Art History at Yale University

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

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 Art History section at the bottom of this page.

Yale Art History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Art History
• Master’s Degree in Art History

Yale Art History Rankings

The art history major at Yale is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Art History. 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 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in art history, making the school the #16 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Art History Student Demographics at Yale

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

Yale Art History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of art history bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. The typical art history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 16% men. So male students are more repesented at Yale since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its art history 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 art history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	7
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Yale Art History Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of art history master's degrees went to men and 61% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 16% men graduate in art history each year. Yale does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 23% more men than average.

Of the students who received a art history master's degree from Yale, 57% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the art history master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 14% 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 art history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• Sculpture
• Art Studies
• Printmaking

Careers That Art History Grads May Go Into

A degree in art history 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
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,090	$93,250
Museum Technicians and Conservators	290	$55,340
Curators	230	$67,430
Archivists	50	$62,910

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.