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Tasneem Hoda

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According to the QS World University Ranking 2024, Yale University has a ranking of #16 whereas it had a ranking of #9 based on the Times Higher Education Ranking 2023. The comparative Times Higher Education rankings of Yale University and University of California Los Angeles are given as follows: 

YearYale UniversityUniversity of California - Los Angeles
2019#8#17
2020#8#17
2021#8#15
2022#9#20
2023#9#21

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The admission requirements for international UG applicants are given as follows:

  • Submit the non-refundable application fee of USD 80 or can submit the application fee waiver.
  • Letter of Recommendations (LORs) from atleast 2 professors and 1 counselor
  • School Reports along with official transcripts
  • ACT/SAT scores (not required for 2024 intakes)
  • Proof of English Language Proficiency
  • Mid-Year report and Final Report

The admission requirements for PG international applicants are given as follows:

  • Statement of Purpose
  • List of all colleges or institutions attended earlier along with official transcripts
  • 3 Letters of Recommendation 
  • Application fee o
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The admission deadlines for international students at Yale University are given as follows: 

Intake

Date

Fall (Early Action only for UG applicants )

Early Nov

Winter (Regular decision UG applicants )

Early Jan

Fall (Questbridge national college match UG applicants)

Early Nov

Spring 

Mid-Apr

 

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When it comes to admission, Yale is extremely selective. Yale University's acceptance rate for Indian students is 4.5%, so, it selects almost five people out of every 100 applicants. Candidates need to have an excellent profile, a good academic record, high test scores, and perfectly crafted essays. 

The university has currently enrolled 6,700+ undergraduate students and 8,700+ graduate students. As such, there are no score cutoffs for standardized tests, however, candidates need to score higher to increase their chances of getting into Yale. Last year, test scores for first-year enrolled students were

  • SAT-Verbal: 730
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Standardized test results, when included, are just one component of a student’s application and are viewed within the context of the student’s entire file. There is no minimum score required for admission, nor is there a score that will guarantee admission. The middle 50% of test scores (the 25th to the 75th percentiles) for enrolled first-year students in Fall 2020 were as follows:

  • SAT-Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 720-780
  • SAT-Math: 740-800
  • ACT Composite: 33-35

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Standardized test results, when included, are just one component of a student’s application and are viewed within the context of the student’s entire file. There is no minimum score required for admission, nor is there a score that will guarantee admission. The middle 50% of test scores (the 25th to the 75th percentiles) for enrolled first-year students in Fall 2020 were as follows:

  • SAT-Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 720-780
  • SAT-Math: 740-800
  • ACT Composite: 33-35

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As per the employment report published by the university, graduates at Yale receive a Median Base Salary of USD 1,40,400 and the Median Base Salary for international hires is USD 1,02,918 as per the MBA Placements Highlights 2021. The placement highlights for MBA in 2022 are given as follows:

Particulars

Details

Overall median salary

USD 160,110

International student’s base median salary

USD 151,595

Popular job sectors

Consulting, Finance / Accounting, Marketing / Sales, General Management, Operations / Logistics

Popular industries

Consulting Services, Finance, Retail, Technology, Consumer Packaged Goods

Unique employers

250+

Popular employers

Accenture, EY, Bank of America, Johnson & Johnson, Abbott, Ralph Lauren

Check out more about the Placement details here.

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Whether Yale is better than Oxford would entirely depend on your preferred course of study. While a few courses are preferred at Yale over Oxford, in the overall world university ranking, Oxford University fares better than Yale.

Yale University Ranking 2023

University of Harvard Ranking 2023

  • QS World University Rankings 2023 # 18
  • Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking 2023 #9
  • US News & World Report Best Global Universities 2023 #11

Read: Yale University Ranking

  • QS World University Rankings 2023 #5
  • Times Higher Education (THE) Ranking 2023 #2
  • US News & World Report 2023 #1

Verdict: Although Harvard is better than Yale, but Yale is also part of the privilege Ivy League schools and is one of the top research universities as well.

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Yale University is a private Ivy League research university known for its high-quality education. The University of Yale produced 61 Nobel laureates, 247 Rhodes Scholars, and 78 MacArthur Fellows. Indra Nooyi, George W. Bush, Meryl Streep, and Urjit Patel are some of the notable alumni from the University of Yale. English, History, Psychology, Philosophy, Political Science, and Economy are some of the popular majors offered by the University of Yale. It is also known for offering some of the best academically rigorous coursework for undergraduate classes.

University of Yale Highlights

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Yale Acceptance rate

4.46%

Yale Application fee

USD 80

Living expenses for USA/ Yale

10.5 L / USD 28,786

Cost (Tuition fee) for MS

INR 35.52 L - 44.38 L

Cost (Tuition fee) for B.E. / B.Tech

INR 15.14 L - 51.07 L

Placement data for MBA (Job Offers Received 3 months post-graduation)

91%

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Yes. When it comes to admission, Yale is extremely selective. Yale University's acceptance rate for 2022-23 was 4.46%, so, it selects almost five people out of every 100 applicants. Candidates need to have an excellent profile, a good academic record, high test scores, and perfectly crafted essays.

The university currently enrolls 6,494 undergraduate students and 8,031 graduate students. There are 2,780 international students hailing from 120 countries constituting 22% of the total student body. As such, there are no score cutoffs for standardized tests, however, candidates need to score higher to increase their chances of getting into

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