
University of Michigan — Dearborn
University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill
University of Notre Dame
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania School
      of Nursing
University of Pittsburgh
University of Rochester
University of Scranton
University of Texas — Arlington
University of Texas — Austin
University of The Pacific
University of Toronto
University of Utah
University of Vermont
University of Virginia
University of Washington
Va Commonwealth Univ.
      Academic Division
Virginia Polytechnic Institute &
      State University
Vermont Technical College
Wake Forest University
Washington & Jefferson College
Washington and Lee University
Weber State University
York College of Pennsylvania


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