Drama & Theater Arts at Yale University

What traits are you looking for in a theater school? To help you decide if Yale University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's theater program.

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 Drama & Theater Arts section at the bottom of this page.

Yale Drama & Theater Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Theater
• Master’s Degree in Theater

Yale Drama & Theater Arts Rankings

The theater major at Yale is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Drama & Theater Arts. 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.

Theater Student Demographics at Yale

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

Yale Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of theater bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical theater bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Yale since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in theater at Yale are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its theater 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 theater.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Yale Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 51% of theater master's degrees went to men and 49% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 35% men graduate in theater 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 theater.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	21
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Drama & Theater Arts

The following theater concentations are available at Yale University. 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
Theater Design & Technology	10
Theater Arts	7

Related Majors

• General Visual & Performing Arts
• Arts & Media Management
• Design & Applied Arts
• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• Fine & Studio Arts

Careers That Theater Grads May Go Into

A degree in theater 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
Producers and Directors	1,800	$84,900
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,090	$93,250
Writers and Authors	560	$78,440

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.