Yale University
Yale University admitted 3.9% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1470–1570 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $11,340 a year. Within six years, 96% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 3.9%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1470–1570
- ACT middle 50%
- 33–35
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $91,950 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $11,340 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $1,256 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $69,900 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 96%
- Students who return for a second year
- 99%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $118,356 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $11,982
Students
- Undergraduates
- 6,758
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 24%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 5 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Social sciences
- 23%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 11%
- Multi/interdisciplinary studies
- 11%
- Computer and information sciences
- 9%
- Mathematics and statistics
- 8%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Columbia University in the City of New York NY · 4% admitted
- Harvard University MA · 3.6% admitted
- Stanford University CA · 3.6% admitted
- Dartmouth College NH · 5.4% admitted
- University of Chicago IL · 4.5% admitted
- Princeton University NJ · 4.6% admitted
More colleges in Connecticut
- University of Connecticut CT · 52% admitted
- Central Connecticut State University CT · 73% admitted
- Sacred Heart University CT · 65% admitted
- Quinnipiac University CT · 72% admitted
- Southern Connecticut State University CT · 92% admitted
- Fairfield University CT · 33% admitted
- University of New Haven CT · 60% admitted
- University of Hartford CT · 96% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.