As the third-oldest college in the United States, Yale University has educated a wide variety of leaders from all backgrounds. Today, Yale graduates can be found across the globe in every imaginable profession. Because the university is committed to opening up access to underrepresented minorities and students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, financial need plays no role in the admissions process and the university meets 100 percent of admitted students’ demonstrated need.  

# of degree-seeking undergradutes         5,256

% male/female                                              50/50

% African American                                              9

% American Indian or Alaska Native                 1

% Asian or Pacific Islander                              14

% White                                                                45

% Hispanic                                                            9

% International                                                      9

% Pell grant recipients                                   10.1

Distinguished first-generation and minority alums Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court Justice; Angela Bassett, actress; Wendell Mottley, Olympic runner; Prakazrel Samuel Michel, rapper; Michiko Kakutani, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic; Susan Choi, author; Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International

 

full-time faculty                                          1,100

student-faculty ratio                                      7:1

average class size                                  10-19

% first-year retention rate                             99

% graduation rate (6 years)                         96

Popular majors Economics, History, Political Science, Psychology, English and Government

 

% live on campus (% freshmen)          100 (100)

Multicultural student clubs and organizations African Student Association, American Indian Science and Engineering Society, Asian American Students Association, Arab Students Association, Black Student Alliance, Chinese American Students’ Organization, Cuban-American Undergraduate Student Association, Chinese Undergraduate Student Association, Despierta Boricua, Dominican Student Association, Eritrean and Ethiopian Students’ Alliance, Foundations- Asian American Debriefing Project, Friends of Israel, Friends of Turkey, International Students Organization, Japanese American Students Union, The Filipino Club, Korean American Students of Yale (KASY), Latin American Student Organization, Model Arab League, The Persian Society, Student Association of Thais at Yale, Taiwanese American Society, Vietnamese Student Association, West Indian Students’ Organization

Athletics NCAA Division I, Eastern College Athletic Conference; m baseball, m/w basketball, m/w crew, m/w cross country, m/w fencing, w field hockey, m football, m/w golf, w gymnastics, m/w ice hockey, m/w lacrosse, co-ed sailing, m/w soccer, w softball, m/w squash, m/w swimming and diving, m/w tennis, m/w track and field (indoor and outdoor), w volleyball. More on Athletics...

 

# of applicants                                      22,817

% accepted                                                     9

# of first-year student enrolled            1,320

SAT Critical Reading range            700-800

SAT Math range                                 700-780

SAT Writing                                         700-790

ACT range                                               30-34

average HS GPA                                         n/a

early action application                            11/1

regular admission                                  12/31

application fee (online)                   $75 ($75)

fee waiver for applicants with

   financial need                                          yes

 

tuition                                                                        $36,500 

room & board                                                          $11,000

total need-based institutional                      

        scholarships/grants                              $87,892,290

% of students apply for need-based aid                      57

% of students receiving aid                                          100

% receiving need-based scholarship

   or grant aid                                                                    100

% receiving aid whose need was fully met                100

average aid package                                              $37,233

average student loan debt

   upon graduation                                                   $12,735