Yale Acceptance Rate and Admission Requirements

Yale is one of the leading universities in the USA. Yale is an Ivy League institution and is extremely competitive to get admission to. The acceptance rate of Yale is 4.6%. This means that less than 5 out of every 100 applicants get admissions at Yale.

You need to be the best at everything to get into Yale. Your GPA, IB, AP, SAT and ACT scores should be in the maximum range so that you can get into Yale. We have enlisted all the requirements and ranges of scores you need to get into Yale so that you can have a better idea and prepare yourself well in advance.

Yale Early Action Acceptance Rate

Yale received the highest number of applications in early action admission cycle. Undergraduate admission office received 7,856 applications for the class of 2028. For early action admissions, Yale accepted 709 applicants with an acceptance rate of 9 percent. They offered admission to 776 Early Action applicants for the Class of 2027, down from 800 applicants for its Class of 2026. Yale is receiving higher number of applications every year, and the reported an increase of 7 percent in applications from for the last three cycles of admissions.

Yale Regular Decision Acceptance Rate

52,303 students applied for admission at Yale for class of 2027 in the year 2023. Only 2,354 students were accepted for regular decisison admission cycle with an acceptance rate of 4.50 percent.

Yale University Acceptance Rate

		Applications Accepted		Applications Received		Acceptance Rate
2027		2,354		52,303		4.50%
2026		2,289		50,060		4.57%
2025		2,509		47,240		5.31%
2024		2,299		35,220		6.53%
2023		2,241		36,844		6.62%
2022		2,241		35,307		6.35%
2021		2,285		32,914		6.94%
2020		1,988		31,455		6.32%
2019		2,034		30,236		6.73%
2018		1,950		30,932		6.30%
2017		2,031		29,600		6.86%
2016		2,043		28,977		7.10%
2015		2,109		27,283		7.73%
2014		2,039		25,869		7.88%
2013		1,958		26,003		7.53%
2012		1,892		22,813		8.29%

Yale GPA Requirements

GPA Requirement is the minimum GPA required for the applicants to submit the application for admission. Below this range, applications are not accepted. Bt this does not help you in planning or giving you any idea about the chances of admission. A better statistic would be the average GPA of the admitted students. Hence we have enlisted the average GPA of the admitted students at Yale below.

Yale Average GPA: 4.14

The average GPA of the admitted students at Yale is 4.14. this means that you should be the top student of your class and need nearly all A’s in all of your classes. Also you may need to take AP or IB courses.

If your GPA is below 3.9, it means your chances of admission at Yale are almost zero. But if you GPA is slightly less than 4.14 or above 4, then you might need higher scores in SAT or ACT to compensate your deficiency in GPA. If you your GPA is above 4.20 you are in safe zone, considering your SAT / ACT score is also in the same range.

SAT and ACT Requirements

Each school has different requirements for standardized testing. Only a few schools require the SAT or ACT, but many consider your scores if you choose to submit them.

Yale is test optional on SAT/ACT requirements, but from 2025 it will require SAT/ACT scores for admissions.

Yale Average SAT: 1515

The average SAT score of the admitted students at Yale is a 1515 on the 1600 SAT scale.

This score makes Yale Extremely Competitive for SAT test scores.

Yale SAT 25^th Percentile: 1470

Yale SAT 75^th Percentile: 1560

It means that if you have scored less than 1470 then you are below the most of the applicants at Yale and your chance of admission are very few. But if you have scored 1560 or more, then your score is better than most of the applicants and your chances of admissions are higher at Yale.

Here’s the breakdown of SAT scores by section:

Section	Average	25th Percentile	75th Percentile
Math	770	760	800
Reading + Writing	745	740	780
Composite	1515	1470	1560

Yale Average ACT: 34

The average ACT score at Yale is 34. This score makes Yale Extremely Competitive for ACT scores.

The 25th percentile ACT score is 33, and the 75th percentile ACT score is 35.

Even though Yale likely says they have no minimum ACT requirement, if you apply with a 33 or below, you’ll have a very hard time getting in, unless you have something else very impressive in your application. There are so many applicants scoring 34 and above that a 33 will look academically weak.