African American Studies at Yale University

What traits are you looking for in a african american studies school? To help you decide if Yale University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's african american studies 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 African American Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Yale African American Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in African American Studies
• Master’s Degree in African American Studies

Yale African American Studies Rankings

The african american studies major at Yale is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for African American Studies. 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 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in african american studies, making the school the #12 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

African American Studies Student Demographics at Yale

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

Yale African American Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of african american studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical african american studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at Yale since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its african american studies 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 african american studies.

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

Yale African American Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of african american studies master's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in african american studies each year. Yale does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 16% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other

Careers That African American Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in african american studies 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

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.