	Yale University 2016 University Academic Rankings
Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 in Saybrook Colony as the Collegiate School, the University is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. The school was renamed Yale College in 1718 in recognition of a gift from Elihu Yale, who was governor of the British East India Company. Established to train Congregationalist ministers in theology and sacred languages, by 1777 the school's curriculum began to incorporate humanities and sciences. In the 19th century the school incorporated graduate and professional instruction, awarding the first Ph.D. in the United States in 1861 and organizing as a university in 1887. Yale is organized into fourteen constituent schools: the original undergraduate college, the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and twelve professional schools. While the university is governed by the Yale Corporation, each school's faculty oversees its curriculum and degree programs. In addition to a central campus in downtown New Haven, the University owns athletic facilities in western New Haven, including the Yale Bowl, a campus in West Haven, Connecticut, and forest and nature preserves throughout New England. The university's assets include an endowment valued at $25.6 billion as of September 2015, the second largest of any educational institution.The Yale University Library, serving all constituent schools, holds more than 15 million volumes and is the third-largest academic library in the United States. Yale College undergraduates follow a liberal arts curriculum with departmental majors and are organized into a system of residential colleges. Almost all faculty teach undergraduate courses, more than 2,000 of which are offered annually. Students compete intercollegiately as the Yale Bulldogs in the NCAA Division I Ivy League. Yale has graduated many notable alumni, including five U.S. Presidents, 19 U.S. Supreme Court Justices, 13 living billionaires, and many foreign heads of state. In addition, Yale has graduated hundreds of members of Congress and many high-level U.S. diplomats. 52 Nobel laureates, 5 Fields Medalists, 230 Rhodes Scholars, and 118 Marshall Scholars have been affiliated with the University. History \| Early history of Yale College \| Origins Yale traces its beginnings to "An Act for Liberty to Erect a Collegiate School," passed by the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut on October 9, 1701, while meeting in New Haven. The Act was an effort to create an institution to train ministers and lay leadership for Connecticut. Soon thereafter, a group of ten Congregationalist ministers: Samuel Andrew, Thomas Buckingham, Israel Chauncy, Samuel Mather, Rev. James Noyes II (son of James Noyes), James Pierpont, Abraham Pierson, Noadiah Russell, Joseph Webb and Timothy Woodbridge, all alumni of Harvard, met in the study of Reverend Samuel Russell in Branford, Connecticut, to pool their books to form the school's library. The group, led by James Pierpont, is now known as "The Founders". Originally known as the "Collegiate School," the institution opened in the home of its first rector, Abraham Pierson, in Killingworth (now Clinton). The school moved to Saybrook, and then Wethersfield. In 1716 the college moved to New Haven, Connecticut. Meanwhile, there was a rift forming at Harvard between its sixth president Increase Mather and the rest of the Harvard clergy, whom Mather viewed as increasingly liberal, ecclesiastically lax, and overly broad in Church polity. The feud caused the Mathers to champion the success of the Collegiate School in the hope that it would maintain the Puritan religious orthodoxy in a way that Harvard had not. In 1718, at the behest of either Rector Samuel Andrew or the colony's Go ... [more on wikipedia]

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Yale University Details

Yale University Details
detail	value
state	Connecticut
conference	Ivy League
public	Private
scores	2255/1503/34
level	Elite
rank	[3
overall ROI rank	[37
size	medium-small
undergrads	5477
grads	6859
price	63970
drop	3
stem	21
research	646
scores valid	True

Common Questions...

What are the academic rankings for Yale University?

1. number 3 for Academics.

2. number 37 for ROI (Return on Investment).

What universities are similar to Yale University?

1. Vanderbilt University

2. Stanford University

3. Washington University in St Louis

4. Princeton University

5. University of Chicago

6. Tufts University

7. Johns Hopkins University

National Academic Rankings

(summary of all ranking placements)

Yale University National Academic Rankings

Yale University National Academic Rankings
category	rank	scores	difficulty	smartest	brainpower	faculty	research	salary ROI	overall ROI
Top250	3	5	14	3	5	12	13	114	37
All	4	5	14	3	5	12	13	59	23
Div1	1	3	7	2	3	8	7	63	23
Div1 Private	2	3	6	2	3	4	4	27	12
Private	4	5	13	3	5	6	10	53	17
Ivy League	2	3	4	2	3	3	1	7	4
New England Region	2	3	7	2	3	4	3	31	8
State of Connecticut	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1
Top Ten Top250	3	5	14	3	5	12	13	114	37
Top Ten All	5	5	9	3	5	6	5	9	8
Top Ten Div1	3	3	6	2	3	5	5	9	5
Top Ten Div1 Private	3	3	6	2	3	4	4	9	6
Top Ten Private	5	5	9	3	5	5	5	9	8
Top Ten Ivy League	2	3	4	2	3	3	1	7	4
Top Ten New England Region	2	3	5	2	3	3	3	8	5
Top Ten State of Connecticut	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1

Peer Universities / Similar Universities

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Yale University Peer Universities, Similar Universities to Yale University

Yale University Peer Universities, Similar Universities to Yale University
match	university	state	conference	public	level	rank	overall ROI
98.66	Vanderbilt University	Tennessee	Southeastern Conference	Private	Elite	14	8
98.54	Stanford University	California	Pacific 12 Conference	Private	Elite	9	17
98.27	Washington University in St Louis	Missouri	University Athletic Association	Private	Elite	8	6
93.23	Princeton University	New Jersey	Ivy League	Private	Elite	4	11
93.03	University of Chicago	Illinois	University Athletic Association	Private	Elite	10	14
92.97	Tufts University	Massachusetts	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	23	34
92.41	Johns Hopkins University	Maryland	Centennial Conference	Private	Elite	16	47
92.24	Brown University	Rhode Island	Ivy League	Private	Elite	25	34
91.89	Dartmouth College	New Hampshire	Ivy League	Private	Elite	19	21
91.33	Emory University	Georgia	University Athletic Association	Private	Excellent	36	29
85.71	Southern Methodist University	Texas	American Athletic Conference	Private	Excellent	80	73
83.16	University of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Ivy League	Private	Elite	12	7
79.99	Santa Clara University	California	West Coast Conference	Private	Excellent	123	98
79.91	SUNY College at Geneseo	New York	State University of New York A...	Public	Excellent	111	184
79.13	College of William and Mary	Virginia	Colonial Athletic Association	Public	Excellent	54	60
78.84	Duke University	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Elite	13	3
78.83	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Massachusetts	New England Football Conferenc...	Private	Elite	5	2
78.46	Villanova University	Pennsylvania	Colonial Athletic Association ...	Private	Excellent	99	68
77.87	Brandeis University	Massachusetts	University Athletic Association	Private	Excellent	46	116
77.66	University of Notre Dame	Indiana	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Elite	31	12
77.37	Northwestern University	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	Private	Elite	11	13
76.90	Wesleyan University	Connecticut	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	73	137
76.87	Harvard University	Massachusetts	Ivy League	Private	Elite	2	10
76.60	University of Miami	Florida	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Excellent	44	93
76.16	Wellesley College	Massachusetts	New England Women's & Men's At...	Private	Elite	78	158
75.65	Hamilton College	New York	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	115	153
75.63	Washington and Lee University	Virginia	Old Dominion Athletic Conference	Private	Elite	117	46
75.55	University of Virginia	Virginia	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	Excellent	32	27
75.51	Amherst College	Massachusetts	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	86	158
75.34	Pomona College	California	Southern California Intercoll ...	Private	Elite	52	125
75.32	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	Excellent	37	64
75.28	University of Southern California	California	Pacific 12 Conference	Private	Elite	22	81
75.21	Swarthmore College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Elite	67	48
74.57	University of California-Los Angeles	California	Pacific 12 Conference	Public	Excellent	29	84
72.87	Carnegie Mellon University	Pennsylvania	University Athletic Association	Private	Elite	21	9
72.64	Case Western Reserve University	Ohio	Presidents' Athletic Conferenc...	Private	Excellent	28	14
71.47	Georgetown University	Washington DC	Patriot League / Big East Conf...	Private	Elite	42	88
71.01	Bucknell University	Pennsylvania	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	131	93
70.74	University of Richmond	Virginia	Colonial Athletic Association ...	Private	Excellent	128	150
70.36	St Olaf College	Minnesota	Minnesota Intercollegiate Ath Conf	Private	Excellent	144	127
70.27	Oberlin College	Ohio	North Coast Athletic Conference	Private	Excellent	81	55
70.17	Colgate University	New York	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	92	83
69.65	Gettysburg College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Excellent	170	148
69.40	Union College	Kentucky	Mid - South Conference / Appal...	Private	BelowAverage	162	178
69.39	SUNY at Binghamton	New York	America East	Public	Excellent	65	125
69.32	Lewis & Clark College	Oregon	Northwest Conference	Private	Excellent	179	221
69.22	Cornell University	New York	Ivy League	Private	Elite	15	39
69.19	Macalester College	Minnesota	Minnesota Intercollegiate Ath Conf	Private	Excellent	133	146
69.19	Williams College	Massachusetts	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	58	161
69.16	Colorado College	Colorado	Southern Collegiate Athletic C...	Private	Excellent	149	160

Academic Peer Universities / Similar Academics

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Yale University Academic Peer Universities, Similar Academic Universities to Yale University

Yale University Academic Peer Universities, Similar Academic Universities to Yale University
match	university	state	conference	public	level	rank	overall ROI
97.97	Princeton University	New Jersey	Ivy League	Private	Elite	4	11
97.82	Harvard University	Massachusetts	Ivy League	Private	Elite	2	10
97.24	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Massachusetts	New England Football Conferenc...	Private	Elite	5	2
96.87	University of Chicago	Illinois	University Athletic Association	Private	Elite	10	14
94.91	California Institute of Technology	California	Southern California Intercoll ...	Private	Elite	1	5
94.44	Vanderbilt University	Tennessee	Southeastern Conference	Private	Elite	14	8
94.36	Columbia University in the City of New York	New York	Ivy League	Private	Elite	7	42
93.58	Washington University in St Louis	Missouri	University Athletic Association	Private	Elite	8	6
92.83	Georgia Institute of Technology	Georgia	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	Elite	6	1
92.01	Stanford University	California	Pacific 12 Conference	Private	Elite	9	17
91.69	Northwestern University	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	Private	Elite	11	13
90.80	Ivy League (Average)	-	Ivy League	-Conf-	Elite	-	20
89.92	University of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Ivy League	Private	Elite	12	7
88.97	Duke University	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Elite	13	3

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