Engineering & Applied Physics at Yale University

If you are interested in studying engineering & applied physics, you may want to check out the program at Yale University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 Engineering & Applied Physics section at the bottom of this page.

Yale Engineering & Applied Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Physics
• Master’s Degree in Applied Physics

Yale Engineering & Applied Physics Rankings

The applied physics major at Yale is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering & Applied Physics. 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 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in applied physics, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Applied Physics Student Demographics at Yale

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

Yale Engineering & Applied Physics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of applied physics bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. The typical applied physics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% women. So female students are more repesented at Yale since its program graduates 53% more women than average.

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

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

Yale Engineering & Applied Physics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 89% of applied physics master's degrees went to men and 11% 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 applied physics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	2
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That Applied Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in applied physics 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,570	$143,920
Engineers	940	$100,230
Natural Sciences Managers	650	$179,200
Engineering Professors	420	$100,280

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.