Chemistry at Yale University

Every chemistry school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the chemistry 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.

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

Yale Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry
• Master’s Degree in Chemistry

Yale Chemistry Rankings

The chemistry major at Yale is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Chemistry. 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 30 students who received their doctoral degrees in chemistry, making the school the #22 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chemistry Student Demographics at Yale

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

Yale Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 37% of chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Yale Chemistry Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of chemistry master's degrees went to men and 53% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Chemistry

Chemistry majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Yale University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Chemistry	70

Related Majors

• Geological & Earth Sciences
• General Physical Sciences
• Physics

Careers That Chemistry Grads May Go Into

A degree in chemistry 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
Chemists	1,400	$92,850
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	800	$83,220
Natural Sciences Managers	650	$179,200
Chemistry Professors	360	$81,680

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.