Which Yale University major has the lowest debt?

History graduates leave with a median of $12,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 8 Yale University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Yale University cost?

Tuition and fees are $67,250 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $23,777 a year.

How many Yale University programs report graduate pay?

13 bachelor's programs at Yale University report first-year pay, and 8 of them also report federal debt.

Yale University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

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New Haven, CT
6,758 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

13 Yale University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer and Information Science pays the most in the first year ($133,293), and Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies the least ($32,624). The median program pays $54,700.

Tuition and fees$67,250Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$23,777Per year

Graduation rate96%Within 6 years

Admission rate4%Of applicants

All 13 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Connecticut" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Connecticut. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Connecticut
1	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 164 graduates a year	$133,293	$271,466	$12,750	1st of 7
2	EconomicsAbout 182 graduates a year	$82,617	$131,171	$13,250	1st of 7
3	Engineering ScienceAbout 31 graduates a year	$73,378	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
4	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 27 graduates a year	$61,133	Not reported	$15,750	1st of 8
5	Political ScienceAbout 107 graduates a year	$57,466	$123,834	$15,000	1st of 10
6	Area StudiesAbout 39 graduates a year	$55,618	$81,531	Not reported	1st of 2
7	HistoryAbout 96 graduates a year	$54,700	Not reported	$12,000	1st of 6
8	Experimental PsychologyAbout 72 graduates a year	$47,874	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
9	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 78 graduates a year	$45,769	$130,467	$13,500	2nd of 3
10	EnglishAbout 61 graduates a year	$41,045	$62,925	Not reported	1st of 7
11	Cell Biology and AnatomyAbout 86 graduates a year	$40,299	Not reported	$19,500	1st of 2
12	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 27 graduates a year	$32,909	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 2
13	Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender StudiesAbout 49 graduates a year	$32,624	Not reported	$13,107	2nd of 2

Program names link to the program's own page, and Connecticut ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Connecticut programs in the field do too.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer and Information Science$133,293
Economics$82,617
Engineering Science$73,378
Liberal Arts and General Studies$61,133
Political Science$57,466

Lowest median debt

History$12,000
Computer and Information Science$12,750
Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies$13,107
Economics$13,250
Other Interdisciplinary Studies$13,500

Largest programs

EconomicsAbout 182 graduates a year
Computer and Information ScienceAbout 164 graduates a year
Political ScienceAbout 107 graduates a year
HistoryAbout 96 graduates a year
Cell Biology and AnatomyAbout 86 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer and Information Science graduates earn a median of $133,293 in their first year, the most of 13 Yale University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Connecticut rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels