Yale College Class of 2022First-Year Class Profile
1,578Enrolled first-years
35,308First-year applicants
(Single-Choice Early Action: 5,723; Regular Decision: 29,585)
50:50Male:Female
60Admitted students
postponing enrollment
11%Legacy affiliation
53%Students receivinga Yale need-based
financial aid award
57Countries
represented
50US states
represented (plus DC & PR)
$52,743Average need-based
scholarship for first-year aid recipients 2018–2019
20%Pell Grant recipients
18%First-Generation students
1,124High Schools represented
39%Speak a language
other than English at home or as a first
language
6.3%Rate of admission
High school class rankfor first-years whose schools report class rank
Top 10% 95%
High schools attendedU.S. schools only; 193 students attended school outside of the U.S.
Public 64.6%
Independent Day 19.0%
Boarding 7.7%
Religious 8.7%
BackgroundThe following is based on self-reported information students provided when they applied. A total of 47% of first-years are US citizens or Permanent Residents from minority groups. Categories do not add up to 100% because 18% of domestic first-years indicated two or more ethnicities and are therefore counted in more than one category.
African American 11.8%
Asian American 21.7%
Hispanic/Latino 14.9%
Native American 2.2%
White 52.8%
International 10.8%
Geographic distribution by residenceNortheast 32.2%
Middle Atlantic 9.3%
South 13.3%
Midwest 11.4%
Southwest 5.3%
West 14.5%
Other (incl. international) 13.7%
SAT rangesfor first-years who submitted SAT scores
EBRW Math
760-800 44.4% 64.6%
700-750 41.7% 23.8%
600-690 13.3% 10.8%
below 600 0.6% 0.8%
ACT rangesfor first-years who submitted ACT scores
32–36 27-31 below 27
87.0% 11.4% 1.6%
Top fifteen intended majors(80+ majors offered in Yale College)
Biomedical Engineering • Chemistry • Computer Science • Economics • English • Environmental Studies • Ethics, Politics, & Economics • Global Affairs • History • Mathematics • Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology • Neuroscience Philosophy • Political Science • Psychology
Countries represented in the first-year class by residence (57)
Australia, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Venezuela, United States, Vietnam
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