Yale University Rankings 2025

Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut, is an Ivy League private research university. Yale University was founded in 1701 and is the third-oldest college in the country. It was one of the nine colonial colleges established before the American Revolution.

Its main, historic campus and a medical site next to Yale-New Haven Hospital make up Yale's 260-acre (1.1 km2) central campus in downtown New Haven. The institution has 500 acres (2.0 km2) of athletic facilities in western New Haven, including the Yale Golf Course. In West Haven, Connecticut, Yale acquired the 17-building, 136-acre (0.55 km2) former Bayer HealthCare complex in 2008. The buildings are currently used as labs and research spaces.

Both domestic and foreign students can choose from 2,000 programs and 80 majors at the university. Over 4,000 students join undergraduate programs each year. For undergraduate courses at Yale College, 10% of applicants are foreigners.  More than 200 departments and programs offer graduate programs and professional study courses in disciplines like M.A., M.S., M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees.

Yale University World Rankings

Subject-Wise Ranking

According to QS Top Universities, Yale University is ranked #4 in the QS WUR Ranking by Subject 2025. According to THE subject-wise 2023 rankings, Yale University ranks 12 in Arts and Humanities, 9 in Clinical, Pre-clinical and Health, 17 in Engineering and Technology, 7 in Life Sciences, 12 in Physical Sciences, and 10 in Social Sciences.