Yale Facts (2024)

* Students pursuing degrees in the fields of engineering and applied science are enrolled in either Yale College or in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Institute of Sacred Music students are also enrolled in either the Divinity School or the School of Music, and counted only once in this table, in the ISM row. Enrollment figures for each school include only those students paying tuition to that school in the fall term. Columns above give student gender: M (men), W (women), N (as offered to students; includes gender nonbinary and cases with no self-reported data).

*Current study abroad numbers continue to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and will be updated in future reporting.

98% of first-years return for their sophom*ore year. (Fall, 2022)
79% of undergraduates live in university housing. (Fall, 2022)
100% of first-years live in university housing (Fall, 2022)
88% of undergraduates graduate within four years; 98% graduate within six years.
94% of undergraduates are from out-of-state (including international students).
The average age of an undergraduate is 20.
687 regular and summer term students studied abroad (AY 2021-22)*

*Current study abroad numbers have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and will be updated in future reporting.

• Acceptance Statistics:
  • # of Applicants: 50,060
  • % Admitted: 4.5%
  • # of Matriculants: 1,554
  • Yield: 68%
• 65% of matriculants came from public high schools.
• 35% of matriculants came from independent day, boarding, and religious schools.
• 12% of matriculants were children of Yale alumni.
• 12% of matriculants were international students.

• Test score ranges (25th to 75th percentiles) for enrolled first-years*:
  • SAT-Verbal: 740-780
  • SAT-Math: 760-800
  • ACT: 33-35

*In response to the extraordinary circ*mstances associated with the pandemic, Yale is extending its test-optional policy for first-year and transfer applicants to the 2022-2023 admissions cycle.

Of the 87% of the Class with known post-graduate outcomes, 97% reported confirmed plans. Approximately five percent of the total class were still seeking opportunities six months after graduation. When asked about post-graduate plans, more than three-quarters (64%) are employed, with the next largest group (18%) attending graduate school. Among those employed, 70% indicated they intend to pursue graduate school within the next five years. Approximately one percent of those employed are pursuing their own entrepreneurial ventures.

To view the full report, please visit the Yale Office of Career Strategy.

All scholarships and grants are awarded on the basis of demonstrated financial need.

# of students who received scholarships/grants (from Yale sources): 3,440 (56%)
Average need-based scholarships/grants from all sources: $57,586
Average need-based scholarships/grants from Yale sources: $53,245
Range of individual scholarships/grants from Yale sources: $600-$82,000

*2022-23 financial aid information is forthcoming.

Faculty with appointments in multiple Yale schools are counted only once in this table and are included in the school where they hold their primary appointment. As a result, the numbers listed for any one school may not fully represent the entire body of faculty who teach and work with students in that school.

In the Schools of Music and Drama, adjunct professors provide the core of the schools’ regular faculty. As a result, the distinction among the categories of tenured/term/non-ladder is less relevant in those schools.

In 2018 the additional category of Ladder/Continuing was added to the table. This category counts Law, Medicine, and Nursing ladder faculty who are not on the tenure track.

Faculty appointed to Yale College are counted within the Faculty of Arts & Sciences. Faculty in the School of Public Health are counted within the School of Medicine. Ladder faculty in the Jackson School of Global Affairs are counted in the schools in which they are jointly appointed. Prior to 2022, faculty in the School of Engineering and Applied Science were counted within the Faculty of Arts & Sciences.

Faculty who are paid by Yale (including visiting faculty) or are Howard Hughes Medical Investigators are included. Faculty who are on leave without salary are excluded.