Yale Admits 8.3 Percent Overall, approx. 5.6% Regular Decision

Yale received 22,813 total applications this year. 1,892 applicants were admitted, for an admit rate of 8.3 percent, compared to 9.6 percent last year.

Yale accepted 18.1 percent of its early action applicants for the Class of 2012, a decrease of 1.6 percent from last year. Yale accepted 885 students of the 4,888 who applied; last year 709 students were accepted from 3,594 early applicants. Yale deferred 65 percent of applicants and rejected 16 percent. Although this year’s acceptance rate decreased, the number of students accepted increased. The number of applications received this year increased by 36 percent over last year.