Modern Languages at Yale University

If you plan to study modern languages, take a look at what Yale University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 Modern Languages section at the bottom of this page.

Yale Modern Languages Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Modern Languages
• Master’s Degree in Modern Languages

Yale Modern Languages Rankings

The modern languages major at Yale is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Modern Languages. 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 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in modern languages, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Modern Languages Student Demographics at Yale

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

Yale Modern Languages Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of modern languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% went to women. The typical modern languages bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at Yale since its program graduates 46% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in modern languages at Yale are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Yale Modern Languages Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of modern languages master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in modern languages each year. Yale does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 14% more men than average.

Of the students who received a modern languages master's degree from Yale, 71% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Linguistics
• Comparative Literature

Careers That Modern Languages Grads May Go Into

A degree in modern languages 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
High School Teachers	15,410	$76,980
Interpreters and Translators	430	$47,560

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.