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Faith By the Numbers
Undergraduate Religious Traditions, Classes of 2011–14
January/February 2012
Chart ©Mark Zurolo ’01MFA
Data: University Chaplain’s Office

Yale College is no longer the Congregationalist stronghold its founders created 310 years ago. But a majority of undergraduates still identify themselves as Christians—if the data Yale collected from the classes of 2011 through 2014 are representative.

That's a big if: all entering freshmen got a religious information form in their registration packet, but filling it out was optional, and only 46 percent did. Still, the data give a fascinating snapshot of the college today.  

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