Lowest Acceptance Rate in Yale History: Class of '28
This was a HIGHLY competitive year at Yale. In fact, this year marks the lowest acceptance rate in the history of the university!
For the Class of 2028, Yale accepted 2,146 students from a pool of 57,465 applications for an acceptance rate of 3.73%. This is down .65 percent from last year’s 4.35% acceptance rate.
To break this down a bit, the university accepted 709 students in the Restrictive Early Action round from a pool of 7,856 for an acceptance rate of 11.08%. In the Regular Decision round, they accepted 1,365 students from a pool of 49,609 for an acceptance rate of 2.75%.
As always, if Yale is your top-choice college, we highly recommend applying in the Restrictive Early Action round for a significantly higher chance of admission.
Fun Facts:
45 U.S. presidents, 52 Nobel laureates, 19 U.S. Supreme Court justices, and 13 current billionaires have all graduated from Yale.
Yale is home to the ultra-exclusive society known as the Skull and Cross Bones. Each year, 15 male and female juniors are selected for admission. William Howard Taft, John Kerry, and both George Bushes are known to be members.
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