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Should you apply Early Decision to Yale?

Yale does not publish an Early Decision admit rate. Its Common Data Set leaves the Early Decision counts blank. Here is what it does publish.

Filed by Yale2025-26 Common Data SetClass of 2029

Not publishedEarly Decision admit rate
4.7%All applicants
2,387Admitted
50,264Applied

Admit rates computed from Yale's own counts in its 2025-26 Common Data Set (sections C1 and C21), for applicants who entered in fall 2025.

Test scores of enrolled students

Test25th50th75th
SAT composite148015401560
ACT composite333435

Middle 50% of enrolled first-years who submitted scores (section C9). 67% submitted the SAT, 25% the ACT.

This cycle

Reported by applicants2031 cycleClass of 2031

No Yale results have been reported yet for the Class of 2031. Decisions land in mid-December.

Anonymous reports from applicants, counted as they come in. Share of what was reported, never an admit rate.

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Source Yale, 2025-26 Common Data Set, read 2026-10-30. Counts are printed in the school's own filing; rates are computed from them. Nothing here is estimated. File SHA-256 be08ae428f286d30.

Yale waitlist record When it moved its waitlist, 2030 cycle

Other Early Decision schools

BarnardNot publishedBoston College33.4%Boston University31.3%Carnegie Mellon20.6%Claremont McKenna22.1%Colgate35.5%Columbia14.0%Cornell18.8%Dartmouth21.6%Davidson29.1%DukeNot publishedEmory22.2%Hamilton28.1%Johns Hopkins10.9%Middlebury39.0%Northwestern20.4%Penn13.3%ReedNot publishedRice11.3%Smith33.5%Tufts32.0%UChicagoNot publishedUSCNot publishedVanderbilt14.1%Vassar38.4%Washington & Lee27.6%WashU St. Louis27.0%Wellesley29.4%Wesleyan42.8%Williams26.6%

Number shown is the Early Decision admit rate from each school's own filing.