Yale College | Class of 2014

Freshman Class Profile

Number of First Year Applicants
Single Choice Early Action: Regular Decision: Total: 5,262 20,607 25,869

Number of Enrolled Freshmen

1,344
High School Class Rank
top 5%: top 10%: SAT Ranges
(for freshmen who submitted SAT scores)

Number of Admitted Students Postponing Yale Enrollment

Legacy Affiliation*

13%
*sons and daughters of alumni of Yale College and of the Yale Graduate and Professional Schools

32

(for students whose schools report class rank)

Male/Female Ratio
Male: Female: 48% 52%

93% 97%

Top 15 Intended Majors

(over 75 majors currently offered by Yale College)
Writing 50.8% 27.9% 19.4% 1.9%

760-800 700-750 600-690 below 600

Critical Reading 45.0% 33.1% 19.3% 2.6%

Math 50.1% 29.5% 18.6% 1.8%

ACT Ranges (composite)

(for freshmen who submitted ACT scores)

32-36 76%

27-31 23%

below 27 1%

Biomedical Engineering Chemical Engineering Chemistry Cognitive Science Economics Economics and Mathematics English Ethics, Politics, and Economics

History International Studies Mathematics Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Physics Political Science Psychology *180 students did not indicate a probable major

High Schools Attended

(U.S. schools only) Public: Independent Day: Boarding: Religious: 60.3% 20.5% 10.2% 8.9%

*164 students attended school outside of the U.S.

Ethnic Background
(includes U.S. citizens and Permanent Residents only)

Geographic Distribution by Residence

Northeast: Middle Atlantic: South: Midwest: Southwest: West: International: 35.3% 7.4% 10.1% 11.2% 5% 17.7% 13.3%

U.S. States Represented

African American: Asian American: Caucasian: Hispanic: Native American: No Response:

8.4% 17.4% 43% 8.6% 1.5% 9.8%

(plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and The U.S. Virgin Islands)

50

Students Receiving Financial Aid

Average Need-Based Scholarship

(for financial aid recipients)

First Generation Students*

59.1%
Countries Represented in Freshman Class

168 (or 12.5%)

$35,822

*students who are the first in their family to attend a four-year college or university

Countries Represented at Yale College

(Classes 2011 through 2014)
Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gaza, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, South Korea, Latvia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Palestine Authority, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe

Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gaza, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, South Korea, Latvia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States, United Kingdom, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe

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