Yale University

Yale University is a private, coeducational university located in New Haven, Connecticut.

Yale has a long history. The school's roots go back to the 1640s, when Colonial clergymen led an effort to establish a college in New Haven to preserve the tradition of European liberal education in the New World.

A charter was granted in 1701 for the Collegiate School. After several name and status changes, Yale gained university status in 1887.

Yale is the third oldest institution of higher education in the United States. It is a member of the Ivy League.

International students have attended ale since the 1830s, when the first Latin American student enrolled. Today international students make up about 8 percent of the total student population.

The university--which is comprised of Yale College, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the professional schools--offers various degrees and programs through the following academic divisions:

• Divinity School
• Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• Institute of Sacred Music
• Law School
• School of Architecture
• School of Art
• School of Drama
• School of Engineering & Applied Science
• School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
• School of Management
• School of Medicine
• School of Music
• School of Nursing
• School of Public Health
• Yale College

Yale fields more than 35 varsity athletic teams that compete in the Ivy League Conference, the Eastern College Athletic Conference, and the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association. Yale is a NCAA Division I member.

The campus is home to more than 240 clubs and organizations, including several fraternities and sororities.

Yale houses of the world's great libraries--with more than 12 million holdings--and three public museums and galleries: Peabody Museum of Natural History, the University Art Gallery, and the Center for British Art.

Notable Yale alumni include former U.S. Presidents Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton; Harvard Law Professor Harold Dershowitz; Francis S. Collins, director of the Human Genome Project; Paul Krugman, economist and New York Times columnist; award-winning authors Sinclair Lewis, Stephen Vincent Benet, John Hersey and Thornton Wilder; playwrights Wendy Wasserstein and Lynn Nottage; journalist Bob Woodward; Samuel Alito, U.S. Supreme Court Justice; Benjamin Spock, child psychologist guru; Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the Morse Code; and Henry Louis Gates, professor and chair of Harvard University's African and African American Studies Department.

Yale University Highlights

Where Yale University stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

• Many students concentrating in religion and philosophy, liberal arts, music, conservation and resource management, science, medicine, law, drama and performing arts, and fine arts.
• High faculty salary.
• Selective admissions.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Large number of students.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• High male/female ratio.

Other important characteristics:

• Faculty tenure system
• Library on-campus
• Campus housing available
• Study abroad option
• Part-time classes available
• ROTC

Degrees Awarded (in 2007)

Yale Students

The student enrollment at Yale was 11,454 in 2007 (11,345 full-time equivalent).

About 50% of the freshmen class in 2007 was male and women were 50% of the class.

Undergrads are 50% of enrolled students, graduate students are 40%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 10%.

About 10% of freshmen are from countries other than the US. Students living in the US make up 90% of incoming freshmen.

Tuition and Other Costs

Financial Aid: Yale participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Faculty

Tenure (2007):

Housing and Meals

Yale provides on-campus housing for 4,600 of its 11,345 (full-time) students (as of 2007). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Yale Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. Yale is in the Ivy Group for major sports.

Yale Admissions (2007)

SAT Test Scores: