Health Professions at Yale University

If you are interested in studying health professions, you may want to check out the program at Yale University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut and has a total student population of 12,060. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 329 students received their master's degree in health professions.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Professions section at the bottom of this page.

Yale Health Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Professions
• Doctorate Degree in Health Professions

Yale Health Professions Rankings

There were 123 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #217 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Yale

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

Yale Health Professions Master’s Program

The health professions program at Yale awarded 329 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 27% of these degrees went to men with the other 73% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 25% men graduate in health professions each year. Yale does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% 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 health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	35
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	155
International Students	55
Other Races/Ethnicities	55

Concentrations Within Health Professions

If you plan to be a health professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Yale University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	131
Allied Health Professions	96
Medicine	92
Public Health	85
Other Health Professions	32
Health & Medical Administrative Services	16
Medical Science	2

Careers That Health Professions Grads May Go Into

A degree in health professions 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
Registered Nurses	31,400	$81,220
Personal Care Aides	26,360	$27,300
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	25,510	$66,800
Nursing Assistants	22,150	$33,390
Software Applications Developers	11,540	$105,500

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.