Basic Information
Type
Private
Geographical Reach
National
Location
New Haven, CT
Population
900,000
Website
http://www.yale.edu/
Weather
Comfortable Days
105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours
2,535 (41%)
Days Without Precipitation
241 (40%)
Demographics
Total Undergraduates
6,941
Men / Women
49% / 51%
From State
6%
From Region
19%
Athletes
15.8%
Racial/Ethnic
White
31%
Asian
22%
Hispanic
16%
International
11%
Black
9%
Mixed
7%
Native American
1%
Men in the Entering Class
Men
Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity
Native
Asian
Black
Hispanic
White
International
Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.
Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity
Native
Asian
Black
Hispanic
White
International
Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.
IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Schools & Majors
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale College | 1,860 | 46% / 54% | 11% | $115,035 | 97 | 94% | |
| Applied Physics | 2 +2 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $149,435 | 100 | 94% | |
| Biomedical Engineering | 22 +1 | 32% / 68% | 5% | $97,846 | 89 | — | |
| Chemical Engineering | 13 — | 46% / 54% | 31% | $129,556 | 99 | — | |
| Electrical Engineering | 5 — | 60% / 40% | 20% | $144,099 | 100 | — | |
| Engineering Science | 26 +7 | 58% / 42% | 15% | $102,578 | 92 | 94% | |
| Environmental Engineering | 7 — | 43% / 57% | 0% | $95,233 | 87 | — | |
| Mechanical Engineering | 20 — | 65% / 35% | 20% | $103,871 | 93 | — | |
| Computer Science | 145 +15 | 72% / 28% | 21% | $262,438 | 100 | 100% | |
| Computer Science & Mathematics | 20 +1 | 75% / 25% | 0% | $195,418 | 100 | — | |
| Computing and the Arts | 17 +1 | 29% / 71% | 6% | $205,072 | 100 | — | |
| Applied Mathematics | 19 +5 | 68% / 32% | 11% | $154,610 | 100 | — | |
| Astronomy | 2 +1 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $98,102 | 89 | — | |
| Astrophysics | 8 +1 | 25% / 75% | 0% | $95,743 | 88 | — | |
| Chemistry | 11 +2 | 18% / 82% | 9% | $82,017 | 74 | — | |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 11 +1 | 55% / 45% | 0% | $66,307 | 37 | — | |
| Mathematics | 16 +2 | 69% / 31% | 6% | $142,303 | 100 | — | |
| Mathematics | 54 +12 | 76% / 24% | 11% | $142,322 | 100 | — | |
| Physics | 24 +1 | 92% / 8% | 8% | $96,905 | 89 | — | |
| Statistics & Data Science | 62 +15 | 60% / 40% | 11% | $154,877 | 100 | — | |
| Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | 26 +2 | 35% / 65% | 8% | $85,288 | 78 | 94% | |
| Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry | 37 +3 | 24% / 76% | 0% | $79,109 | 69 | — | |
| Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology | 85 +8 | 36% / 64% | 4% | $87,734 | 81 | 90% | |
| Neuroscience | 56 +1 | 29% / 71% | 4% | $72,107 | 54 | — | |
| Environmental Studies | 44 +6 | 32% / 68% | 11% | $46,150 | 3 | 100% | |
| Computer Science and Economics | 10 — | 90% / 10% | 10% | $262,438 | 100 | 100% | |
| Economics | 199 +58 | 57% / 43% | 25% | $126,419 | 99 | 91% | |
| African American Studies | 5 +3 | 20% / 80% | 0% | $61,945 | 25 | 89% | |
| African Studies | 1 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $79,026 | 69 | 90% | |
| American Studies | 28 +2 | 18% / 82% | 0% | $79,026 | 69 | 90% | |
| Anthropology | 9 +2 | 22% / 78% | 0% | $77,531 | 66 | — | |
| Archaeological Studies | 2 — | 50% / 50% | 0% | $84,140 | 77 | — | |
| Area Studies | 1 +2 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $79,026 | 69 | 90% | |
| Classics | 10 +2 | 60% / 40% | 10% | $87,816 | 81 | — | |
| Cognitive Science | 66 +4 | 26% / 74% | 12% | $107,334 | 95 | — | |
| Comparative Literature | 14 +8 | 50% / 50% | 21% | $63,859 | 30 | — | |
| East Asian Languages | 1 — | 100% / 0% | 0% | $75,699 | 62 | — | |
| East Asian Studies | 6 +6 | 67% / 33% | 17% | $79,026 | 69 | 90% | |
| English | 68 +12 | 26% / 74% | 6% | $60,688 | 21 | 95% | |
| Ethnicity, Race, and Migration | 18 +8 | 44% / 56% | 0% | $61,945 | 25 | 89% | |
| Foreign Languages | — — | — | — | $75,374 | 62 | — | |
| French | 1 — | 100% / 0% | 0% | $75,604 | 62 | — | |
| Global Affairs | 76 +5 | 50% / 50% | 20% | $102,512 | 92 | — | |
| History | 121 +19 | 42% / 58% | 5% | $103,890 | 93 | 87% | |
| Humanities | 24 +14 | 38% / 62% | 4% | $107,780 | 95 | 99% | |
| Jewish/Judaic Studies | 1 — | 100% / 0% | 0% | — | — | — | |
| Latin American Studies | 2 +1 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $79,026 | 69 | 90% | |
| Liberal Arts | — — | — | — | $107,780 | 95 | 99% | |
| Linguistics | 6 +1 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $75,512 | 62 | — | |
| Middle Eastern Studies | — +2 | — | — | $79,026 | 69 | — | |
| Near Eastern Languages | 1 +2 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $75,274 | 62 | — | |
| Philosophy | 21 +7 | 48% / 52% | 10% | $82,247 | 74 | — | |
| Political Science | 119 +16 | 55% / 45% | 11% | $119,348 | 98 | 91% | |
| Psychology | 67 +16 | 25% / 75% | 13% | $62,070 | 25 | 100% | |
| Religious Studies | 5 +3 | 60% / 40% | 0% | $69,057 | 46 | — | |
| Romance Languages | — — | — | — | $75,389 | 62 | — | |
| Russian Studies | 2 +4 | 0% / 100% | 0% | — | — | — | |
| Sociology | 16 +4 | 12% / 88% | 0% | $76,482 | 64 | — | |
| Spanish | 2 +1 | 100% / 0% | 0% | $75,006 | 61 | — | |
| Special Divisional Major | 117 +3 | 32% / 68% | 7% | $126,382 | 99 | 100% | |
| Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | 7 +6 | 57% / 43% | 29% | $61,945 | 25 | 89% | |
| Architecture | 19 +2 | 21% / 79% | 0% | $85,345 | 78 | 94% | |
| Art | 18 +6 | 17% / 83% | 17% | $29,915 | 1 | 94% | |
| Film and Media Studies | 18 +5 | 56% / 44% | 0% | $39,650 | 2 | — | |
| History of Art | 16 +14 | 25% / 75% | 6% | $29,915 | 1 | 94% | |
| Music | 8 +5 | 62% / 38% | 0% | $41,012 | 2 | — | |
| Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies | 12 +4 | 25% / 75% | 0% | $42,860 | 2 | 94% | |
| Urban Studies | 11 +4 | 27% / 73% | 0% | $82,277 | 75 | — |
Financial
Tuition & Fees
$74,994
ROI Percentile
97th
Retention & Graduation
Full-Time Retention
99%
4-Year Graduation Rate
57%
6-Year Graduation Rate
96%
Transfer-Out Rate
0%
Six-Year Graduation Rate
Graduated
Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender
Men
Women
IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity
Asian
Black
Hispanic
White
International
Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.
IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Earnings by Major Category
Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).
Academics
| ⇅ | % | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43.9% | 817 | 38% / 62% | 9% | $96,969 | 89 | 94% | ||
| Business & Economics | 11.2% | 209 | 59% / 41% | 24% | $132,927 | 99 | 91% | |
| Physical Sciences & Math | 11.1% | 207 | 65% / 35% | 9% | $132,472 | 99 | — | |
| Life & Natural Sciences | 11.0% | 204 | 32% / 68% | 3% | $81,568 | 73 | 91% | |
| Computer Science | 9.8% | 182 | 68% / 32% | 18% | $249,715 | 100 | 100% | |
| Arts | 5.5% | 102 | 31% / 69% | 4% | $49,998 | 5 | 94% | |
| Engineering | 5.1% | 95 | 51% / 49% | 15% | $108,077 | 95 | 94% | |
| Agriculture & Food Science | 2.4% | 44 | 32% / 68% | 11% | $46,150 | 3 | 100% |
Research R1
| ⇅ | Research $ | Rank | Federal | Industry $ | PhDs | Rank | PhD students | Postdocs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Sciences | $1,036M | #3 | 53% | $82.5M | 60 | #33 | 118 | 558 |
| Life & Natural Sciences | $271M | #16 | 71% | $13.7M | 97 | #20 | 742 | 496 |
| Physical Sciences & Math | $82.6M | #41 | 55% | $2.7M | 56 | #59 | 511 | 98 |
| Engineering | $45.3M | #107 | 57% | $1.8M | 41 | #86 | 362 | 93 |
| $32.9M | #67 | 31% | $0.1M | 141 | #25 | 268 | 117 | |
| Business & Economics | $14.5M | #40 | 7% | $0.7M | 27 | #39 | 131 | 17 |
| Agriculture & Food Science | $14.0M | #65 | 38% | $0.4M | 10 | #51 | 97 | 57 |
| Computer Science | $12.8M | #72 | 56% | $0.9M | 6 | #124 | — | 19 |
| Education | $6.4M | #79 | 81% | $0.1M | — | — | — | — |
| Total | $1,516M | #14 | 56% | $102M | 438 | #44 | 2,229 | 1,455 |
Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.
Admissions
Uses Common App
Yes
Acceptance Rate
3%
Yield (Unbound)
68%
Restrictive Early Action
Nov 1
Regular Decision
Jan 2
Acceptance Rates
| In-State | Out-of-State | International | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Decision | 3% | 3% | 3% |
Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.
Acceptance & Yield
Acceptance
Yield
Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled
Applicants
Admitted
Enrolled
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Standardized Tests
Test Policy
required
Submitted Test Scores
92%
SAT Range
1480
–
1560
SAT Math Range
740
–
790
SAT RW Range
730
–
780
SAT Composite
25th
75th
SAT Math
25th
75th
SAT Reading & Writing
25th
75th
Submitting a Test Score
Submitted
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.
Rankings
Academics
Future Patagonia Vest Owners
Top Investment Banking Feeders
Goldman, JP, or Bust
Future Ambulance Chasers
Top Law School Feeders
Future SCOTUS Clerks
Future Adjunct Professors
Top PhD Feeders
TA Before You Can Say "Publish or Perish"
Can't Hide Behind Your GPA
SAT-required, Highest Medians
Above Average in High School is Not Enough
Syllabus Week Lasts All Semester
Grade Hyperinflation
A is for Attendance
College Costs
Bring Me Your Tired, Your Poor
Need-Blind for Internationals
Ivies
Prestige
Grandma Eyebrow Raisers
Easy Brags for the Prestigious-Conscious
Mount Olympus
Someone Like Me
I Have Practice at 5 AM
Most Athletes
Scholar-Athletes
Places, Please!
Theater Participation
Theater Kid Generation
My Tribe
Call Your Mother!
Most Jewish
Huge Community
Engineering
It's Not About Molecules, It's About Pipes
Chemical Engineering
Math Masochists Scared of Actual Chemicals
Playing House
Civil Engineering
Hard Hat Ready
Resistance Is Not Futile
Electrical Engineering
Ohm My God
Is It a Solid? Is It a Liquid? Yes.
Materials Engineering
Alloy Stars
WD-40 & Duct Tape
Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
Whiteboard-preferred
Computer Science
Explaining That HTML is Not a Programming Language
Computer Science (A&S)
Chalkboard Masochists
import pandas as pd
Data Science
The Prestige Pivoters
Physical Sciences & Math
Breaking Bad
Chemistry
Quantum Masochists & Chalkboard Wizards
Rocks and Whales
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Ocean Explorers
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite
Physics & Astronomy
We Cited Ourselves in the Standard Model
No Words Allowed
Pure Mathematics
Theorem Crafters
Life & Natural Sciences
Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room
Biology
Darwin's Favorites
Photosynthesis Fan Club
Ecology & Plant Biology
Tree-Hugger Royalty
Staring at a Gel Electrophoresis Until Our Eyes Bleed
Molecular Biology & Genomics
CRISPR Crew
Agriculture & Food Science
Doomsday Prepping with Data
Environmental Science
Planet Savers
Farmers, Cowboys, and Tree Huggers
Plant & Agricultural Systems
Harvest Season
Health Sciences
Future Heroes (With 12-Hour Shifts)
Nursing
Florence Nightingale's Heirs
Legal Drug Dealers
Pharmacy
Prescription Perfectionists
Saving Lives One Spreadsheet At a Time
Public Health
Epidemiology Elite
Business & Economics
PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings
Business Administration
We Don't Actually Offer Undergrad Business
Pivot Tables & Missing Pallets
Business Analytics
Dashboard Dictators
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro
Economics
The "Saltwater" Keynesian Minions
Wolf of Wall Street Prep
Finance
Wait, I Majored in Econ?
Tik-Tok Generation
Marketing
Campaign Ready
Humanities & Social Sciences
I Think, Therefore I Major
Cognitive Science
High-End Hallucinators
Much Ado About Nothing
English, Literature & Writing
The Great American Novelists
Saving the Planet, One Policy at a Time
Environmental Policy & Sustainability
Climate Cabinet
Smashing the Patriarchy 101
Gender Studies
The Theorists
Model UN Generation
Government & Politics
Future Senators
Hindsight is 20/20 (And So is My Salary)
History & Archaeology
The Archivists
Passport Stamp Collectors
International Relations
Future Ambassadors
I'll Figure Out the Career Later
Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary
Renaissance Wannabes
The "Why Are We Here?" Support Group
Philosophy & Ethics
The Thinkers
Feelings, But With Error Bars
Research & Experimental Psychology
Open Science Zealots
Decolonizing the Curriculum
Regional & Ethnic Studies
Diaspora Scholars
Arguing with God for a Grade
Religion
The Faithful Scholars
Everything is a Construct
Sociology & Anthropology
Social Theorists
Grammar Police Academy
World Languages & Linguistics
Morpheme Masters
Arts
Sleep Deprivation by Design
Architecture
Studio Culture
Explaining Splatters to Rich People
Art History & Management
The Curatorial Elite
Lights, Camera, Tuition
Film
Festival Circuit Royalty
The "Will Paint for Food" Brigade
Fine & Studio Arts
The Ivory Towers of Paint
Eight Hours of Scales
Music
The Maestros' Lounge
Theatre Kid Generation
Performing Arts
Standing Ovation
Professional
Future Lawyers (and Their Future Anxiety)
Law
SCOTUS Hopefuls