by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Law. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Law is a major offered under the legal professions program of study at Yale University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in law, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $44,500 | $44,500 |
The median early career salary of law students who receive their doctor’s degree from Yale is $130,669 per year. That is 120% higher than the national average of $59,298.
Yale does not offer an online option for its law doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Yale Online Learning page.
Women made up around 52.0% of the law students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 52.6%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in law at Yale in 2019-2020, 36.8% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 30%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 25 |
| Black or African American | 10 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 27 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 112 |
| International Students | 17 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 13 |
Law students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Law | 204 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to law.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Legal Research | 1 |
*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.
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