<p>Colleges and universities designate particular programs as “pre-law”. Such programs can exist in many fields. But consider this: the majors with the highest scores on the LSAT are physics and math majors. Michael Nieswiadomy’s 1998 study of the LSAT scores of college majors lists the highest scoring majors (source: Journal of Economic Education, Volume 29, Number 4 (Fall 1998), pp.377-379, table 1). He did not include physics and math data in this list, because as he notes in his study, very few students from those fields take the LSAT. I’ve included partial data from his table below (between Engineering and Political Science are such fields as Journalism, Finance, Psychology, and Accounting). Of all the majors listed, Political Science majors represent the largest number of undergraduates that take the LSAT.</p>
<p>Average LSAT Scores by Undergraduate Major Field of Study, 1994-95
Score/Number of students
Economics 155.3/ 2,916 students
History 154.0/ 5,819
English 153.7/ 6,324
Engineering 152.7/ 2,656
Political Science 151.6/ 15,388</p>