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. 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.