Yale College | Class of 2015

Freshman Class Profile

Number of First Year

Applicants
Single Choice Early Action:
Regular Decision:
Total:

Number of
Enrolled Freshmen

1,351

5,257
22,026
27,283

Number of
Admitted Students
Postponing Yale
Enrollment

36

(for students whose schools report class rank)

91%
97%

(percent of freshmen submitting SAT I who scored in listed range)

760-800
700-750
600-690
below 600

Math
51.4%
27.7%
19.4%
1.5%

ACT Ranges (composite)

(for freshmen who submitted ACT scores)

32-36
73.7%

27-31
24.8%

*sons and daughters of alumni of

Yale College and of the Yale Graduate
and Professional Schools

Male:
Female:

SAT Ranges
Critical Reading
41.1%
37.2%
19.7%
2.1%

13.5%
Male/Female
Ratio

High School Class Rank

top 5%:
top 10%:

Legacy Affiliation*

below 27
1.5%

Writing
50%
31.3%
16.2%
2.4%

51%
49%

Top 15 Intended Majors

(over 78 majors currently offered by Yale College)
Biomedical Engineering
Chemistry
Chemical Engineering
Cognitive Science
Economics
Economics and
Mathematics
English
Ethics, Politics, and
Economics

History
International Studies
Mathematics
Molecular Biophysics and
Biochemistry
Molecular, Cellular,
and Developmental Biology
Physics
Political Science
*208 students did not
indicate a probable major

High Schools Attended

(U.S. schools only)
Public:
Independent Day:
Boarding:
Religious:

59.7%
23.2%
9.6%
7.3%

*134 students attended school outside of

the U.S.

Ethnic Background

Geographic Distribution
by Residence

(includes U.S. citizens and Permanent Residents only,

expressed as a percentage of the total incoming class)

African American:

9.3%

Asian American:

19.8%

Hispanic

11.0%

Native American

Northeast:
Middle Atlantic:
South:
Midwest:
Southwest:
West:
All Others:

3.8%

White

58.1%

No response:

10.4%

*Categories do not add up to 100% because 14.5% of freshmen

indicated two or more ethnicities and are therefore counted in
more than one category. A total of 40.7% of freshmen are students
of color.

Students Receiving
Financial Aid

Average Need-Based
Scholarship

34.7%
7%
10.2%
13.5%
5.6%
17.4%
11.6%

U.S. States
Represented

$38,230

(plus the District of

Columbia, Puerto Rico, and
The U.S. Virgin Islands)

First Generation
Students*

180 (or 13.3%)

(for financial aid recipients)

53%

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*students who are the first in their

family to attend a four-year college or
university

Countries Represented at Yale College

Countries Represented in
Freshman Class

(Classes 2012 through 2015)

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bosnia

and Herzegovina, Burma, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech
Republic, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana,
Greece, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan,
Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico,
Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia,
South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan,
Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam,
Zimbabwe

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Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bahamas,

Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Cambodia,
Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, France,
Gaza, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India,
Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, South Korea,
Kuwait, Latvia, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco,
Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines,
Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia,
Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab
Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe

Yale University Office of Undergraduate Admissions

Street Address | 38 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511
Postal Mail | PO Box 208234, New Haven, CT 06520-8234
Phone | 203.432.9300
Fax |203.432.9370
admissions.yale.edu | student.questions@yale.edu

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