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New Haven, CT, United States
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Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut, and one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the United States. It enrolls 15,657 students (2025 data), of whom 6,667 are undergraduates and 8,990 are graduate and professional students; 3,824 students (24%) are international. The faculty numbers 5,842 university-wide.
Undergraduates all enroll in Yale College, a liberal arts college offering more than 80 majors and academic programs. Graduate and professional study is offered through the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (73 departments and programs leading to M.A., M.S., M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees) and 13 professional schools: Architecture, Art, Divinity, the David Geffen School of Drama, Engineering & Applied Science, the School of the Environment, the Jackson School of Global Affairs, Law, Management, Medicine, Music, Nursing and Public Health.
The Yale campus is built around a residential college system more than 70 years old. 100% of first-year students and 77% of undergraduates live on campus in one of 14 residential colleges. Campus landmarks include Old Campus with Harkness Tower, Sterling Memorial Library, Woolsey Hall, the Yale University Art Gallery, the one-acre Yale Farm and the 136-acre West Campus research hub. Yale has more than 15 libraries, galleries and museums, and the undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio is 5:1.
International students are considered through the same whole-person process as all applicants. Yale admits without regard to ability to pay and meets 100% of demonstrated need for all admitted students, including international students.
Yale College awards all undergraduate aid on demonstrated financial need as Yale Scholarship grants, not loans, and meets 100% of demonstrated need regardless of citizenship or immigration status. Admission is need-blind. Families with incomes below $100,000 and typical assets pay no cost; families below $200,000 and typical assets pay no tuition. The average annual need-based scholarship is $75,220.
International students are eligible for the same need-based aid; offers include housing, meals and twice-yearly travel allowances. International applicants indicate interest in aid on their admission application, and the ISFAA is not accepted in place of Yale's forms.
U.S. citizens and permanent residents submit the CSS Profile (code 3987) and FAFSA (code 001426); other documents go through IDOC. Priority deadlines for 2027-28: QuestBridge and Early Action (U.S.) November 1, 2026; Early Action (international) December 1, 2026; Regular Decision February 15, 2027; transfer April 1, 2027. See Undergraduate Financial Aid.
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View scholarships for Yale University →Apply through the Common Application, the Coalition Application on SCOIR or the QuestBridge Application; only one application is submitted per cycle. Required: letters of recommendation from two teachers (recent core academic subjects) and one counselor, a School Report with official transcript, a Mid-Year Report for seniors, and ACT or SAT scores (self-reported at application; official scores required on enrolment). Yale requires standardized test scores (not test-optional). Science and Writing sections of the ACT are optional and superscoring is accepted. AP or IB scores may be reported but are not required.
Yale does not issue its own application fee waivers; waivers follow Common App and Coalition criteria, the QuestBridge application is free, and U.S. military veterans and active-duty service members receive automatic waivers.
Transfer students enter as sophomores or juniors and apply for the fall semester by submitting the Transfer Common Application by March 1, with academic evaluations, a college report, transcripts and ACT or SAT scores.
Applicants from secondary schools outside the U.S. complete the same applications and requirements as all other applicants and must submit SAT or ACT scores; international leaving exams and English proficiency tests do not replace them. Non-native English speakers without at least two years of secondary education in English-medium instruction must submit TOEFL iBT, IELTS, Cambridge English Qualifications, Duolingo English Test or InitialView. Yale's most competitive applicants typically have TOEFL iBT 5 or higher (new scale, tests after January 21, 2026) or at least 100 (earlier tests), IELTS 7 or higher, Cambridge English 185 or higher, and Duolingo 120 or higher. Documents in other languages need certified translation (not self-translated).
14 residential colleges house 100% of first-year students and 77% of undergraduates. Yale has 15+ libraries, galleries and museums.
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