Calhoun College, named for John C. Calhoun, former vice-president and influential member of Congress of the United States.
卡爾霍恩學院:以約翰C卡爾霍思之名命名,曾就任美國副總統,也曾是美國眾議員的重要人物。
Davenport College, named for Rev. John Davenport, the founder of New Haven. Often called "D' port".
達文波特學院:以約翰達文波特教士之名命名,他是紐黑文市的創立人。該學院常被學生稱為D'Port。
Ezra Stiles College, named for the Rev. Ezra Stiles, a president of Yale. Generally called "Stiles". Its buildings were designed by Eero Saarinen.
埃茲拉斯泰爾斯學院:以耶魯大學校長埃茲拉·斯泰爾斯之名命名。通常稱作 Stiles。學院建筑為埃羅沙里寧所設計。
Jonathan Edwards College, named for theologian, Yale alumnus,and Princeton co-founder Jonathan Edwards. Generally called It is the oldest of the 12 residential colleges, and is the only college with an independent endowment, the Jonathan Edwards Trust.
喬納森愛德華茲學院:以神學家、耶魯校友、普林斯頓大學創始人之一喬納森·愛德華茲之名命名,通常稱為JE, 是耶魯12所住宿學院中最古老的一個,也是耶魯唯一一所擁有獨立捐款--喬納森愛德華茲基金的學院。
Morse College, named for Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of Morse code and the telegraph. Also designed by Eero Saarinen.
莫爾斯學院:以莫爾斯電碼及電報發明人塞繆爾B莫爾斯之名命名。也是由埃羅沙里寧設計。
Pierson College, named for Yale's first rector, Abraham Pierson.
皮爾森學院:以耶魯首位校長亞伯拉罕皮爾森之名命名。
Saybrook College, named for Old Saybrook, Connecticut, the town in which Yale was founded.
塞布魯克學院:以康州的地名--舊塞布魯克命名,是耶魯大學的創立地。

Silliman College, named for noted chemist and Yale professor Benjamin Silliman who invented the method of petrolic fractional distillation.
西利曼學院:以著名化學家、耶魯大學教授本杰明西利曼之名命名,他發明了石油的分餾法。
Timothy Dwight College, named for the two Yale presidents of that name, Timothy Dwight IV and Timothy Dwight V. Often called "T.D." for short.
蒂莫西德懷特學院:以耶魯大學兩任校長蒂莫西德懷特四世和蒂莫西德懷特五世命名。常簡稱為TD。
Trumbull College, named for Jonathan Trumbull, first Governor of Connecticut.
特朗布爾學院:以康州第一任州長喬納森特朗布爾之名命名。
In the 1990s, Yale launched a series of extensive renovations to the older residential buildings. In June 2008, President Levin announced that the construction of two new residential colleges had been authorized by the Yale Corporation, and was scheduled to open in 2013. The additional colleges will reduce the crowding in the existing residential colleges and allow for expanded admission.
20世紀90年代,耶魯開始大規模地翻新老舊的住宿學院建筑。2008年6月,萊溫校長宣布,耶魯集團已經批準修建兩所新的住宿學院,預計于2013年投人使用。 新增的學院將大大緩解現有學院住宿緊張的局面,招生規模也將隨之擴大。