First-year applicants
Yale University changed First-year applicants by -7253 from 2024-25 to 2025-26.
57517 to 50264
Where you'd land in this school's admitted class.
SAT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters
25th1,470
Median1,530
75th1,560
§ 71% OF ADMITS SUBMITTED SAT SCORES · 2025-26 CDS · METHOD →
ACT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters
25th33
Median34
75th35
§ 27% OF ADMITS SUBMITTED ACT SCORES · 2025-26 CDS · METHOD →
ADMIT RATE 5%SAT SUBMIT 71%ACT SUBMIT 27%
Add your GPA and test score to compare against this school's published CDS bands.
§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2025-26 · §C.7 §C.9 §C.11 §C.12ARCHIVED SOURCE →
How the class gets assembled.
No Early Decision reported
This school does not report an Early Decision lane, so the flow collapses to the school-reported applicant, admit, and enrolled totals.
Each column is scaled within that stage. Labels show exact counts.
Applicants50,264reported count
Admits2,3875%
Class seats1,63368% yield
Exact admission data
| Path | Applicants | Admitted | Admit rate | Class seats | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All applicants | 50,264 | 2,387 | 5% | 1,633 | School-reported totals. |
Overall yield: 68%. Published yield blends high-commitment ED admits with the rest of the admitted pool.
Offered a spot944
Accepted a spot738
Admitted from wait list32
78% joined after being offered a spot. 4% of students who joined were admitted. 2% of applicants were offered the wait list.
Exact wait-list data
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Offered a wait-list spot | 944 |
| Accepted a wait-list spot | 738 |
| Admitted from wait list | 32 |
| Joined after being offered | 78% |
| Admitted after joining | 4% |
Wait-list outcomes can change sharply year to year.
Application fee: $80.
What changed in the latest CDS.
Source-linked year-over-year changes that have cleared the public review gate for 2025-26.
2Generated from extracted Common Data Set fields.
ACT submit rate
Yale University reported ACT submit rate in 2024-25 but it is missing in 2025-26.
25.0% to not reported
§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET YEAR-OVER-YEAR FIELD PROJECTION
What federal data says
SRC · U.S. DEPT. OF ED., COLLEGE SCORECARD 2022-23.
OUTCOMES LAG THE CDS YEAR SHOWN ABOVE.
OUTCOMES LAG THE CDS YEAR SHOWN ABOVE.
$100,533
10 yrs after enrollment
96%
6-year completion
$23,777
sticker minus grants
$12,975
federal loans only
Ten years after enrollment, in 2022-23 dollars
P25
$66,022$66k
MEDIAN
$100,533$101k
P75
$193,688$194k
$20k
$40k
$60k
$80k
Average cost after grants
CDS H2A · 2022-23
$0 – $30,000$17,633
$30,001 – $48,000← MODAL BRACKET$15,626
$48,001 – $75,000$17,943
$75,001 – $110,000$12,558
$110,001 and up$45,951
58%
96%
99%
99%
96%
0%
Federal data from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, vintage 2022-23. Outcomes reflect earlier cohorts than the CDS year shown elsewhere on this page.