United StatesNew Haven, CT

Yale University

Private nonprofit · Excellent evidence

Value69/100
Excellent evidence83/100 profile coverage

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Admissions100
Value100
Career65
Experience85
Location64
Annual university cost$83,880Tuition plus recorded living cost
General acceptance4%Not a personal probability
Graduation96%Source cohort definition varies
Median earnings$100,53310 years after entry/completion

Scorecard

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Academic97
Career87
Evidence coverage83

About the location

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    City / metro settingCityPrincipal city in New Haven, CT Metro Area; Census 2024.
    Monthly student budget allocation$1,598Reported annual student living budget divided by 12; academic-year coverage may differ. Not a citywide or post-graduation budget.

    Get to know New Haven

    A mix of mapped places and local activities to explore—not a popularity ranking.

    Live musicWestville Music Bowl
    Theatre & performanceOff Broadway Theater
    CinemaCriterion
    Museums & galleriesYale Collection of Musical Instruments
    NightlifeToad's Place
    Stadiums & arenasBowen Field Football Stadium

    Life beyond the classroom

    A feel for New Haven.

    The seasons, at a glance

    Warm summers, freezing winter nights.

    Average daily highs & lows · °C · 1991–2020

    Wet days / year≈ 125Frequent wet weather
    Snowy days / year≈ 15Some snowy days
    Average highAverage low
    Monthly average daily highs and lows in New Haven Historical daily temperatures averaged over 1991–2020, in Celsius. Exact monthly values are in the expandable table below. -10°0°10°20°30°40° Jan: average high 3.6°CJan: average low -4.2°CJanFeb: average high 4.7°CFeb: average low -3.5°CFebMar: average high 8.6°CMar: average low 0.2°CMarApr: average high 14.6°CApr: average low 5.4°CAprMay: average high 20.2°CMay: average low 10.9°CMayJun: average high 25.4°CJun: average low 16.4°CJunJul: average high 28.6°CJul: average low 19.9°CJulAug: average high 27.7°CAug: average low 19.4°CAugSep: average high 24.1°CSep: average low 15.4°CSepOct: average high 18.0°COct: average low 9.1°COctNov: average high 12.0°CNov: average low 3.6°CNovDec: average high 6.6°CDec: average low -1.0°CDec
    Monthly breakdown & weather definitions
    Published 30-year climate normals (1991–2020)
    MonthHigh °CLow °CWet daysSnowy days
    Jan3.6°-4.2°11.24.5
    Feb4.7°-3.5°10.44.0
    Mar8.6°0.2°11.22.6
    Apr14.6°5.4°11.40.3
    May20.2°10.9°12.20.0
    Jun25.4°16.4°11.20.0
    Jul28.6°19.9°8.90.0
    Aug27.7°19.4°9.20.0
    Sep24.1°15.4°8.20.0
    Oct18.0°9.1°9.90.1
    Nov12.0°3.6°9.40.4
    Dec6.6°-1.0°11.52.9

    Wet day: at least 0.01 inches (0.254 mm) of precipitation, including melted snow. This is not a rain-only count. Snowy day: at least 0.1 inches (2.54 mm) of new snowfall, not existing snow cover. Annual counts sum monthly average day counts; rare events may round to zero.

    Highs and lows are averages of daily maximum and minimum temperatures, not record extremes. These are published 30-year climate normals, not a forecast. Recent years can be warmer or otherwise differ. Season labels summarise June–August highs and December–February lows.

    Weather station: BRIDGEPORT SIKORSKY MEM AP, CT US, approximately 24.0 km from Yale University. Nearby station conditions can differ from campus, particularly with elevation or coastal differences. Retrieved 2026-09-07.

    Weather data: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals · U.S. public-domain government data. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Temperature units converted and monthly day-count normals summed by Univised; no NOAA endorsement implied.

    Make the city yours

    What’s around town?

    A sample of mapped places within 5 km of Yale University. Browse by your kind of afternoon—or night out.

    Live music

    1 mapped
    • Westville Music Bowl

    Theatre & performance

    14 mapped
    • Off Broadway Theater
    • University Theater
    • Alliance Theatre
    11 more mapped places
    • Yale Cabaret
    • Yale Repertory Theater
    • College Street Music Hall
    • Shubert Performing Arts Center
    • Little Theatre
    • Iseman Theater
    • Mary Harkness Auditorium
    • Long Wharf Theatre
    • Jones Auditorium
    • Act 2 Theater
    • Lyman Center for the Performing Arts

    Cinema

    1 mapped
    • Criterion

    Museums & galleries

    12 mapped
    • Yale Collection of Musical Instruments
    • Yale University Art Gallery
    • New Haven Colonial Historical Society Building
    9 more mapped places
    • Yale Center for British Art
    • Connecticut Childrens Museum
    • Peabody Museum of Natural History
    • Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center
    • One Hundred Second Infantry Regiment Museum
    • The Hill Museum of Arts
    • Eli Whitney Museum
    • National Art Museum of Sport
    • Ward Heitmann House Museum

    Nightlife

    6 mapped
    • Toad's Place
    • Bartropolis Dance Floor
    • Uptown Upscale Lounge
    3 more mapped places
    • Partners
    • Joker's Wild Comedy Club
    • Terminal 110

    Stadiums & arenas

    7 mapped
    • Bowen Field Football Stadium
    • Wilbur Cross Athletic Complex
    • Yale Field
    4 more mapped places
    • Yale Bowl
    • Reese Stadium
    • Johnson Stadium
    • DeWitt Family Stadium

    Parks & green spaces

    113 mapped
    • Jean Pope Memorial Park
    • Art Center Mini-Park
    • Yale University Art Gallery Sculpture Garden
    110 more mapped places
    • Ella P. Scantlebury Park
    • Cretaceous Garden
    • Rainbow Park
    • Union Street Small Dog Park
    • Garden Street Park`
    • Columbus Park
    • Lenzi Park
    • Wooster Memorial Park
    • Paul Russo Memorial Park
    • Marsh Botanical Gardens
    • Farnam Memorial Gardens
    • Amistad Park
    • Orchard-Gilbert Neighborhood Park
    • Little Nash Gardens
    • Mechanic Street Triangle Dog Park
    • Trowbridge Square Park
    • The Park on Nash
    • Isadore L. Wexler Memorial Park
    • Pearl Harbor Memorial Park
    • East Rock Park-Blake Field
    • Criscuolo Park
    • Defender's Park
    • Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park
    • Beaver Pond Park
    • West River Memorial Park
    • Ernest McClain Park
    • Edgewood Park
    • Blake St Pocket Park
    • Edgerton Park
    • East Rock Park
    • Cherry Ann Park
    • Whitney Water Purification Facility and Park
    • Bayview Park
    • Clinton Park
    • Quinnipiac River Park
    • Villano Park
    • Beecher Park
    • Eli Whitney Park
    • Fairmont Park
    • Peat Meadow Park
    • Quarry Park Preserve
    • Bayview Park
    • Fort Wooster Park
    • John P. De Nicola Park
    • East Shore Park
    • South Genesee Park
    • Nathan Hale Park
    • Ralph Eberle Park
    • Cross Campus
    • South Court
    • Selin Courtyard
    • Head of College Courtyard
    • Stone Court
    • Main Court
    • Potty Court
    • Killingworth Court
    • Saybrook Court
    • Branford Court
    • Old Campus
    • Linonia Court
    • Calliope Court
    • Brothers in Unity Court
    • Broadway Triangle
    • Jonathan Edwards Courtyard
    • Upper Court
    • Phelps Triangle
    • Elm Haven Public Housing Playground
    • Mulberry Jam Parklet
    • Columbus Plaza
    • Union Street Parkway
    • Chapel-Day Sitting Plaza
    • Wooster Square
    • Kensington Street Playground
    • Munson Street Triangle
    • Hamilton Street Walkway
    • Orchard Street Greenspace
    • Jocelyn Square
    • De Gale Field
    • Monitor Square
    • Arch Street Community Greenspace
    • Sherman Triangle
    • Norton Parkway
    • Edgewood Mall
    • College Woods
    • Kimberly Triangle
    • West River Wildlife Sanctuary
    • Watson and Bassett Community Greenspace
    • Shepard Street Greenspace
    • Willis Street Playground
    • English Mall
    • Chatham Square
    • Maurice P. Quigley Memorial Stadium
    • Allingtown Green
    • Dover Beach
    • Bowling Green
    • Griswold Triangle
    • Moore Field
    • Augur Field
    • John L. Carusone Field
    • Bixler/Gerber Quad
    • Quinnipiac Meadows Eugene B. Fargeorge Nature Preserve
    • West River Open Space
    • Marlin Estate
    • Eastview Public Housing Playground
    • Hilltop Playground
    • Glacial Kettle
    • Beverly Hills Triangle
    • West Haven Green
    • Pond Lily Nature Preserve
    • Maltby Lakes
    About this local snapshot

    These are named places in OpenStreetMap, not event listings or a popularity ranking. Examples prioritise named parks and gardens in the green-space category, then distance from Yale University. Mapping coverage varies: counts do not measure how lively a city is, and an omitted category does not mean there are no venues. Opening status has not been checked for every place; check access and hours before visiting. Snapshot: 2026-09-07.

    Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Filtered and grouped by Univised.

    Reviewed correction: State House, New Haven — Closure reported for May 2023; stale OSM music venue should not be recommended as open. Source · 2026-09-07.

    Reviewed correction: Westville Music Bowl — Former tennis stadium now operating as a concert venue; verified against official event site. Source · 2026-09-07.

    The regional economy · 2024 Census ACS

    New Haven, CT Metro Area

    Metropolitan-area residents, not just New Haven or the student population.

    Employed residents · age 16+292,343
    Residents aged 22–2426,431
    Residents aged 25–2938,626

    Largest industries by employment share

    Education & health33.3% · 97,291 employed residents
    Professional & business services11.3% · 32,988 employed residents
    Retail11.0% · 32,140 employed residents

    Broad employer industries, not roles or job vacancies. Annual survey estimates include commuters working outside the metro.

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    Rankings

    Reputation & career strength.

    Univised career benchmarks

    Engineering#60Limited confidence · Estimated0.95× career presence
    How estimated

    Evidence-adjusted career presence. The 0.95× headline is a modelled rating, not an observed employment rate.

    Raw observed/expected ratio: 0.34×. The same continuous evidence adjustment applies to every school: 1 + evidence weight × (raw ratio − 1). Evidence weight: 0.076. Small expected cohorts and disagreement between cohort definitions reduce this weight. Traditional reputation does not change a direct rating.

    With alternative stability settings, this rating ranges from 0.89× to 0.97×. This is a model-sensitivity check, not a confidence interval or range of hiring odds.

    Position ranges group the model's ordering for readability; they are not statistical confidence intervals. Traditional reputation is a proxy, not evidence of placement in this industry or programme availability.

    Technology & computing#20Medium confidence1.53× career presence
    How estimated

    Evidence-adjusted career presence. The 1.53× headline is a modelled rating, not an observed employment rate.

    Raw observed/expected ratio: 1.65×. The same continuous evidence adjustment applies to every school: 1 + evidence weight × (raw ratio − 1). Evidence weight: 0.813. Small expected cohorts and disagreement between cohort definitions reduce this weight. Traditional reputation does not change a direct rating.

    With alternative stability settings, this rating ranges from 1.45× to 1.60×. This is a model-sensitivity check, not a confidence interval or range of hiring odds.

    Position ranges group the model's ordering for readability; they are not statistical confidence intervals. Traditional reputation is a proxy, not evidence of placement in this industry or programme availability.

    Consulting#3Limited confidence · Estimated2.39× career presence
    How estimated

    Evidence-adjusted career presence. The 2.39× headline is a modelled rating, not an observed employment rate.

    Raw observed/expected ratio: 6.94×. The same continuous evidence adjustment applies to every school: 1 + evidence weight × (raw ratio − 1). Evidence weight: 0.235. Small expected cohorts and disagreement between cohort definitions reduce this weight. Traditional reputation does not change a direct rating.

    With alternative stability settings, this rating ranges from 1.79× to 3.58×. This is a model-sensitivity check, not a confidence interval or range of hiring odds.

    Position ranges group the model's ordering for readability; they are not statistical confidence intervals. Traditional reputation is a proxy, not evidence of placement in this industry or programme availability.

    Finance & accounting#4Limited confidence · Estimated1.81× career presence
    How estimated

    Evidence-adjusted career presence. The 1.81× headline is a modelled rating, not an observed employment rate.

    Raw observed/expected ratio: 6.48×. The same continuous evidence adjustment applies to every school: 1 + evidence weight × (raw ratio − 1). Evidence weight: 0.148. Small expected cohorts and disagreement between cohort definitions reduce this weight. Traditional reputation does not change a direct rating.

    With alternative stability settings, this rating ranges from 1.44× to 2.66×. This is a model-sensitivity check, not a confidence interval or range of hiring odds.

    Position ranges group the model's ordering for readability; they are not statistical confidence intervals. Traditional reputation is a proxy, not evidence of placement in this industry or programme availability.

    Law & legal services#46Limited confidence · Estimated0.99× career presence
    How estimated

    Evidence-adjusted career presence. The 0.99× headline is a modelled rating, not an observed employment rate.

    Raw observed/expected ratio: 0.85×. The same continuous evidence adjustment applies to every school: 1 + evidence weight × (raw ratio − 1). Evidence weight: 0.099. Small expected cohorts and disagreement between cohort definitions reduce this weight. Traditional reputation does not change a direct rating.

    With alternative stability settings, this rating ranges from 0.97× to 0.99×. This is a model-sensitivity check, not a confidence interval or range of hiring odds.

    Position ranges group the model's ordering for readability; they are not statistical confidence intervals. Traditional reputation is a proxy, not evidence of placement in this industry or programme availability.

    Retail & consumer goods#67Limited confidence · Estimated0.87× career presence
    How estimated

    Evidence-adjusted career presence. The 0.87× headline is a modelled rating, not an observed employment rate.

    Raw observed/expected ratio: 0.00×. The same continuous evidence adjustment applies to every school: 1 + evidence weight × (raw ratio − 1). Evidence weight: 0.128. Small expected cohorts and disagreement between cohort definitions reduce this weight. Traditional reputation does not change a direct rating.

    With alternative stability settings, this rating ranges from 0.73× to 0.93×. This is a model-sensitivity check, not a confidence interval or range of hiring odds.

    Position ranges group the model's ordering for readability; they are not statistical confidence intervals. Traditional reputation is a proxy, not evidence of placement in this industry or programme availability.

    Career ratings adjust for evidence strength. Compatible-school estimates are used only where supported; a neutral fallback means unknown, not measured average performance. These are not hiring odds or degree-quality measurements.

    Creative paths

    Where creative careers have started.

    Documented education links for notable people—not graduation counts or hiring odds. This initial Wikidata snapshot samples up to 500 links per field.

    Yale University

    17 distinct people in this snapshot

    Acting · 4
    Design · 5
    Writing · 5

    University context

    A little more perspective.

    Academic environmentStudent-to-staff ratio5.2Times Higher Education historical archive · 2024
    Academic environmentSubjects listed30Times Higher Education historical archive · 2024
    Student demographicsFemale-to-male ratio51 : 49Times Higher Education historical archive · 2024
    Student demographicsInternational students21%Times Higher Education historical archive · 2024

    Campus community

    Faith & belonging

    No reported institutional religious affiliation

    Institutional affiliation does not describe students’ individual beliefs. A verified campus-wide religious breakdown is not available in this dataset.

    Campus experience

    Campus ratings and verifiable strengths.

    Industry strengths

    Engineering · 0.95× estimated career presence · LimitedTechnology · 1.53× career presence · MediumConsulting · 2.39× estimated career presence · LimitedFinance and Accounting · 1.81× estimated career presence · LimitedLegal Services · 0.99× estimated career presence · LimitedRetail and Consumer Goods · 0.87× estimated career presence · Limited

    Observed employment evidence where supported; otherwise ranking-informed or comparable-school estimates. These school-level ratings do not verify programme availability or hiring probability.

    Sports snapshot

    Lacrosse WomenArchived rank #6 · 12-2
    Lacrosse MenArchived rank #10 · 11-2
    IceHockey WomenArchived rank #14 · 30
    Tennis WomenArchived rank #52 · 16 - 8
    Tennis MenArchived rank #75 · 11 - 11

    Degrees

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    244 matching programs

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    Biology, GeneralBachelors Degree$31,486 Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational BiologyDoctoral DegreeView degree Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational BiologyMaster's Degree$67,928 Biomedical/Medical EngineeringBachelors Degree$69,170 Biomedical/Medical EngineeringDoctoral Degree$78,538 Biomedical/Medical EngineeringGraduate/Professional Certificate$84,653 Biomedical/Medical EngineeringMaster's Degree$74,114 Business Administration, Management and OperationsDoctoral Degree$88,198 Business Administration, Management and OperationsGraduate/Professional Certificate$58,221 Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$147,858 Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical SciencesBachelors Degree$31,305 Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical SciencesDoctoral Degree$62,186 Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical SciencesGraduate/Professional CertificateView degree Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical SciencesMaster's Degree$71,015 Chemical EngineeringBachelors Degree$75,318 Chemical EngineeringDoctoral Degree$97,802 Chemical EngineeringGraduate/Professional Certificate$84,653 Chemical EngineeringMaster's Degree$82,052 ChemistryBachelors Degree$41,342 ChemistryDoctoral Degree$64,493 ChemistryMaster's Degree$55,108 Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsBachelors Degree$37,237 Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsDoctoral Degree$49,748 Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsGraduate/Professional Certificate$36,848 Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsMaster's Degree$42,686 Cognitive ScienceBachelors Degree$66,889 Computer ProgrammingBachelors Degree$107,139 Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelors Degree$122,038 Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralDoctoral Degree$106,421 Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralGraduate/Professional Certificate$53,954

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