Yale University

Student financial aid and services: Yale college admits students for their academic and personal promise without regard to their ability to pay. Yale is committed to an admissions policy that does not consider a student's ability to pay, and a financial aid policy that meets the full need of all students with no loans required. These two principles: need-blind admissions and need-based financial aid, ensure that a Yale education is affordable for everyone. With this policy, Yale strives to create a learning environment accessible to the most talented students from around the world and that incorporates the widest possible range of student backgrounds. In FY2024, 3,709 or 54% of undergraduates received need-based scholarships or grants from Yale sources of $65,347 on average. All of Yale's graduate and professional schools provide financial aid to their students based on their individual policies and procedures. This category of expenditures also includes: the operation of dining halls that provided 2,994,345 meals to students, faculty, and staff; maintenance of dormitories housing 5,120 undergraduates and 944 graduate and professional school students; operation and maintenance of athletic facilities for the 35 intercollegiate sports, over 20 intramural sports, and approximately 49 club sports teams offered at Yale. Also included are fitness, wellness, and instructional programs, parking facilities, laundry facilities, student centers, and other facilities and programs (including extracurricular activities and student health services) that provide support, services, and academic/cultural enrichment to the University's students.