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Mechanical Engineering at Yale University

If you are interested in studying mechanical engineering, 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. Of the 1,431 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Yale University in 2021, 14 of them were mechanical engineering majors.

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

Yale Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in ME
  • Master’s Degree in ME
  • Doctorate Degree in ME

Yale Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at Yale compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ME major at Yale is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mechanical 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools 65
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Schools 347

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in ME from Yale. This makes it the #154 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #66 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at Yale

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

Yale Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

36% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 ME majors earned their bachelor's degree from Yale. Of these graduates, 64% were men and 36% were women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at Yale since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ME 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 ME.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 6
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Yale Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

20% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The ME program at Yale awarded 10 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 80% of these degrees went to men with the other 20% going to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 0
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Yale also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 8 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That ME Grads May Go Into

A degree in ME 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
Mechanical Engineers 4,020 $94,270
Architectural and Engineering Managers 3,570 $143,920
Cost Estimators 1,840 $74,910
Aerospace Engineers 1,130 $106,790
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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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