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Yale University

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  1. Families earning under $30k paid $17,633 a year after grants and aid, against a published cost of $88,300.

  2. Students who received federal aid earned a median $100,533 ten years after entering, the 97th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years.

  3. 96% of students finish within 150% of normal time.

Founded
1701
Enrollment, 2023
16,416
Website
yale.edu
Motto
“Light and Truth”
Campus of Yale University

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Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. It is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution.

From the Wikipedia article “Yale University”, revision 1364151575, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What it costs

The published sticker cost is $88,300 a year; after grants, families who received aid paid between $12,558 and $45,951 a year depending on income at Yale University.

Statement of cost · Yale University

Family income (per year)
Sticker costPublished yearly cost of attendance, all students
$88,300
What families earning under $30k paidYearly net price after grants, for students receiving federal aid
$17,633
Average net price, all incomesAided students, all family incomes
$23,777
In-state tuition & feesLatest reported, 2024
$67,250

Each figure is reported separately; none is computed from another.

Net price by family income

Pick an income bracket above; the marked point follows. Dollars are what aided families paid each year after grants.

Yearly net price by family income, in dollars

under $30k: $17,633; $30–48k: $15,626; $48–75k: $17,943; $75–110k: $12,558; over $110k: $45,951. Shaded band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years, from $17,360 to $28,210; dotted line at the median, $22,313.
  • Shaded: the middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes), $17,360 to $28,210. Dotted line: the median, $22,313.
Table of the same numbers
Average yearly net price by family income bracket
Family incomePaid per year
Under $30k$17,633
$30k–$48k$15,626
$48k–$75k$17,943
$75k–$110k$12,558
Over $110k$45,951

College Scorecard, 2023–24 aid cohort (students who received federal aid)

What graduates earn and owe

Ten years after entry, the median federally aided student here earns $100,533; the median graduate who borrowed owes $12,975.

Statement, continued

Earnings, 6 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$81,765
Earnings, 8 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$94,821
Median earnings 10 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
97th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years
$100,533
Median debt, graduatesStudents who finished and borrowed federal loans.
6th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years
$12,975
Median debt, all who borrowedEveryone who borrowed, whether or not they finished.
$11,648

Earnings and debt come from federal aid records, so students who never received federal aid are not counted.

Earnings after entry

The shaded band is the middle half of private nonprofit 4-years at 10 years: $43,845 to $62,830.

6 yrs after entry: $81,765; 8 yrs after entry: $94,821; 10 yrs after entry: $100,533. Median graduate debt: $12,975. Shaded band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years at 10 years, from $43,845 to $62,830; dotted line at the median, $52,889.
  • Shaded: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years, 10 years out ($43,845 to $62,830); dotted line is the median.
  • Dashed: median graduate debt, $12,975.

Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Hollow marks are rungs with no reported value, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Earnings after entry and graduate debt
MeasureDollars
Median earnings, 6 yrs after entry$81,765
Median earnings, 8 yrs after entry$94,821
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry$100,533
Median graduate debt$12,975

College Scorecard, federal tax and aid records

What programs pay

Median earnings five years after completing, by field of study. Small programs are privacy-suppressed and shown as not reported, never zero.

What programs pay at Yale University
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree555$213,202not reported
LawFirst Professional Degree224not reportednot reported
EconomicsBachelor's Degree182$131,171$13,250
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree164$271,466$12,750
Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchMaster's Degree157$95,750not reported
Public HealthMaster's Degree151$94,970not reported
MusicMaster's Degree125not reportednot reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsMaster's Degree113$129,385not reported
Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's Degree107$123,834$15,000
MedicineFirst Professional Degree107not reportednot reported
Theological and Ministerial StudiesMaster's Degree102$70,739not reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingMaster's Degree101$128,563not reported
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Remaining programs
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population BiologyMaster's Degree97$88,262not reported
Architectural Sciences and TechnologyMaster's Degree96not reportednot reported
HistoryBachelor's Degree96not reported$12,000
Behavioral SciencesMaster's Degree91not reportednot reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingGraduate/Professional Certificate90not reportednot reported
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical SciencesBachelor's Degree86not reported$19,500
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherBachelor's Degree78$130,467$13,500
Research and Experimental PsychologyBachelor's Degree72not reportednot reported
LawDoctoral Degreenot reported$221,083not reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingDoctoral Degree26not reportednot reported
Engineering, GeneralDoctoral Degree3not reportednot reported
ChemistryDoctoral Degree39not reportednot reported
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesBachelor's Degree27not reported$15,750

Source: College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Who goes here

Yale University: 6,758 undergraduates; 20% of students receive Pell grants; 4% of applicants are admitted.

Admission rate

4%

1st percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Undergraduates

6,758

95th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Pell share

20%

of undergraduates receive Pell grants

21st percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Completion

96%

finish within 150% of normal time

97th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

First-generation

25%

parents did not attend college

Median family income

$44,004

51st percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Students by family income

Share of students in each family-income bracket, for students who received federal aid.

not reported

Show as a table
Students by family income
Family incomeShare of students
Under $30knot reported
$30k–$48knot reported
$48k–$75knot reported
$75k–$110knot reported
Over $110knot reported

Who Wikipedia remembers

Wikidata records 13,619 people who studied at Yale University, most often in science & academia (48%). That is the archive's memory, not a census.

What the recorded alumni are remembered for

Share of recorded people by field, in a fixed order so schools compare.

Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school, in a fixed order: science & academia 48% (7,039 people); medicine 2.0% (297 people); law 5.5% (806 people); politics & gov 6.6% (964 people); business 4.1% (596 people); engineering & tech 2.1% (313 people); writing & journalism 11% (1,664 people); film & stage 3.4% (505 people); music 2.9% (432 people); visual arts 4.8% (707 people); sports 6.6% (966 people); religion 1.4% (210 people); military 1.3% (190 people). These are shares of people recorded in Wikidata, the archive's memory, not a census of alumni.
Table of the same numbers
Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school (the archive's memory, not a census)
FieldPeople recordedShare
science & academia7,03947.9%
medicine2972.0%
law8065.5%
politics & gov9646.6%
business5964.1%
engineering & tech3132.1%
writing & journalism1,66411.3%
film & stage5053.4%
music4322.9%
visual arts7074.8%
sports9666.6%
religion2101.4%
military1901.3%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

most recorded occupationsresearcher (2,584) · university teacher (2,183) · writer (911) · politician (721) · lawyer (701) · historian (660) · basketball player (547) · journalist (493)

Women among recorded alumni, by birth decade

Counts reflect who the archive records, not a census.

Share of women among recorded alumni, from 3% for the 1850s to 40% for the 2000s. Decades with fewer than 5 recorded people are not drawn, and 15 decades are marked not reported for women. The line breaks at every decade not drawn.

Counts only people the archive records with a gender. Hollow marks are decades with no women reported or fewer than 5 recorded, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Recorded alumni by birth decade
BornWomenMenShare women
1700snot reported2not reported
1710snot reported8not reported
1720snot reported15not reported
1730snot reported16not reported
1740snot reported15not reported
1750snot reported20not reported
1760snot reported22not reported
1770snot reported23not reported
1780snot reported38not reported
1790snot reported51not reported
1800snot reported44not reported
1810snot reported64not reported
1820snot reported63not reported
1830snot reported81not reported
1840snot reported102not reported
1850s41383%
1860s151788%
1870s192657%
1880s192876%
1890s243047%
1900s5240611%
1910s374188%
1920s626509%
1930s9581610%
1940s14687214%
1950s30675129%
1960s27757433%
1970s22030642%
1980s12818940%
1990s386138%
2000s365340%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

Wikipedia attention, by month

Wikipedia attention

monthly views

Monthly Wikipedia article views from 2015-07 to 2026-06; peak 158,314 in 2020-06.
Table of the same numbers
Wikipedia article views by month
MonthViews
2026-0655,346
2026-0566,013
2026-0466,938
2026-0364,436
2026-0260,952
2026-0171,914
2025-1274,883
2025-1179,457
2025-1077,444
2025-0973,912
2025-0873,284
2025-0766,229
2025-0668,695
2025-0580,991
2025-0491,676
2025-03101,877
2025-0280,373
2025-01115,554
2024-1286,601
2024-11111,676
2024-1095,701
2024-0989,666
2024-0890,698
2024-07106,711
2024-06104,709
2024-0595,060
2024-04137,534
2024-03121,152
2024-02100,814
2024-01121,106
2023-12114,535
2023-11100,959
2023-1098,184
2023-09109,452
2023-08116,451
2023-07109,600
2023-06107,665
2023-05112,085
2023-04114,063
2023-03141,165
2023-02102,313
2023-01114,137
2022-1299,509
2022-11122,427
2022-10116,842
2022-09115,524
2022-08118,057
2022-07108,762
2022-06105,006
2022-05102,777
2022-04102,924
2022-03110,878
2022-02108,651
2022-01127,309
2021-12103,125
2021-1198,829
2021-10111,919
2021-09111,019
2021-08113,784
2021-07105,048
2021-0680,266
2021-0591,107
2021-0499,842
2021-0399,790
2021-0295,297
2021-01119,597
2020-12113,822
2020-11135,906
2020-10118,406
2020-0987,593
2020-0897,610
2020-07108,914
2020-06158,314
2020-05124,421
2020-04137,931
2020-03118,891
2020-0299,688
2020-01109,519
2019-12105,012
2019-11109,204
2019-10112,594
2019-09101,863
2019-0899,411
2019-0793,250
2019-0684,767
2019-05104,726
2019-04107,774
2019-03129,590
2019-0297,294
2019-01109,683
2018-12133,258
2018-11110,276
2018-10124,261
2018-09128,901
2018-08101,813
2018-07101,791
2018-0683,712
2018-05112,982
2018-04108,135
2018-03117,414
2018-0289,886
2018-01101,946
2017-1292,007
2017-1196,709
2017-1095,288
2017-0990,927
2017-0892,051
2017-0787,182
2017-0684,009
2017-05102,889
2017-04111,925
2017-03101,969
2017-02100,503
2017-01107,095
2016-12100,613
2016-11123,771
2016-10114,897
2016-09111,439
2016-08106,445
2016-0793,496
2016-0690,129
2016-0598,712
2016-04103,656
2016-03127,770
2016-0298,270
2016-0189,804
2015-1299,522
2015-11113,466
2015-1098,819
2015-09120,586
2015-0896,281
2015-0778,872

Source: Wikimedia pageviews.

Nobel laureates who studied here

  • Sinclair Lewis Literature 1930
  • George Whipple Medicine 1934
  • Ernest Lawrence Physics 1939
  • John Franklin Enders Medicine 1954
  • Dickinson W. Richards Medicine 1956
  • Joshua Lederberg Medicine 1958
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  • Lars Onsager Chemistry 1968
  • Murray Gell-Mann Physics 1969
  • Alfred G. Gilman Medicine 1994
  • Eric F. Wieschaus Medicine 1995
  • David Lee Physics 1996
  • William Vickrey Economics 1996
  • George Akerlof Economics 2001
  • Raymond Davis Jr. Physics 2002
  • John Fenn Chemistry 2002
  • Edmund Phelps Economics 2006
  • Peter Diamond Economics 2010
  • Richard Henderson Chemistry 2017
  • William Nordhaus Economics 2018
  • John B. Goodenough Chemistry 2019
  • Philip H. Dybvig Economics 2022
  • Douglas Diamond Economics 2022
  • James A. Robinson Economics 2024
  • Joel Mokyr Economics 2025

The portrait wall

Ordered by Wikipedia footprint (language editions).

Show all 15 portraits

Similar schools

These are the nearest neighbors in the same sector. The list is not an ordering.

Sources & caveats

Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Built 2026-07-17.

not reported
Not reported: suppressed for privacy or never collected. It is not zero, and nothing has been filled in.
Percentiles
A percentile compares this school with others in its own sector (for example, public 4-year schools). It describes position, not quality.
Earnings
Earnings cover students who received federal (Title IV) aid, measured from the year they entered. Students who never received federal aid are not included.
Provenance notes
  • U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
  • Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
  • Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.
  • Wikidata is not an alumni census: a person appears only when volunteer editors record them. Counts measure the archive's memory - access x achievement x documentation - never placement rates or institutional quality.
  • Images are from Wikimedia Commons under free licenses. Render the credit line (artist + license) with every image.

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