Yale College Class of 2019

Freshman Class Profile

1,364

14.4%

Enrolled freshmen

First-generation students
(students who will be the first in their family to
graduate from a four-year college or university)

51:49

30,236

51

First year applicants

male:female

Admitted students
postponing Yale
enrollment

(single choice early action: 4,693; regular decision: 25,543)

10.4%
Legacy affiliation

64%

Students receiving
financial assistance

49
US states
represented (plus
DC & Puerto Rico)

61
Countries
represented

$43,230 120
Average need-based
yearly scholarship
in 20142015

Countries
represented
at Yale

Geographic distribution
by residence
Northeast
Middle Atlantic

3236

27-31

below 27

7.2%

74.9%

23.5%

1.6%

10.9%

Midwest

11.7%

Southwest

6.0%

West

16.9%

Other

12.9%

High school class rank

for students whose schools report class rank

95%

High schools attended

U.S. schools only; 161 students attended school
outside of the U.S.
Public

60.1%

Independent Day

22.7%

Boarding

8.4%

Religious

7.9%

Countries represented in the freshman class by residence (61)

for freshmen who submitted ACT scores

34.4%

South

Top 10%

act ranges

sat ranges
for freshmen who submitted SAT scores
Critical Reading

Math

Writing

760-800

50.8%

49.9%

49.4%

700-750

29.2%

32.3%

31.4%

600-690

16.8%

16.7%

16.9%

below 600

3.2%

1.2%

2.4%

Top fifteen intended majors

(over 80 majors currently offered by Yale College)

Biomedical Engineering Chemistry Computer Science
Economics English Environmental Studies Ethics, Politics, &
Economics Global Affairs History Mathematics Mechanical
Engineering Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry Molecular,
Cellular, & Developmental Biology Physics Political Science
161 students did not indicate a probable major.

Albania, Argentina,
Australia, Austria,
Bangladesh, Brazil, Bulgaria,
Canada, Chile, China,
Czech Republic, Dominican
Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia,
France, Georgia, Germany,
Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong,
India, Indonesia, Ireland,
Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan,
Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia,
Mexico, Morocco, Nepal,
New Zealand, Nigeria,
Pakistan, Qatar, Romania,
Russia, Rwanda, Saudi
Arabia, Serbia, Singapore,
South Africa, South Korea,
Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan,
Swaziland, Sweden,
Switzerland, Taiwan,
Thailand, Turkey, Uganda,
Ukraine, United Arab
Emirates, United States,
United Kingdom, Vietnam,
Zimbabwe

Background
The following is based on self-reported information
solicited from all students once they arrived on
campus. A total of 41.1% of freshmen are US citizens
or Permanent Residents from minority groups.
Categories do not add up to 100% because 19% of
freshmen indicated two or more ethnicities and are
therefore counted in more than one category.
African American

10.0%

Asian American

21.8%

Hispanic/Latino

13.3%

Native American

2.3%

White

59.6%

International

11.0%

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