Outcomes
What it pays
Former students earn a median $100,533 ten years after enrolling, more than at 98% of colleges; 98% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 2.0 years of that salary.
Earnings
Earnings climb with time
Staying and finishing
Retention
come back for year two
Graduation
graduate within six years
National median graduation rate: 59%
What graduates owe
$13K
According to Yale University's most recent Common Data Set, 12% of its Class of 2025 graduates (1,829 students) borrowed from any source: federal, institutional, state, or private, averaging $21,228 among those who did.
Counts students who started here as first-time students and earned a bachelor's; the federal median counts federal loans only, including students who left without a degree.
Everyone who starts here, 8 years later
Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.
98 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years. (1,415 students)
All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.
87 of 100 finish within 4 years, 97 within 6, and 98 within 8.
| Earned a credential within | 4 yrs | 6 yrs | 8 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| All students | 87% | 97% | 98% |
| Started in college here | 87% | 97% | 98% |
National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.
Do lower-income students finish?
Pell Grant recipients: 96%, the same as students with no need-based federal aid (96%). First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.
- Pell Grant recipients312 students
96% · the same as students with neither
- Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant27 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Neither Pell nor subsidized loan1,233 students
96% · comparison group
By race and ethnicity
First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.
- White620 students
97% · 2 points above all students
- Asian309 students
97% · 1 point above all students
- Hispanic/Latino237 students
93% · 3 points below all students
- Black128 students
93% · 3 points below all students
- Two or more races99 students
93% · 3 points below all students
- International166 students
96% · 1 point above all students
- American Indian/Alaska Native6 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander2 students
Not shown: under 30 students
Cost vs. earnings
The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus Yale University. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.
↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)
Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;Yale University Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;Yale University Common Data Set 2025–26, Class of 2025About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)