Enrollment Trends at Yale

The student population at Yale University is 14,776 (6,645 undergraduate and 8,131 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,667 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Yale is 44.97% which is increased by 1,215 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,452 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.12 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

74 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 207.14% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 13,071 where 14,776 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

44.97% of total students is undergraduate students and 55.03% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,215 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,452 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.12 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Yale than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Yale University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	12,109	5,430	2,753	2,677	6,679	3,395	3,284
2014-15	12,336 227	5,477 47	2,793 40	2,684 7	6,859 180	3,502 107	3,357 73
2015-16	12,385 49	5,532 55	2,830 37	2,702 18	6,853 -6	3,455 -47	3,398 41
2016-17	12,458 73	5,472 -60	2,786 -44	2,686 -16	6,986 133	3,487 32	3,499 101
2017-18	12,974 516	5,746 274	2,902 116	2,844 158	7,228 242	3,567 80	3,661 162
2018-19	13,433 459	5,964 218	2,971 69	2,993 149	7,469 241	3,587 20	3,882 221
2019-20	13,609 176	6,092 128	2,997 26	3,095 102	7,517 48	3,564 -23	3,953 71
2020-21	12,060 -1,549	4,703 -1,389	2,356 -641	2,347 -748	7,357 -160	3,483 -81	3,874 -79
2021-22	14,567 2,507	6,536 1,833	3,174 818	3,362 1,015	8,031 674	3,721 238	4,310 436
2022-23	14,776 209	6,645 109	3,254 80	3,391 29	8,131 100	3,703 -18	4,428 118
Average	13,071	5,760	2,882	2,878	7,311	3,546	3,765

Yale University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,760 where 6,645 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Yale University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,430	5,424	2,748	2,676	6	5	1
2014-15	5,477	5,470	2,788	2,682	7	5	2
2015-16	5,532	5,509	2,812	2,697	23	18	5
2016-17	5,472	5,469	2,783	2,686	3	3	0
2017-18	5,746	5,743	2,899	2,844	3	3	0
2018-19	5,964	5,939	2,953	2,986	25	18	7
2019-20	6,092	6,088	2,994	3,094	4	3	1
2020-21	4,703	4,696	2,352	2,344	7	4	3
2021-22	6,536	6,532	3,170	3,362	4	4	0
2022-23	6,645	6,594	3,220	3,374	51	34	17
Average	5,760	5,760	2,872	2,875	5,760	10	4

Yale University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 7,311 where 8,131 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Yale University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	6,679	6,503	3,327	3,176	176	68	108
2014-15	6,859	6,683	3,431	3,252	176	71	105
2015-16	6,853	6,741	3,399	3,342	112	56	56
2016-17	6,986	6,876	3,441	3,435	110	46	64
2017-18	7,228	7,135	3,525	3,610	93	42	51
2018-19	7,469	7,364	3,533	3,831	105	54	51
2019-20	7,517	7,380	3,501	3,879	137	63	74
2020-21	7,357	7,209	3,430	3,779	148	53	95
2021-22	8,031	7,828	3,640	4,188	203	81	122
2022-23	8,131	7,944	3,612	4,332	187	91	96
Average	7,311	7,311	3,484	3,682	7,311	63	82

Yale University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 35.63% and the percentage of black students is 6.88% at Yale University. 16.80% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Yale University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	42	1,563	638	887	7	5,868	527
2014-15	49	1,581	675	939	5	5,906	547
2015-16	47	1,636	679	1,009	12	5,817	529
2016-17	41	1,664	712	1,097	14	5,755	543
2017-18	42	1,809	736	1,220	14	5,746	618
2018-19	39	1,979	781	1,322	10	5,742	646
2019-20	42	2,053	818	1,412	13	5,610	695
2020-21	30	1,959	788	1,281	15	4,673	593
2021-22	38	2,354	935	1,636	20	5,545	754
2022-23	42	2,482	1,016	1,694	21	5,265	795
Average	41	1,908	778	1,250	13	5,593	625

Yale University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

74 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 1% of total students. The number of online students has increased 207.14% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Yale University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	12,336	0	28	12,308
2015-16	12,385	0	29	12,356
2016-17	12,458	0	14	12,444
2017-18	12,974	0	0	12,974
2018-19	13,433	0	0	13,433
2019-20	13,609	0	57	13,552
2020-21	12,060	7,766	4,157	137
2021-22	14,567	81	0	14,486
2022-23	14,776	74	86	14,616
Average	13,178	880	486	11,812

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