After graduation, education is one of the top careers Yale students choose, with 15% of Yale college graduates annually choosing careers in education. In recent years, Education Studies Certificate students have gone on to jobs and graduate school in education including preK-12 teaching; PhD programs or law school, think tanks, education or political consulting, educational technology, journalism, non-profits, and government, among other fields.
Yale Alumni in Education
Current students join a long tradition of Yale alumni in education leadership positions. A number of Yale’s early Black alumni like John Wesley Manning (AB 1881) taught and held school leadership positions. More recent distinguished alumni include Lloyd Morisett (PhD 1953), co-founder of the Sesame Street Workshop„ Linda Darling-Hammond (AB 1973) education scholar and director of the Learning Policy Institute, College Board director David Coleman (AB 1991), John B. King Jr. (JD 2007), Chancellor of the State University of New York and the former Secretary of Education, and Aaron Feuer (YC 2013) of Panorama Education.
Learn more about recent Yale Education Studies alumni
- Nicole Alleyne (YC 2024) who received Yale’s Charles P. Howland Fellowship to develop outdoor education in Meru, Kenya
- Olivia Sally (YC 2024) who received a Marshall Scholarship to study education in the UK
- Grace Miller (YC 2024) who is teaching in Chatanooga, TN
- Wayne Zhang (YC 2018), a social studies and French teacher in Chicago
- Steven Morales (AB 2013) Policy Director at All our Kin.