Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
- Private nonprofit
- City
- 6,758 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 4%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $11,340per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 96%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $118,35610 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Families earning under $100,000 with typical assets pay nothing for tuition, fees, housing, food or travel, and students get a $2,000 start-up grant in their first year. Under $200,000, aid covers at least full tuition.
Source: Yale Admissions, affordability
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 4%About 1 in 26 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1470–1570Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 33–35Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
From Yale University's own report
These numbers come from the school's Common Data Set for 2025–26, a standard report colleges publish about their applicants and first-year students. Open the report.
- Off the wait list
- 4%32 admitted of 738 who stayed on the wait list (944 were offered a spot)
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1480–156067% of first-years sent SAT scores
- ACT, middle 50%
- 33–3525% of first-years sent ACT scores
- Top 10% of their class
- 97%99% were in the top quarter.
What the admissions office says it weighs
Very important
- How challenging your classes were
- GPA
- Class rank
- Essay
- Recommendations
- Activities
- A talent or ability
- Character and personal qualities
Considered
- Test scores
- Interview
- Being first in your family to go to college
- Family who went there (legacy)
- Where you live
- Living in the state
- Volunteer work
- Work experience
Not considered
- Religious affiliation
- Showing interest in the school
Where you'd stand
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Sources: Yale University Common Data Set 2025–26; College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $11,340full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $91,950sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $69,900Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 96%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 99%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $118,35610 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $11,982federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 6,758Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 24%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 25%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Fairfield University Fairfield, CT — admits 33%
- Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT — admits 72%
- Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT — admits 65%
- Villanova University Villanova, PA — admits 27%
Also worth a look
- Stanford University Stanford, CA — admits 4%
- Rice University Houston, TX — admits 8%
- Princeton University Princeton, NJ — admits 5%
- Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN — admits 6%
- Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO — admits 12%
- Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY — admits 4%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Yale University, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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