Yale Daily News article today about SCEA stats: http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2015/11/19/129216/
Some highlights:
Yale received 4,662 early applications for the class of 2020, a marginal drop from the 4,693 early applications received last year. But Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Jeremiah Quinlan said the University attracted more minority students this year, with the largest increase seen among African-American applicants. The number of applicants who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents and self-identify as African-American has grown nearly 8 percent since last year and over 31 percent since 2013.
The early applicant pool also reflects increased geographical diversity. Applications from the South and Southwestern sections of the U.S. increased on the whole from last year, with a 20 percent and 19 percent increase in the number of applications from Texas and Georgia, respectively. The applicants come from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and 88 foreign countries.
Still, Yale’s early application numbers have not seen a major increase since 2013, while the application pools of its peer institutions have continued to grow in size over the past two years. Princeton had a 9.4 percent increase to 4,164 in early action applications this year, while Harvard’s numbers skyrocketed last year to 5,919 from 4,692, though its numbers for the class of 2020 have not yet been released. The University of Pennsylvania also saw a record high number of early decision applicants, with a 2.5 percent increase. The other Ivy League schools have yet to release their early action or early decision numbers.