Acting at Yale University

If you are interested in studying acting, 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 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 Acting section at the bottom of this page.

Yale Acting Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Acting

Yale Acting Rankings

Acting Student Demographics at Yale

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

Yale Acting Master’s Program

50% Women

56% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of acting master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in acting each year. Yale does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

In the acting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 56% of degree recipients. That is 22% 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 acting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Theater Design & Technology

Careers That Acting Grads May Go Into

A degree in acting 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

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
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