Yale University was founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School by Congregationalist clergy in the Connecticut Colony, making it the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. It took the name Yale College in 1718 after donor Elihu Yale and became Yale University in 1887. The central campus covers about 260 acres in downtown New Haven. It is an Ivy League research university with fifteen constituent schools, including Yale College and Yale Law School, and undergraduates live in a system of residential colleges. Fall 2024 enrollment was 15,490, of whom 6,740 were undergraduates and 8,750 postgraduates. The library holds more than 15 million volumes, and the endowment was about $44.1 billion in 2025. The Yale Bulldogs compete in NCAA Division I in the Ivy League, and Handsome Dan is the mascot. Calhoun College was renamed Hopper College in 2017. Yale reports 72 Nobel laureates among its affiliates.
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New Haven, CT, Connecticut, United States
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