Yale University

Academic Highlights

• Yale offers more than 80 majors in a single undergraduate college including four distinct biology programs, ABET-accredited engineering majors, and unique interdisciplinary programs such as Ethics, Politics and Economics, and Ethnicity, Race and Migration.

• Students do not declare a major until after their second year. Students may double-major in any two fields.

• The student-to-faculty ratio is 6:1; 79% of Yale College courses enroll fewer than 20 students, and 35% of courses enroll fewer than 10 students.

• 95% of undergraduate science and engineering majors conduct research with faculty. Yale has more than 1,200 labs that award more than $1 million in annual research fellowships for first-year students alone.

• More than 60% of students participate in international study, research and/or internships.

• The Yale Office of Career Strategy works with students starting in their first year to provide pre-professional advising, assistance with graduate school applications, and workshops and networking opportunities throughout the year.

• The STARS program supports women, minority, economically underprivileged, and other historically underrepresented students who pursue STEM fields.