Economics at Yale
Yale graduates about 182 economics majors a year, 13% of its graduating class. That puts it 4th of 683 schools we score for economics, a standout program at 97 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 79 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 96% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $143,000 four years out, 1.73× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $3 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Nearby in the economics ranking
Other strong majors at Yale
- History 98 · #3
- Neuroscience 97 · #1
- Political science & IR 97 · #3
- Physics & astronomy 97 · #6
- Languages 97 · #4
- Computer science 96 · #11
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Yale with every school we score in economics. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.