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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