Yale Has Record Low Acceptance Rate for Class of 2016

Yale University admitted just 6.8% of applicants for the class of 2016. That's a record low for this prestigious Ivy League school in New Haven, Connecticut.

28,974 students applied to Yale, and 1,975 of those applicants were admitted. Last year, the university received 27,283 applicants and admitted 7.35% of them before the waitlist came into play. Learn more about Yale's admissions figures for the Class of 2016 in the Yale Daily News.

Related Reading:

• Yale University Profile
• GPA, SAT and ACT Graph for Yale
• Best 6-Year Graduation Rates