Evolutionary Biology at Yale University

What traits are you looking for in a evolutionary biology school? To help you decide if Yale University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's evolutionary biology program.

Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut and has a total student population of 12,060.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Evolutionary Biology section at the bottom of this page.

Yale Evolutionary Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Evolutionary Biology
• Master’s Degree in Evolutionary Biology

Yale Evolutionary Biology Rankings

The evolutionary biology major at Yale is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Evolutionary Biology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in evolutionary biology, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Evolutionary Biology Student Demographics at Yale

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the evolutionary biology majors at Yale University.

Yale Evolutionary Biology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of evolutionary biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% went to women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in evolutionary biology at Yale are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its evolutionary biology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Yale University with a bachelor's in evolutionary biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Yale Evolutionary Biology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of evolutionary biology master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 36% men graduate in evolutionary biology each year. Yale does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the evolutionary biology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Yale University with a master's in evolutionary biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Epidemiology

Careers That Evolutionary Biology Grads May Go Into

A degree in evolutionary biology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CT, the home state for Yale University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Biological Science Professors	1,160	$104,320
Natural Sciences Managers	650	$179,200
Biological Scientists	150	$93,180

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jdbrandt under License

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