The University accepted 7.86 percent of applicants for the Class of 2016, offering admission to 2,095 of the 26,664 applications, according to a post on the University website at noon on Thursday.
This number includes the 726 applicants admitted through the single-choice early action program in December. This year was the first since 2006 in which the University offered an early round of admission.
Yale accepted 6.8 percent of the 28,974 students that applied for admission. Harvard, which also recently reinstated early action, accepted 5.9 percent, or 2,032 students, of 34,302 applicants.
The University said it expects the Class of 2016 to consist of 1,300 students.
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