by our College Data Analytics TeamDrama & Theater Arts is a major offered under the visual and performing arts program of study at Yale University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in theater, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, 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 |
theater who receive their master’s degree from Yale make an average of $38,906 a year during the early days of their career. That is 38% higher than the national average of $28,132.
Online degrees for the Yale theater master’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.
Women made up around 55.6% of the theater students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 57.5%.
Around 37.8% of theater master’s degree recipients at Yale in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 26%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 4 |
| Black or African American | 7 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 21 |
| International Students | 7 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Drama & Theater Arts students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Theater Design & Technology | 26 |
| Playwriting & Screenwriting | 3 |
| Acting | 12 |
| Directing & Theatrical Production | 4 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to drama and theater arts.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Design & Applied Arts | 17 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 13 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 55 |
| Music | 124 |
| Arts & Media Management | 8 |
*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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