Engineering at Yale University

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

Every engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at Yale University stacks up to those at other schools.

Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut and approximately 12,060 students attend the school each year.

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

Yale Engineering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Master’s Degree in Engineering

Yale Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Yale is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. 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 42 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #80 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Yale

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

Yale Engineering Bachelor’s Program

45% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at Yale since its program graduates 18% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	41
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Yale Engineering Master’s Program

43% Women

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 43% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	23
International Students	71
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Yale University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Biomedical Engineering	68
Mechanical Engineering	32
Environmental Engineering	28
Engineering Physics	23
Engineering Science	21
Electrical Engineering	17
Chemical Engineering	9
General Engineering	2

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Software Applications Developers	11,540	$105,500
Industrial Engineers	5,840	$89,830
Mechanical Engineers	4,020	$94,270
Civil Engineers	3,630	$93,630
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,570	$143,920

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
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