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Yale University Master’s in Social Sciences

Social Sciences is a program of study at Yale University. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in social sciences, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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

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

Yale Graduate Tuition and Fees

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

Does Yale Offer an Online Master’s in Social Sciences?

Yale does not offer an online option for its social sciences 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 Social Sciences

There were 157 master’s degrees in social sciences awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 36.3% of the social sciences students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 50.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 16.6% of the social sciences master’s degrees at Yale in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 24%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	6
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	40
International Students	91
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Master’s in Social Sciences Focus Areas at Yale

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Anthropology	12
Economics	72
International Relations & National Security	23
Political Science & Government	39
Sociology	11

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.