Editing Yale University (section)

===Admissions===
Undergraduate admission to Yale College is considered "most selective" by ''[[U.S. News & World Report|U.S. News]]''.<ref name="U.S. News & World Report" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Pérez-Peña |first=Richard |title=Best, Brightest and Rejected: Elite Colleges Turn Away Up to 95% |date=April 8, 2014 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/us/led-by-stanfords-5-top-colleges-acceptance-rates-hit-new-lows.html |access-date=August 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720005739/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/us/led-by-stanfords-5-top-colleges-acceptance-rates-hit-new-lows.html |archive-date=July 20, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022, Yale accepted 2,234 students to the Class of 2026 out of 50,015 applicants, for an acceptance rate of 4.46%.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fitzgerald |first=Jordan |date=March 31, 2022 |title=Yale admits 2,234 students, acceptance rate shrinks to 4.46 percent |newspaper=Yale Daily News |url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2022/03/31/yale-admits-2234-students-acceptance-rate-shrinks-to-4-46-percent/ |url-status=live |access-date=April 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113021049/https://oir.yale.edu/sites/default/files/cds_2017-2018.pdf |archive-date=November 13, 2018}}</ref> 98% of students graduate within six years.<ref name="2013YCBN" />

Through its program of need-based financial aid, Yale commits to meet the full demonstrated financial need of all applicants, and the university is [[need-blind]] for both domestic and international applicants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://admissions.yale.edu/faq/are-international-students-eligible-financial-aid-if-so-how-do-i-apply|title=Are international students eligible for financial aid? If so, how do I apply?|date=August 10, 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223144306/http://admissions.yale.edu/faq/are-international-students-eligible-financial-aid-if-so-how-do-i-apply|archivedate=December 23, 2010|url-status=dead|publisher=Yale University}}</ref> Most financial aid is in the form of grants and scholarships that do not need to be paid back to the university, and the average need-based aid grant for the Class of 2017 was {{USD|46,395|long=no}}.<ref name="2013CDS"/> 15% of Yale College students are expected to have no parental contribution, and about 50% receive some form of financial aid.<ref name="2013YCBN">{{cite web |title=Yale College by the Numbers |publisher=Yale University Office of Institutional Research |date=2013 |url=http://oir.yale.edu/sites/default/files/Yale-College-By-the-Numbers_1.pdf |access-date=August 5, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810051151/http://oir.yale.edu/sites/default/files/Yale-College-By-the-Numbers_1.pdf |archive-date=August 10, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Zax |first=David |title=Wanted: smart students from poor families |date=Jan–Feb 2014 |magazine=Yale Alumni Magazine |url=http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/3801 |access-date=August 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808054204/http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/3801 |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="FinAidPolicy">{{cite web |url=http://admissions.yale.edu/financial-aid|title=Financial Aid |work=Yale College Admissions |access-date=January 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208131437/http://admissions.yale.edu/financial-aid |archive-date=February 8, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> About 16% of the Class of 2013 had some form of student loan debt at graduation, with an average debt of {{USD|13,000|long=no}} among borrowers.<ref name="2013YCBN" /> For 2019, Yale ranked second in enrollment of recipients of the [[National Merit Scholarship Program|National Merit $2,500 Scholarship]] (140 scholars).<ref>{{cite web|title=NMSC 2018–2019 Annual Report |url=https://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/images/gid2/editor_documents/annual_report.pdf?gid=2&pgid=61|publisher=National Merit Scholarship Corporation}}</ref>

Half of all Yale undergraduates are women, more than 39% are [[ethnic minority]] U.S. citizens (19% are underrepresented minorities), and 10.5% are [[international student]]s.<ref name="2013CDS">{{cite web |title=2013–14 Common Data Set |publisher=Yale University Office of Institutional Research |date=2013 |url=http://oir.yale.edu/sites/default/files/CDS2013_2014.pdf |access-date=August 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810051122/http://oir.yale.edu/sites/default/files/CDS2013_2014.pdf |archive-date=August 10, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 55% attended public schools and 45% attended private, religious, or international schools, and 97% of students were in the top 10% of their high school class.<ref name="2013YCBN" /> Every year, Yale College also admits a small group of [[non-traditional student]]s through the Eli Whitney Students Program.