For purposes of academic regalia, the university colors are described as Yale blue and white, and they are used in identical fashion in the hoods for all earned degrees. That is to say, the lining for hoods are all the same and serve to identify the university rather than any particular degree. This lining, therefore, is blue divided by a chevron of white. The binding or edging of the hood is of velvet, two inches wide for all bachelor's degrees and three inches wide for all master's degrees. The academic discipline is recognizable from the colour of this velvet binding or trim.
Hoods are blue and lined with white.
Doctoral bonnets are also worn, tassels to the left.