History at Yale
Yale graduates about 96 history majors a year, 7% of its graduating class. That puts it 3rd of 692 schools we score for history, a standout program at 98 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 161 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 90% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $110,000 four years out, 2.17× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $10 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Nearby in the history ranking
Other strong majors at Yale
- Economics 97 · #4
- 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 history. 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.