Yale

Connecticut Ivy League

Yale is a prestigious private university in New Haven, Connecticut, one of the eight Ivy League schools and among the oldest in the United States.

The name functions as shorthand for elite education and old-money privilege: He's Yale, class of '98.

Yale appears in compounds like Yale Law School.

A yale lock uses a pin tumbler mechanism, named for inventor Linus Yale Jr.

campus

New Haven

Connecticut port, university town

culture

Skull and Bones

Ivy League secret society

a cappella

academia

professor

Senior university teacher

degree · thesis · dissertation · graduate · undergraduate · faculty · scholarship · tuition · lecture · syllabus

IvyLeague

Harvard

Prestigious Cambridge university

Cornell · Dartmouth · Penn · elite · prestigious · selective · admissions · competitive · rankings · endowment

lock

cylinder

Circular-based solid form

security · locksmith · mechanism · patent · hardware · keyhole · brass

Categories
Opposites
institutional rivalry

YaleHarvard

Prestigious Cambridge university

Princeton · Brown · Columbia · Dartmouth · Penn

public vs private higher education

Yalestate university

Government-funded higher education institution

public university · community college · UC Berkeley · University of Michigan · UCLA

elite vs non-elite institutions

Yalecommunity college

Two-year public institution

diploma mill · for-profit college · online university · vocational school · trade school

Phrases
Family

Yalie, Yalies

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G