Factsheet Index

• General Information
• Schools of Yale University
• Fall Enrollment
• University-wide Enrollment by Ethnicity
• International Student Profile
• Yale College Student Body Characteristics
• Statistics on Current Freshmen Class
• Degrees Conferred
• Post-Graduation Activities of Yale College Classes
• Alumni Donors
• Undergraduate Tuition and Room & Board
• Undergraduate Financial Aid
• Institutional Finances
• Faculty
• Postdoctoral Trainees
• International Scholars
• University Staff
• Library Holdings
• Yale Property in New Haven
• University Degrees Offered
• Yale Summer Session
• Undergraduate Majors
• Athletics
• University Accreditation
• The Officers of the University
• Other Web Links

General Information

• Private, independent institution founded in 1701.
• Semester system; 337-acre campus in New Haven, Connecticut

Schools of Yale University

• Yale College (undergraduate programs)
• Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• 10 Professional schools
• Architecture
• Art
• Divinity
• Drama
• Forestry and Environmental Studies
• Law
• Management
• Medicine (M.D. and Physician Associate programs)
• Music
• Nursing
• Public Health

Fall 2008 Enrollment

Division	Male	Female	Total	% International*
Yale College	2,630	2,617	5,247	9%
Special (Degree & Non-Degree)	14	16	30	3%
Graduate School of Arts & Sciences	1,370	1,293	2,663	31%
Professional Schools
Architecture	113	82	195	18%
Art	60	59	119	15%
Divinity	170	161	331	10%
Drama	104	94	198	14%
Forestry & Environmental Studies	106	145	251	20%
Institute of Sacred Music	40	38	78	15%
Law	351	325	676	14%
Management	270	138	408	25%
School of Medicine:
M.D.	234	231	465	10%
Physician Associate	30	71	101	2%
Music	104	89	193	40%
Nursing	22	293	315	4%
Public Health	43	133	176	21%
Professional Schools Total	1,647	1,858	3,505	15%
Total University	5,661	5,785	11,446	16%

Notes:
Only 1% of University enrollment is part-time.
Students pursuing degrees in the fields of engineering and applied science are enrolled in
either Yale College or in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

University-wide Enrollments by Ethnicity (% of non-international enrollment)

Ethnicity:	%
Asian	14%
African-American/Black	8%
Hispanic/Latino	7%
Native American	1%
White & Other	70%

Yale College Student Body Characteristics

88% of undergraduates live in University housing.
99% of Freshmen return for their sophomore year.
95% graduate within five years; 96% graduate within six years.
85% are from out-of-state.
The average age of an undergraduate is 20.
Approximately 675 students (regular and summer term) study abroad annually.

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Statistics on Current 2008-09 Freshmen Class

• Acceptance Statistics:
• # of Applicants: 22,817
• % Accepted: 9%
• # of Matriculants: 1,320
• Yield: 69%
• 55% of matriculants came from public high schools.
• 45% of maticulants came from independent, parochial, and other schools.
• 13% of matriculants were Yale College and/or Graduate and Professional School legacies.
• 11% of matriculants are international students.

• Test score ranges (25th to 75th percentiles) for enrolled freshmen:
• SAT-Verbal: 700-800
• SAT-Math: 700-780
• SAT-Writing: 700-790
• ACT: 30-34

Degrees Conferred (July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008)

Degree	Male	Female	Total	% International
Bachelors	690	629	1,319	9%
Masters & Intermediate	924	949	1,873	23%
Doctorates	203	172	375	29%
First Professional (J.D., M.Div., & M.D.)	174	191	365	6%
Total	1,991	1,941	3,932	17%

Yale College Graduates -- Post-College Activities One Year After Graduation*

Class of	1975	1980	1985	1990	1994	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006
Employment	36%	50%	60%	67%	60%	65%	70%	64%	69%	73%
Arts & Sciences Graduate School	14%	13%	10%	9%	11%	7%	6%	11%	9%	7%
Business School	3%	2%	1%	1%	<1%	0%	<1%	1%	<1%	1%
Law School	18%	15%	8%	5%	8%	7%	6%	7%	6%	5%
Medical School	17%	13%	11%	8%	11%	11%	8%	6%	7%	6%
Other Professional School	8%	5%	4%	2%	5%	4%	3%	6%	5%	5%
Other Post-College Activities	3%	2%	5%	5%	5%	7%	7%	5%	4%	3%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

University Alumni Donors

Undergraduate Tuition & Fees

Year	Tuition	Room & Board	Total
1995-1996	$21,000	$6,630	$27,630
1996-1997	$22,200	$6,680	$28,880
1997-1998	$23,100	$6,850	$29,950
1998-1999	$23,780	$7,050	$30,830
1999-2000	$24,500	$7,440	$31,940
2000-2001	$25,220	$7,660	$32,880
2001-2002	$26,100	$7,930	$34,030
2002-2003	$27,130	$8,240	$35,370
2003-2004	$28,400	$8,600	$37,000
2004-2005	$29,820	$9,030	$38,850
2005-2006	$31,460	$9,540	$41,000
2006-2007	$33,030	$10,020	$43,050
2007-2008	$34,530	$10,470	$45,000
2008-2009	$35,300	$10,700	$46,000
2009-2010	$36,500	$11,000	$47,500

2007-08 Undergraduate Financial Aid

All scholarships and grants are awarded on the basis of demonstrated financial need.

Number of undergraduates who received scholarships/grants from Yale sources:	2,256
Percentage of undergraduates who received scholarships/grants from Yale sources:	42%
Average need-based scholarships/grants from all sources:	$30,000
Average need-based scholarships/grants from Yale sources:	$27,609
Range of individual scholarships/grants from all sources:	$479 - $57,132

Institutional Finances (Fiscal Year 2008)

Institutional Finances:	FY 2008
Market value of endowment assets at the end of the fiscal year	$22.7 billion
Total research expenditures including all restricted and unrestricted funds from all sources	$476.7 million
Total library acquisitions expenditures for the financial year	$39.96 million
Operating Expenses	$2.31 billion

Faculty (Headcounts) Fall, 2008*

Yale Schools	Tenured	Term	Non-Ladder	Research	Total
Arts & Sciences	420	244	311	134	1,109
Architecture	6	7	60	0	73
Art	5	2	36	0	43
Divinity	14	11	31	1	57
Drama	0	0	72	0	72
Forestry & Env. Studies	17	6	22	11	56
ISM	4	0	11	0	15
Law	51	2	41	25	119
Management	28	28	18	0	74
Medicine	396	725	212	516	1,849
Music	2	0	60	1	62
Nursing	16	21	48	5	90
Total	959	1,046	922	692	3,619

University Staff Counts (Headcounts) Fall, 2008

Managerial & Professional	4,259
Clerical & Technical	3,700
Service & Maintenance	1,217
Total	9,176

Library Holdings (2007-08)

Type	Number
Bound volumes	12.5 million
Periodical subscriptions (includes electronic titles)	103,444
Units on microform	10.3 million
Units of audiovisual materials	272,627

Yale Property in New Haven (2008-09):

Total number of buildings: 439 (16.2 million square feet)

Property	Acres
Campus	337
Athletic fields	100
Golf Course and nature preserves	515
West Campus	136
Total	1,088

The work of Yale University is carried on in the following schools:

• Yale College
  Courses in humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, mathematical and computer sciences, and engineering.
  • Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
  • Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
    
    
• Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
  Courses for college graduates.
• Master of Arts (M.A.)
• Master of Engineering (M.ENG.)
• Master of Science (M.S.)
• Master of Philosophy (M.PHIL.)
• Doctor of Philosophy (PH.D.)
  
  
• School of Architecture
  Courses for college graduates.
• Master of Architecture (M. ARCH.) - professional degree
• Master of Environmental Design (M.E.D.) - nonprofessional degree
  
  
• School of Art
  Professional courses for college and art school graduates.
• Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
  
  
• Divinity School
  Courses for college graduates.
• Master of Divinity (M.DIV.)
• Master of Arts in Religion (M.A.R.)
• Master of Sacred Theology (S.T.M.) - for qualified students with an M.DIV. degree
  
  
• School of Drama
  Courses for college graduates and certificate students.
  • Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
  • Certificate in Drama
  • One-Year Technical Internship (Certificate)
  • Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.)
    
    
• School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
  Courses for college graduates.
  • Master of Forestry (M.F.)
  • Master of Forest Science (M.F.S.)
  • Master of Environmental Science (M.E.SC.)
  • Master of Environmental Management (M.E.M.)
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PH.D.)
    
    
• Law School
  Courses for college graduates.
  • Master of Studies in Law (M.S.L.)
  • Master of Laws (LL.M.)
  • Juris Doctor (J.D.)
  • Doctor of the Science of Law (J.S.D.)
    
    
• School of Management
  Courses for college graduates.
  • Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) - professional degree
    
    
• School of Medicine
  Courses for college graduates and students who have completed requisite training in approved institutions. Postgraduate study in the basic sciences and clinical subjects.  Combined program with the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences leading to Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy (M.D./PH.D.) and to Doctor of Medicine and Master of Health Science (M.D./M.H.S.). 
  • Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
  • Master of Medical Science (M.M.SC.) - from the Physician Associate Program
    
    
• School of Music
  Graduate professional studies in performance, composition, and conducting.
  • Certificate in Performance
  • Master of Music (M.M.)
  • Master of Musical Arts (M.M.A.)
  • Artist Diploma
  • Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.)
    
    
• School of Nursing
  Courses for college graduates.
  • Master of Science in Nursing (M.S.N.)
  • Post Master's Certificate
  • Doctor of Nursing Science (D.N.SC.)

• School of Public Health
  Courses in public health for qualified students.
  • Master of Public Health (M.P.H.)

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Yale Summer Session

Every summer approximately 1,500 Yale and non-Yale students enroll for various summer programs in the Summer Session. Many are conducted outside of the United States. Courses in the Yale Summer Session are in most cases identical in content and method to courses offered in Yale College during the regular academic year.
 
 

Undergraduate Majors (2008-09)

Majors in Yale College:
African American Studies	African Studies	American Studies	Anthropology
Applied Mathematics	Applied Physics	Archaeological Studies	Architecture
Art	Astronomy	Astronomy and Physics	Biology
Chemistry	Chinese	Classical Civilization	Classics (Greek)
Classics (Greek and Latin)	Classics (Latin)	Cognitive Science	Computer Science
Computer Science and Mathematics	Computer Science and Psychology	Computing and the Arts	East Asian Studies
Economics	Economics and Mathematics	Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Engineering	Electrical Engineering	Engineering Sciences (Chemical, Electrical, Environmental, or Mechanical)	Environmental Engineering
Mechanical Engineering	English	Environmental Studies	Ethics, Politics, and Economics
Ethnicity, Race and Migration*	Film Studies	French	Geology & Geophysics
German	German Studies	Greek	Greek, Ancient and Modern
History	History of Art	History of Science, History of Medicine	Humanities
International Studies*	Italian	Japanese	Judaic Studies
Latin American Studies	Linguistics	Literature	Mathematics
Mathematics and Philosophy	Mathematics and Physics	Modern Middle East Studies	Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Music	Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations	Philosophy	Physics
Physics and Philosophy	Political Science	Portuguese	Psychology
Religious Studies	Renaissance Studies	Russian	Russian and East European Studies
Sociology	South Asian Studies*	Spanish	Special Divisional Major
Theater Studies	Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

*May be taken as a second major only.

Most popular undergraduate majors in 2008-09:

• Political Science
• History
• Economics

• 40% Arts & Humanities
• 40% Social Sciences
• 20% Biological & Physical Sciences

Athletics

Of the 35 intercollegiate sports offered at Yale, 16 are for men, 18 are for women and 1 is co-ed. Yale is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA Division I, IAA Football), the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), and the Ivy League.

Men and Women			Men Only		Women Only	Co-Ed
crew	ice hockey		lightweight/heavyweight crew		field hockey	sailing
cross country	squash		football		volleyball
golf	swimming & diving		baseball		gymnastics
soccer	track/indoor				softball
tennis	track/outdoor				sailing
basketball	lacrosse
fencing

Yale's intramural sports program revolves around the 12 residential colleges, with over 1,600 contests scheduled in over 35 sports. Competition is designed for coed, men's, and women's leagues. Yale sponsors thirty-five club sport teams in addition to its varsity and intramural programs. Some of Yale's more active club sports are men's and women's rugby, men's and women's water polo, downhill skiing, Tae Kwon Do, equestrian, ballroom dance, and cycling. The Athletics Department also offers more than 75 sections of physical education instruction in both the fall and spring semesters, with approximately 1,250 students, faculty, and staff enrolled in those classes.

20% of students participate in intercollegiate sports.
50% of students participate in intramural sports.

University Accreditation

• Yale University: New England Association of Schools and Colleges

• Arts & Sciences:
  • Engineering--ABET, Inc.
  • Psychology--Committee on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association
  • Teacher Preparation--Connecticut State Department of Education

• Architecture: National Architectural Accrediting Board
• Divinity: Association of Theological Schools
• Forestry & Environmental Studies: Society of American Foresters
• Law: American Bar Association
• Management: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
• Medicine:
  • Accrediting Commission on Education for Health Services Administration
  • American Medical Association and Association of American Medical Colleges, Liaison Committee on Medical Education
  • Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
  • Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
  • American Psychological Association
• Music: National Association of Schools of Music
• Nursing:
  • Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
  • National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission
  • American College of Nurse Midwives
  • Pediatric Nursing Certification Board
  • Connecticut State Board of Nurse Examiners
• Physician Associate: Accreditation Review Commission of Education for the Physician Assistant
• Public Health:
  • Council on Education for Public Health
  • The Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education

The Officers of the University

Richard Charles Levin, President Peter Salovey , Provost
Linda Koch Lorimer, Vice President and Secretary
Dorothy Kathryn Robinson, Vice President and General Counsel
Shauna King, Vice President of Finance and Business Operations
Bruce Donald Alexander, Vice President for New Haven and State Affairs and Campus Development
Inge Theresia Reichenbach, Vice President for Development
Michael John Donoghue, Vice President for West Campus Planning
Michael Allan Peel, Vice President for Human Resources and Administration

Other Related Web Links:

• For a broader selection of current and past information about Yale go to: http://www.yale.edu/oir/open/index.html

• For historical statistics on Yale University, go to the following documents:

    1) A Yale Book of Numbers, Historical Statistics of the College and University, 1701 - 1977 written by George W. Pierson.  This is an online converted version of the original book published in 1983.

    2) A Yale Book of Numbers, 1976 - 2000 edited by Beverly Waters, Office of Institutional Research.  This book, available online only, is an updated version of the original book and contains statistical information about Yale enrollments, degrees, students, areas of study, faculty alumni, and finances.

This factsheet is produced by the Office of Institutional Research (OIR).  For more complete and comprehensive information about Yale, consult related web pages via the University "front door" at http://www.yale.edu.