Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
Private not-for-profit·Four or more years·Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice·GPA 4.17
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Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. It is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Yale was established as the Collegiate School in 1701 by Congregationalist clergy of the Connecticut Colony. Originally focused on theology…
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Ranked #7 in the US by Times Higher Education (2026). Source: THE US ↗
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Woodbridge Hall, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520
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