Overview

The undergraduate courses at Yale University and degree programs offered by the Department of Astronomy train students in research techniques and quantitative reasoning and develop creative problem solvers.

Learning outcomes

Students who complete the major continue on to top-tier graduate programs in astrophysics or related science fields, and they are sought after by employers in a range of fields from health care management to the banking and investment industry. The department offers a B.A. degree in Astronomy and a B.S. degree in Astrophysics.

These courses fulfill the science distributional requirement, and some also fulfill the quantitative reasoning distributional requirement.

The B.A. degree program in Astronomy is designed for students who do not plan to continue in a graduate program in astronomy, but who are interested in the subject as a basis for a liberal arts education or as a physical science background to careers such as medicine, teaching, journalism, business, law, or government. It allows greater flexibility in course selection than the B.S. program because the emphasis is on breadth of knowledge rather than on specialization.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Search for Extraterrestrial Life

Expanding Ideas of Time and Space

Galaxies and the Universe

Origins and the Search for Life in the Universe

Archaeoastronomy

Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics

Stars and Their Evolution

Galaxies and Cosmology

Research Methods in Astrophysics

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-01-02 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

36 alternative credits

Yale College does not measure credit by credit hours, but by course credits. The course load of a Yale undergraduate is thirty-six-course-credits.

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

New Haven, United States

Disciplines

Astronomy & Space Sciences View 227 other Bachelors in Astronomy & Space Sciences in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

$80 application fee or fee waiver

Recommendations from two teachers and one counselor

School Report with transcript

Standardized test results (ACT or SAT)

English proficiency test results - recommended for non-native English-speakers

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Tuition Fee

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International

69900 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 69900 USD per year during 48 months.
National

69900 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 69900 USD per year during 48 months.
In-State

69900 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 69900 USD per year during 48 months.

Living costs for New Haven

1380 - 2110 USD /month

Living costs

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Scholarships Information

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