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Yale University MA in History

The main focus area for this major is General History. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

History is a major offered under the history program of study at Yale University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in history, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.

If there’s something special you’re looking for, you can use one of the links below to find it:

• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Master’s in History from Yale Cost?

Yale Graduate Tuition and Fees

The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$44,500	$44,500

Does Yale Offer an Online MA in History?

Yale does not offer an online option for its history master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Yale Online Learning page.

Yale Master’s Student Diversity for History

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 60 master’s degrees in history handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 50.0% of the history students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 46.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 16.7% of history master’s degree recipients at Yale in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 18%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	1
White	35
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

MA in History Focus Areas at Yale

History students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
General History	60

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.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.