General Engineering at Yale University

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

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 General Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Yale General Engineering Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Engineering

Yale General Engineering Rankings

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 General Engineering Master’s Program

63% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 25% women graduate in engineering each year. Yale does a better job at serving the female population as it supports 38% more women than average.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 23% 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,570	$143,920
Engineers	940	$100,230
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
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