<p>Yale does have an international reputation, of course. It’s just not as great as its reputation in the US. To see what I mean, look at the world rankings. In both the THES and Shanghai-Jiaotong rankings, Yale ranks 11th in the world. For THES, this means 8th in the US and for Shanghai-Jiaotong, this means 9th in the US. Chicago beats Yale in both rankings. </p>
<p>Even in the THES Reputation Rankings (derived only from survey results), Yale places 9th worldwide, and gets trounced by Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, and Princeton. It’s clear that to the rest of the world, Yale isn’t considered nearly as prestigious as it is in the US. This leaves institutions like Chicago, which is for instance very highly-regarded in Asia, in a good position to steal some of Yale’s admits as it ascends in the US News rankings and lowers its admit rate.</p>