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Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut · Private, a midsize city · 6,758 undergraduates

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Is it hard to get into Yale?

The middle half of admitted students scored in these ranges: a quarter scored lower, a quarter higher. Fall 2024 admissions, from the College Scorecard.

Acceptance rate
3.9%
51,803 applied
SAT, middle half
1470 to 1570
Reading plus math, out of 1600
ACT, middle half
33 to 35
Composite, out of 36
Test scores this year
Required
70% of admitted students enrolled
What they look at
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How much does Yale cost?

Sticker prices and what students actually paid after grants, by family income. A year means tuition, fees, room, board, books and other costs.

Tuition and fees
$69,900
A full year, sticker price
$91,950
Living on campus
Average price after grants
$11,340
Students who got federal aid

What a year cost, by family income

Family incomeAverage paid after grants
Under $30,000$1,256
$30,001 to $48,000$867
$48,001 to $75,000$854
$75,001 to $110,000$7,828
Over $110,000$47,749
Room and board on campus
$20,650 a year
Books and supplies
$1,000 a year
The school's own grants
54% of full-time first-years get one, averaging $56,357

Tuition over the years

Tuition and fees for a year, as reported to the federal government.

$0K$21K$41K$62K$82K201220142016201820202022Yale

How much do Yale students borrow?

Federal student loans only, for students who borrowed.

Typical debt at graduation
$11,982
About $136 a month over ten years
Students who borrow
6.6%
Get a Pell Grant
23.8%
Federal grant for lower-income families
Over 25 when they start
1%

What do Yale graduates earn?

Typical yearly pay of everyone who started here with federal aid, whatever they studied and whether or not they finished.

Six years after starting
$83,715
Ten years after starting
$118,356
Middle half: $74,157 to $205,916
Best-paid program, five years out
$170,350
Economics
Lowest-paid program, five years out
$55,258
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies

Do Yale students finish?

Of the students who started full time, first time.

Back for second year
98.8%
Graduate in six years
96.3%
The four-year figure is for a later, smaller group, so it is not shown
After eight years
97% graduated
1% transferred, 0% still enrolled

Who goes to Yale?

Women
51.5%
First in their family at college
25%
Part-time
0.1%
Students per teacher
5
Background
White 31%, Hispanic 17%, Black 9%, Asian 22%, Two or more 7%, International 11%
Housing
Campus housing, 5,576 beds

What do Yale graduates earn, by program?

Every bachelor's program the school awards, with what its graduates earn and owe. The government hides pay for small programs, so some rows have no figure.

Computer science

ProgramGraduatesPay, one year outPay, five years outDebt
Computer and Information Sciences, General340$180,081Hidden$15,500
Computer Programming26HiddenHiddenHidden

Engineering

ProgramGraduatesPay, one year outPay, five years outDebt
Biomedical/Medical Engineering60HiddenHiddenHidden
Chemical Engineering15HiddenHiddenHidden
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering18HiddenHiddenHidden
Engineering Physics8HiddenHiddenHidden
Engineering Science55HiddenHiddenHidden
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering18HiddenHiddenHidden
Mechanical Engineering44HiddenHiddenHidden

Life sciences

ProgramGraduatesPay, one year outPay, five years outDebt
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology73HiddenHiddenHidden
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences183$36,472$88,774Hidden
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology52HiddenHiddenHidden
Natural Resources Conservation and Research71HiddenHiddenHidden
Neurobiology and Neurosciences93$35,667HiddenHidden

Math and physical sciences

ProgramGraduatesPay, one year outPay, five years outDebt
Applied Mathematics35HiddenHiddenHidden
Astronomy and Astrophysics26HiddenHiddenHidden
Chemistry35HiddenHiddenHidden
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences21HiddenHiddenHidden
Mathematics138HiddenHiddenHidden
Physical Sciences, General2HiddenHiddenHidden
Physics57HiddenHiddenHidden
Statistics106$127,725HiddenHidden

Social sciences

ProgramGraduatesPay, one year outPay, five years outDebt
Anthropology28HiddenHiddenHidden
Archeology3HiddenHiddenHidden
Area Studies85$67,764$78,215Hidden
Economics394$108,619$170,350$15,000
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies91$53,654$55,258Hidden
International Relations and National Security Studies142$75,862HiddenHidden
Political Science and Government236$68,303$131,489$15,000
Research and Experimental Psychology140$43,655Hidden$9,250
Sociology43HiddenHiddenHidden

Arts and humanities

ProgramGraduatesPay, one year outPay, five years outDebt
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics10HiddenHiddenHidden
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics2HiddenHiddenHidden
English Language and Literature, General127$46,048$94,178Hidden
History225$61,357Hidden$7,500
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services60HiddenHiddenHidden
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics5HiddenHiddenHidden
Philosophy48HiddenHiddenHidden
Religion/Religious Studies14HiddenHiddenHidden
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics17HiddenHiddenHidden
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics0HiddenHiddenHidden

Fine and performing arts

ProgramGraduatesPay, one year outPay, five years outDebt
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft41HiddenHiddenHidden
Film/Video and Photographic Arts34HiddenHiddenHidden
Fine and Studio Arts79HiddenHiddenHidden
Music23HiddenHiddenHidden

Architecture and design

ProgramGraduatesPay, one year outPay, five years outDebt
Architecture32HiddenHiddenHidden
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning14HiddenHiddenHidden

General arts and science (major chosen later)

ProgramGraduatesPay, one year outPay, five years outDebt
Cognitive Science84$57,389HiddenHidden
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities60Hidden$134,564Hidden
Mathematics and Computer Science26HiddenHiddenHidden
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other197Hidden$124,023Hidden

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Where these numbers come from

College Scorecard release 10152026, Most Recent Cohorts files, fetched 2026-10-20. Test policy: the school's page (opens in a new tab). Tuition history, housing and the school's own grants: the federal IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) survey.

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