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Design & Applied Arts at Yale University

Design & Applied Arts at Yale University

Every design & applied arts school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the design 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 Design & Applied Arts section at the bottom of this page.

Yale Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Design

Yale Design & Applied Arts Rankings

Design Student Demographics at Yale

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

Yale Design & Applied Arts Master’s Program

59% Women
35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 41% of design master's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 31% men graduate in design each year. Yale does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

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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 design.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 3
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Design & Applied Arts

If you plan to be a design major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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
Graphic Design 13

Careers That Design Grads May Go Into

A degree in design 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
Graphic Designers 2,300 $60,700
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 1,090 $93,250
Art Directors 570 $96,780
Photographers 570 $44,140

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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