Yale graduate

New Haven alum

A Yale graduate is someone who has completed a degree at Yale University, one of the most prestigious institutions in the United States.

The term often carries connotations of elite education, social privilege, and professional advantage: Three of the candidates were Yale graduates.

Like similar phrases (Harvard man, Princeton alum), it can be used admiringly or with slight derision depending on context.

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blue blood · prep school · alma mater · researcher · classmate · class reunion · reunion · residential colleges · entrepreneur · policymaker · thesis · Eli · dissertation · scientist · artist · New Haven · old boys' network · law degree

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ivy league rivalry

Yale graduateHarvard graduate

Ivy League degree holder

Crimson

educational elite vs. non-elite

Yale graduatehigh school dropout

One who quit secondary education

dropout · high school graduate · self-taught · expelled student

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