by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Public Health. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Public Health is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Yale University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in public health, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $44,500 | $44,500 |
The median early career salary of public health students who receive their doctor’s degree from Yale is $76,460 per year. That is 22% higher than the national average of $62,743.
Online degrees for the Yale public health doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Yale Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their doctor’s degree in public health in 2019-2020, 83.3% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 70.4%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in public health at Yale in 2019-2020, 50.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 41%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 2 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 1 |
| International Students | 2 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Public Health students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Public Health | 6 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to public health.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Medicine | 112 |
| Medical Science | 2 |
| Nursing | 18 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.