Yale University Ivy League
New Haven, CT · Official website ↗
International students should also budget for health insurance, visa and travel costs not shown here.
Quick summary
| Cost per year | about $91,950 per year (tuition, housing, food, books — U.S. Department of Education figure) + flights and visa. Four years cost roughly four times this if prices stay the same; colleges usually raise prices every year. |
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| Money from the college | Need-based aid: yes, and asking for it does not hurt the application. Merit scholarships: not yet determined. No named scholarship is confirmed open to international students yet. |
| Chances of admission | extremely selective: about 1 in 26 applicants is admitted. Middle half of admitted students scored SAT 1470–1570. |
| Application deadlines | not yet determined |
| Where and how students live | New Haven, CT · Midsize city · summer highs about 28°C, winter lows about -5°C · 73 km from BDL airport |
| Housing | not yet determined |
| Working while studying | not yet determined |
| After graduation | not yet determined |
Plain-language summary of the verified details below. Where it says “not yet determined”, we have not found it on an official page yet.
Financial aid & requirements for international students
| Aid & admission for international applicants | Need-blind for international applicants Applying for financial aid does not reduce an international applicant's chance of admission. Sources (1)“All applicants, regardless of nationality, citizenship, or country of origin, are considered through the same whole-person admissions process. All applicants are evaluated without regard to their ability to pay”admissions.yale.edu ↗ · checked 2026-11-10 |
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| Meets full financial need | Yes — meets the full demonstrated need of admitted studentsSources (2)“Yale is one of only a handful of American universities that considers all applicants for admission without regard to their ability to pay and meets 100% of every family’s demonstrated financial need.”admissions.yale.edu ↗ · checked 2026-11-10“International students are eligible for the same need-based financial aid as domestic applicants.”admissions.yale.edu ↗ · checked 2026-11-10 |
| Merit scholarships | Not yet determined — check the college site ↗ |
| Forms for international aid applicants | Not yet determined — check the college site ↗ |
| Must request aid when applying? | Not yet determined — check the college site ↗ |
| SAT / ACT policy | SAT or ACT requiredSources (1)“First-year and transfer applicants are required to include scores from the ACT or SAT.”admissions.yale.edu ↗ · checked 2026-11-10 |
| English proficiency | English test required unless an exemption appliesSources (1)“Non-native English-speakers who have not taken at least two years of secondary education where English is the medium of instruction are required to submit results from any of the proficiency tests below.”admissions.yale.edu ↗ · checked 2026-11-10 |
| Conditional admission / English pathway | Not yet determined — check the college site ↗ |
Deadlines (fall 2027 entry)
| Application deadlines | Not yet determined — check the college site ↗ |
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| Financial aid deadline | Not yet determined — check the college site ↗ |
Dates as published by the college; check the official page for time zones and supporting-document deadlines.
Costs for international students
| Student health insurance | Not yet determined — check the college site ↗ |
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| Proof of funds for the I-20 | Not yet determined — check the college site ↗ |
Earnings by field of study
| Field | After 1 year | After 4 years |
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| Computer and Information Sciences, General | $180,081 | $188,157 |
| Economics | $108,619 | $142,936 |
| Statistics | $127,725 | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | — | $113,788 |
| History | $61,357 | $109,947 |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences | $36,472 | $92,646 |
| Political Science and Government | $68,303 | $90,764 |
| International Relations and National Security Studies | $75,862 | — |
| Area Studies | $67,764 | $67,230 |
| Research and Experimental Psychology | $43,655 | $65,752 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | $53,654 | $65,213 |
| English Language and Literature, General | $46,048 | $62,440 |
Median yearly earnings of graduates of this college's bachelor's programme in each field, 1 and 4 years after finishing. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (retrieved 2026-11-11). Only graduates who received U.S. federal student aid are counted, so international students are not included.
Location
| City / state | New Haven, CT |
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| Setting | Midsize city |
| Nearest major airport | Bradley International Airport (BDL), about 73 km in a straight line |
| Map | View on OpenStreetMap ↗ |
Setting from the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard); airport from OurAirports (public-domain data).
Climate
| Warmest month (Jul) | average high 28°C (82°F) |
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| Coldest month (Jan) | average low -5°C (23°F) |
| Precipitation per year | 1,061 mm |
Month by month
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| High °C | 3° | 5° | 8° | 14° | 20° | 25° | 28° | 27° | 24° | 18° | 12° | 6° |
| Low °C | -5° | -4° | -1° | 4° | 10° | 15° | 19° | 18° | 14° | 8° | 2° | -2° |
| Rain mm | 69 | 72 | 93 | 106 | 90 | 88 | 85 | 90 | 102 | 96 | 79 | 90 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at the New Haven Tweed Ap, Ct Us weather station, about 7 km from campus. Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals.
Cost, admission rate, test-score ranges and earnings come from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard (retrieved 2026-11-11). SAT range adds the 25th/75th-percentile section scores, so it is approximate. Scorecard earnings are for federal-aid recipients.