Yale University
CT · Private · Northeast · National university · Top 10 tier · 6,636 undergraduates (medium)
Admission rates
Latest admit rates
† Regular round (est.) = (all admitted − early admits) ÷ (all applicants − early applicants), using the early counts the school published and the Common Data Set totals for the same class.
Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025
Admission rates
Early plans
Fall 2027 applicants
SCEA rate figures: Class of 2029 (entered Fall 2025) · Yale News, Dec 17, 2024 ↗
Testing
Testing policy
Superscoring
What this means:
- SAT
- Accepts superscores, not required
- ACT
- Accepts superscores, not required
Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026
Required for the 2026-27 cycle. A super-scored ACT composite must match what ACT provides; do not recalculate across Science-required and Science-optional ACT versions.
How to send scores
Self-report accepted; official scores only after admission/enrollment
School’s words: “Applicants may self-report scores on the application. ... Applicants who are admitted and matriculate at Yale will be required to provide official results of all self-reported scores prior to enrolling. ... A super-scored ACT composite must match what the testing agency provides.”
Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026
Students submitting scores
‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.
Score ranges (middle 50%)
Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2025. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.
Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025
Share of enrolled students submitting scores
SAT composite, middle 50%
ACT composite, middle 50%
Year-by-year data, Fall 2019–Fall 2025
| CDS year | Admitted | Admit rate | ED rate | Est. % submitting | % SAT | % ACT | SAT mid-50 | ACT mid-50 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 2,241 | 6.1% | Not reported | 100% | 68% | 50% | 1470-1560 | 33-35 | |
| 2020-21 | 2,299 | 6.5% | Not reported | 100% | 70% | 46% | 1470-1560 | 33-35 | |
| 2021-22 | 2,509 | 5.3% | Not reported | 89% | 54% | 35% | 1480-1560 | 33-35 | |
| 2022-23 | 2,289 | 4.6% | Not reported | 88% | 59% | 29% | 1470-1560 | 33-35 | |
| 2023-24 | 2,332 | 4.5% | Not reported | 82% | 56% | 26% | 1500-1560 | 33-35 | |
| 2024-25 | 2,227 | 3.9% | Not reported | 86% | 61% | 25% | 1480-1560 | 33-35 | |
| 2025-26 | 2,387 | 4.7% | Not reported | 92% | 67% | 25% | 1480-1560 | 33-35 |
Waitlist admit rate
Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.
- 2025: 4%
- 2024: 4%
- 2023: 0%
- 2022: 1%
- 2021: 0.5%
Test policy in each Common Data Set
History only. The current policy is under Testing above.
- Fall 2027 Test-optional2025-26 CDSThis form’s own wording says Fall 2025; every CDS here is read as covering the fall two years after its first year.
- Fall 2026 Test-optional2024-25 CDSThis form’s own wording says Fall 2024; every CDS here is read as covering the fall two years after its first year.
- Fall 2025 Not reported2023-24 CDSThis form’s own wording says Fall 2023; every CDS here is read as covering the fall two years after its first year.
- Fall 2024 Test-optional2022-23 CDS
- Fall 2023 Test-optional2021-22 CDS
- Fall 2022 Test-optional2020-21 CDS
- Fall 2021 Required2019-20 CDSAs the school reported it. Not borne out: in the class that entered Fall 2021, 54% submitted SAT and 35% ACT (2021-22 CDS).
Notes
- This Common Data Set's test-policy question covers Fall 2025 applicants.