Yale College Class of 2021 First-Year Class Profile 1,579 … · Yale College Class of 2021 First-Year Class Profile 1,579 Enrolled first-years 16.6% First-generation students (students

Yale College Class of 2021First-Year Class Profile

1,579Enrolled first-years

16.6%First-generation students

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

32,900First-year applicants

(single choice early action: 5,112; regular decision: 27,788)

48:52male:female

52Admitted students

postponing Yale enrollment

11.9%Legacy affiliation

52%Students receivinga Yale need-based

financial aid award

118Countries

representedat Yale

58Countries

represented

50US states

represented (plus DC, Guam, & Puerto Rico)

$50,042Average need-based scholarship for aid

recipients in 2017–2018

High school class rankfor students whose schools report class rank

Top 10% 96%

High schools attendedU.S. schools only; 189 students attended school outside of the U.S.

Public 63.4%

Independent Day 21.8%

Boarding 7.7%Religious 7.0%

BackgroundThe following is based on self-reported information students provided when they arrived on campus. A total of 45% of first-years are US citizens or Permanent Residents from minority groups. Categories do not add up to 100% because 20% of first-years indicated two or more ethnicities and are therefore counted in more than one category.

African American 11.7%

Asian American 25.4%

Hispanic/Latino 13.1%

Native American 2.9%

White 58.2%

International 10.0%

Geographic distribution by residenceNortheast 30.2%

Middle Atlantic 10.0%

South 11.5%

Midwest 12.8%

Southwest 5.9%

West 15.8%

Other 13.7%

sat rangesfor first-year students who submitted old SAT scores

Critical Reading Math Writing

760-800 47.7% 55.4% 51.6%

700-750 32.5% 25.3% 26.6%

600-690 15.8% 16.1% 17.9%

below 600 3.9% 2.9% 3.8%

act rangesfor first-year students who submitted ACT scores

32–36 27-31 below 27

83.6% 15.3% 1.1%

Top 15 intended majors(over 80 majors currently offered by Yale College)

Biomedical Engineering; Chemistry; Cognitive Science; Computer Science; Economics; Economics & Mathematics; English; Ethics, Politics & Economics; Global Affairs; History; Mathematics; Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry; Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology; Political Science; Psychology

Countries represented in the first-year class by residence (58) Australia, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, Zimbabwe

Office of Undergraduate Admissions • PO Box 208234 • New Haven CT 06520 • T 203 432-9300 F 203 432-9370Courier: 38 Hillhouse Ave • New Haven CT 06511

for first-year students who submitted redesigned SAT scores

Evidence-Based Reading & Writing Math

760-800 34.5% 48.3%

700-750 44.4% 29.8%

600-690 20.1% 20.1%

below 600 1.1% 1.8%

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