Yale Daily News

The News surveyed first years about their lives before Yale and expectations for college.

August 29, 2025

The News analyzed public roster data from 32 of Yale’s varsity sports teams, illuminating where in the United States and the world coaches are finding Yale’s student-athletes.

April 24, 2025

As the Yale men’s basketball team wraps up the 2024–25 season, explore the metrics behind their success.

March 27, 2025

The News analyzed the Office of International and Summer Programs’ data on Yale student experiences studying abroad.

March 27, 2025

Here’s what 541 first years told the News about their backgrounds and experiences.

August 30, 2024

A News survey and analysis of the backgrounds of Yale’s recruited athlete population found an overrepresentation of white and private-school students relative to the overall Yale College population.

December 5, 2023

In 2022, more students graduated from Yale College with degrees in science and engineering than in any year since the Office of Institutional Research began publishing data on Yale undergraduate student majors in 2000.

October 25, 2023

In a News survey, 67 percent of 360 Yale students, staff and faculty expressed support for race-conscious admissions, compared to roughly 60 percent of Americans per national polls.

August 30, 2023

Data from a National Bureau of Economic Research paper confirm theories that maintaining legacy preference in admissions processes hurts racial diversity, while both legacy preference and race-conscious admissions significantly benefit wealthy applicants over their lower-class peers.

February 2, 2023

In the third installment of a project last seen in the spring of 2020, the News analyzed the classes that are the most shopped and trending day to day.

January 24, 2022

A closer look at the demographics and tenure status of Yale faculty members

May 6, 2021