What subject does Rory study at Yale in Gilmore Girls?

Rory studies English at Yale University in Gilmore Girls. Her choice reflects the character’s long-established love of reading, writing, newspapers, and literature.

Rory originally dreams of attending Harvard, but she ultimately chooses Yale, which was her grandfather Richard’s alma mater. At Yale, she lives in campus housing, joins the Yale Daily News, and balances coursework with relationships and changing career ambitions.

Journalism is a major part of Rory’s life, but it is not her Yale major. She works as a reporter and later becomes editor of the Yale Daily News, which sometimes leads viewers to identify journalism as her field of study.

Her English background supports her later work as a freelance journalist and writer. In the revival, Rory begins writing a book about her life with Lorelai.