Yale University

Yale University is a private Ivy League research university celebrated for its excellence in the humanities, law, drama, and music. Its distinctive residential college system, modeled after Oxford and Cambridge, creates strong undergraduate communities. Yale also boasts world-class museums and libraries, like the Beinecke Rare Book Library. It targets students with deep interests in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

Tuition is high, with a need-blind admission and generous aid policy. Yale earns its score through its preeminent humanities programs, the intimate and supportive residential college life, the global influence of its law and drama schools, and its stunning Gothic-revival campus in New Haven.