Liberal Arts General Studies at Yale University

Every liberal arts general studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the liberal arts program at Yale University stacks up to those at other schools.

Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut and approximately 12,060 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,431 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Yale University in 2021, 32 of them were liberal arts general studies majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Liberal Arts General Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Yale Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts
• Master’s Degree in Liberal Arts
• Doctorate Degree in Liberal Arts

Yale Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

The liberal arts major at Yale is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts General 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.

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in liberal arts from Yale. This makes it the #67 most popular school for liberal arts master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in liberal arts, making the school the #7 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at Yale

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

Yale Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

The liberal arts program at Yale awarded 32 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 28% of these degrees went to men with the other 72% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	15
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Yale Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of liberal arts master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 35% men graduate in liberal arts each year. Yale does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 36% more men than average.

In the liberal arts master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 71% 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 liberal arts.

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

Yale also has a doctoral program available in liberal arts. In 2021, 5 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Liberal Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal arts 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.